L-Vis 1990

Neon Dreams

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• 01 Vague Flashed
• 02 Forever You
• 03 The Beach
• 04 I Feel It
• 05 Play It Cool
• 06 Shy Light
• 07 Cruisin
• 08 Feel The Void
• 09 Illusions
• 10 Tonight
• 11 Here With You
• 12 Lost In Love
• 13 True Romance
• 14 One More Day
• 15 Neon Dreams

Neon Dreams is the debut album from London-based producer and Night Slugs co-founder James Connolly, aka L-Vis 1990. Across 15-tracks and 55-minutes, James distils a lifetime's worth of musical influences through vocalists Samantha Lim and Javeon McCarthy. All of the sounds on Neon Dreams were composed exclusively using hardware gear, taking in an array of classic synthesizers along with the Roland TR-707 drum machine which features on each of the 15 tracks. Although during the process of recording Neon Dreams James extended himself far beyond his initial idea to produce a 'futuristic Chicago house record', what does remain is a level of honesty and openness that was so symptomatic of house music's formative years in the city. By distancing himself from the functional requisites of club music, Neon Dreams sees James revelling in unbridled artistic expression. ''In the late nineties the likes of Daft Punk, Chemical Brothers and Basement Jaxx defined the art of the dance music album,'' says James. ''Their albums transcended time and any musical fads, but most of all they took you on a journey. Creating Neon Dreams for me was about recapturing these elements that made me fall in love with dance music all those years ago.''