Published
Wed, May 5, 2010, 15:30
- The Dutch duo will release their first full-length on Compost this summer.
Dutch production duo TJ Kong and Nuno dos Santos are set to release their debut album, whimsically entitled After Dark, My Sweet.
The new record shows the two artists attempting to bring more human emotion to house and techno. "Call us romantics, but hasn't the love been lost from a lot of dance music?" Kong asks. "We wanted to bring back some of that love," says Nuno, "and we wanted to make an album that's not limited to the dance floors".
To reach the level of magic they had in mind, Kong and Nuno enlisted a pack of guest artists, including Spunk, who's also a member of fellow Compost group Marbert Rocel. Some listeners may recognize the voice of Jemini, who lamented the role of the DJ girlfriend on Nick Holder's "No More Dating DJs," and who appears here on "Once Upon a Rhyme." Nigerian singer Nicolette, who worked with Massive Attack on their album Protection, lends her vocal talents on "Birthday," and American house vocalist Robert Owens appears twice, on "Where Were You" and a new version of "Merging," originally released in 2008.
After Dark, My Sweet will be preceded later this month by Compost Black Label #64, an EP featuring remixes of "Where Were You" by the duo themselves and longtime friend Kirk Degiorgio. Both releases feature artwork by Amsterdam-based graffiti artist Delta.
Tracklist
01. This Time feat. Spunk
02. Tranentrekker
03. Where Were You feat. Robert Owens
04. Something Happened feat. Nicolette
05. The Quiet Room
06. The Deep End
07. Birthday feat. Nicolette
08. Merging feat. Robert Owens
09. Once Upon a Rhyme feat. Jemeni
10. Always Forever Now
11. Emerald Bay feat. Edward Capel
Compost Records will release After Dark, My Sweet on July 16th, 2010.