Private Agenda
Paralysed / Little Bird
Release Date 18/09/2015
Label International Feel
Cat. Number IFEEL047
Distributor News
Fast-forward six months from the release of their debut single, ‘Déjà Vu’, Private Agenda return with a sumptuous summer release that can play out just as well on New York’s sticky disco dance-floors as it would blaring out amongst the beach bars and palms on the White Island.
Having garnered considerable acclaim and support for ‘Déjà Vu’, Private Agenda could have been forgiven for repeating the formula; that clearly isn’t in their nature however, nor in the spirit of International Feel. If ‘Déjà vu’ was their ‘coming-of-age’ record; understated in its beauty, yet tentative, then ‘Paralysed’ is their ‘coming-out’ record, oozing in confidence and direction.
Paying homage to piano-led Italo house by way of French boogie grooves, there’s plenty packed into five minutes here: amidst the bright, staccato piano stabs and tongue-in-cheek vocal lines, you’ll hear funk guitar sifting between delicately layered Afro-Cuban percussion. Tuff City Kids hop on board too and their remix of ‘Paralysed’ propels it further into new cosmic, trippy & hedonistic dimensions.
‘Little Bird’ sees Private Agenda slip into a different gear, providing an epic soundtrack to summer sunsets the world over. If you like your Balearic Beat breezy and carefree, then there’s plenty to love here (plus a euphoric sax moment to boot).
Mixmag recently called Private Agenda’s output, “the antithesis of paint-by-numbers dance music”; ‘Paralysed’ and ‘Little Bird’ are only helping to cement that burgeoning reputation.
o+ Private Agenda are Martin, Sean & Nick. They released their debut single, ‘Déjà Vu’ on International Feel in March 2015. Following previews on BBC Radio 1Xtra, the releases’ two tracks garnered a 9/10 review in Mixmag (UK) and becoming Disco Single of the Month in Mixmag (Germany).
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