A LONG WAY

01/ A1 Distant Voices 02/ A2 Celeste 03/ B1 Mirage 04/ B2 Space Ways 05/ C1 Radiance 06/ C2 Your Wings 07/ D1 Elevate 08/ D2 Sandstorm Release Info: It™s been a long way. All seems to blend naturally with ˜A Long Way™, the debut album from Parisian duo Jacques Bon & Drux. Jacques is a long term friend, who was running the Paris branch of the Smallville record store for 13 years (2006  2019). He made himself a name also outside of Paris as a DJ and with music released on Giegling, Kann, Mule Musiq and of course Smallville. Jacques shares his studio in Paris with Vincent Drux, a producer and sound engineer, who recently started his own imprint Cabale Records. Both got together naturally in the studio for hour-long sessions to craft an album together. House music at its most meticulous form. First, as a short form, in which every track captures another time zone of the dancefloor experience. And then as longform, as a whole album with a narrative that combines futuristic aesthetics, classic ethos and human warmth. From the rolling percussion and windy-city style bassline of opener ˜Distant Voices™, with its cut yet longing distant voices, through deepy, dubby and raw ˜Celeste™, the haunting synths of ˜Mirage™; The snares that arrive mid through ˜Space Ways™ and launch into another level; ˜Radiance™™s Techy vibe ride; The late night chords and peak time beat programming of ˜Your Wings™; And then final couple stick the landing with enough energy, deepness and beauty - ˜Elevate™, which channels Bon and Drux™s inner Fred P, and ˜Sandstorm™, a mastery percussive tale with a long, repetitive chord that opens and closes, teases until it disappears and remains nothing but a whispery dying effect.