Ethyl & Flori

Ethyl Quintessentials Cecille Hailing From The Leafy Home Counties And Connecting With Music At A Young Age Tim Hopgood AKA Ethyl Displays A Musical Knowledge And Affinity For The Groove Far Beyond His 23 Years. Like Many Of Today's Finest While Constantly Looking Forward He Has One Eye Placed Firmly On The Retrospective. First Taking To The Turntables At The Age Of 13 And Gaining His First Residency As Soon As The Law Allowed At 18 Tim Has Tapped Into The Mentality Of The Dance Floor Crafting Impeccable Selections For Hypnotic Effect. These Skills Have Seen Him Win Slots At The Capital's Underground Hotspots Across The UK And At Ibiza's Most Prestigious Venues Before A Production Had Even Dropped. This Synergy With The Dance Floor Soon Began To Find Its Way From The Decks To The Studio When After Completing A Sound Engineering Degree He Began To Realise His Own Unique Vision Of House. Whether On Solo Excursions Or In Tandem With Pals Flori Or Huxley Productions That Bear Ethyl's Name Are Raw Joints Both Sonically Complex And Rhythmically Commanding. The Eclectic Approach Of Ethyl's Productions Are Maintained By A Deep Groove With Nods To Early 90s US House & Garage And Effortless Glimmers Of Detroit Influence. Sassanids EP Ethyl's First Production Smash With Huxley O Cécille Numbers Set The Bar High And Their Follow Up The White EP On Tsuba Sent The Pair Chugging Rapidly Up The House Pile. Capping Off An Explosive Production Flurry With A Release On The Revered Freerange Imprint This Time Behind The Desk With Flori Marked 2009 As A Landmark Year For Him. With Three White Hot Releases Flying Out From A Trio Of The Most Respected Labels In Underground House 2010 Is Already Shaping Up To Cap Its Predecessor. House Purists Secretsundaze And Quintessentials Have Recognised His Precocious Talents And Given Him The Enviable Position On Their Discographies. Effortlessly Leap-Frogging The Rat Run Of Producers Clamouring For Labels Ethyl's Natural Affinity With The Floor And Devotion To Sound Design Already Place Him Among The Hottest Emergent Talent. Now Highly In Demand From The UK And Europe For His Tightly Programmed Smoothly Mixed Sets Have Already Seen Him Share Bills With Ame And Join A Select Group Of DJs To Have Represented At London's Secretsundaze. Achieving So Much In Such A Short Space Of Time Has Not Even Dented Ethyl's Hunger Looking To Push Himself And His Talents To The Limit So As To Share His Vision Of House With The World. Flori Quintessentials Freerange Jamie Mark Edward Taylor Or Flori When The Creative Mood Takes Him Enjoys Nothing More Than Listening To Playing And Making Music That Doesn't Make Use Of A Noisy Guitar. He's Also Not Too Fond Of 808 Drum Samples. This Can Get Him Into Trouble When In The Company Of Other House Heads But Shows His Willingness To Test The Boundaries Of His Chosen Genre - With Often Unexpected Results. Flori's Musical Know How - Gained Through A Life On The Front Line - Enables Him To Translate His Soul Jazz And Funk Influences Into Forward Thinking House Music For The New Decade. It's Difficult To Sum Up In Short Flori's Sound But The Fact That He Enjoys Bluey's Horn Arrangements Kerri's Basslines Agnes's Beats The Way Kenny Uses Samples And When Cole's Tracks Switch From 2-Step To 4/4 Should Give You A Rough Idea. In Other Terms Flori Strives To Unfurl A Highly Organic Dance Floor Experience That Can Change In The Blink Of An Eye Yet Retain A Cohesiveness That Belies His 23 Years. With Such A Vast Selection Of Music At His Disposal Flori Is Able To Juxtapose Four To The Floor Beats Both Old And New To Put His Own Unique Stamp On The Genre. Jamie This Was Before The Transition Has Been A Resident At And Co-Promoter Of One Of The UK's Most Successful Modern Soul Nights Soul Underground For 8 Years. It's A Family Run Night That Has Provided Jamie With The Chance To Cut His Teeth As A DJ And Explore Many Different Musical Avenues. With An Audience As Comfortable On The Floor With Down-Tempo Soul And Gospel As They Are With Nu-Jazz And House Music Jamie Gained A Deep Understanding Of How To Move A Floor. The Success Of The Party Led To A String Of Bookings And His Own Internet Radio Show The Underground House Sessions Which Ran Live Every Week For Over Two Years. Flori's First Release In Tandem With Ethyl Has Already Sent Pulses Racing. Gaining Support From Deep And Soulful Heads Alike The Trimley EP On Freerange Represents The First Of A Host Of Releases To Be Sprung In Coming Months Including 12's On The Acclaimed Quintessentials And Detroit Imprint House Is The Cure. At Present Flori Can Usually Be Found Working On Music In His Cellar Or At Ethyl's House - Often Flicking Through Hi-Hat Samples Or Drinking Gin. read less