2014 saw Debukas receive critical acclaim thanks to his debut album, ‘I am Machinery’, on 2020Vision, and the subsequent remix album featuring a stellar lineup including Ripperton, JD Twitch and Tuff City Kids. The year also saw Debukas entertain crowds at Fabric, Moog Club and Sonar by Night. 2015 sees the ‘one-man synth orchestra’ return with an EP on his new Glasgow/Inverness based imprint, 2Sox.
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With the Transparent Living EP, Debukas focuses his gaze on the dancefloor throughout. Imagine a late night Detroit taxi took a wrong turn and ended up in Glasgow. LMBA opens up with deep synth layers and a driving rhythm before letting it’s hooky off-kilter melody take hold. Sunning is all about the molten hot Jupiter 6 bassline and live hi-hats, with hits of string chords adding to the mutant mix of disco and early techno. Title track Transparent Living draws deeply on classic Atkins and Passarani, the soundtrack to many an intoxicated Glasgow sunrise.
Gnork rounds the EP off with a hypnotic rework in his unique space house style, heard recently on his widely praised material for Blind Jack’s Journey and Bokhari.
Debukas is set to ramp it up a notch in 2015; with a hot release planned for 2020Vision and a series of releases pencilled in for the 2Sox label. Expect similar vibes over the year as Debukas and his label partner, Aldo, aim to work with like-minded artists for certified belterous releases.
DJ support:
Dixon Avenue Basement Jams - "sweet mate. really digging transparent living!"
Jasper James - "Loads of people have been asking me what it is when I'm playing it out"
Fabrice Lig - "Superb e.p !!! Love it ! And I'll play it!"
Mark Archer - "Really like Transparent Living and Sunning (nice little Detroity kind of vibe). I'll deffo be playing it."
Harri - "Lovely stuff as always....full support, sunning and gnork remix are great for me, actually all are great :-)"
Dominic Cappello - "Tracks wicked mate , can't wait to play it on Saturday!"
Red Rack'em - "Love the new EP John! Really melodic and breezy."
Spencer (Numbers) - "nice one, feeling Sunning the most troops"
Simon Baker - "Transparent living and the remix will work for me mate, thanks for these!"
Crazy P (Jim Barron) - "sounding great John, totally fresh, cuts through the gargantuan amount of shite out there at the moment. bravo!"
Luv*Jam - "Uber! LOVE IT!"