Culprit 004
INXEC & MATT TOLFREY
Even in Hollywood EP
Following their remix of Kenneth James Gibson's 'Animals Tonight' on LA's Culprit label earlier this year, one of Britain's most exciting young production teams, Inxec aka Chris Sylvester and Matt Tolfrey, step up for a three track EP on Culprit, which also includes Matt Tolfrey's debut full solo production, 'The Other Side'.
Anyone who has been following dance music with attention over the last few years will need no introduction to Inxec and Matt Tolfrey. They are responsible for one of 2009's biggest dance floor bombs, "I Just (Can't Take it)", and their releases and remixes have graced labels including Cocoon, Crosstown Rebels, Murmur and Viva, and Contexterior.
A regular West Coast fixture over the last eighteen months, Tolfrey has made played five buzzed about shows in Los Angeles, followed by extended stays at Droog's Bunker studio. Inxec joined Tolfrey in the Droog production cave for an intense sojourn in September, and this EP is clearly informed by these LA experiences, with the duo channeling their own individual styles tuned in with Culprit's mischievous bent on tech-house.
Nowhere is this LA influence more apparent than on 'Hollywood'. This track pairs sunny house with a vocal sample from Malcolm X in which the civil rights icon cites both revolution and Hollywood, two major reference points of Culprit's left coast leaning philosophy. Across all three tracks Inxec and Tolfrey's playful sensibilities are apparent, leading to an EP brimming with dancefloor focused, uptempo, bright and contagious, techno-infused house music."