![]() Their music has turned party people loose in clubs, parties and late-night festival tents at Glastonbury, Pikes Ibiza, Austin City Limits and Mojave desert saloons. With their boots firmly planted in dusty 70s sunsets, Flying Mojito Bros’ pan-USA productions take cosmic country funk and rock to modern dancefloors via NYC Latin disco and baggy acid house – on a bed of hefty contemporary rhythms. James’ second album ‘Float’ was released by !K7 in July 2022 and a new side project, with Groove Armada's Tom Findlay as Bright & Findlay, will see a debut album released on Athens of the North this summer. Smiling”.įollowing the release of debut album ‘Headroom’ (2020), James featured on Groove Armada’s album ‘Edge Of The Horizon’, contributed ‘Under The Sun’ to the Too Slow To Disco: The Sunset Manifesto compilation and released collaborative single ‘It’s Alright’ with Feiertag. Shades on, we looked up and awaited his inevitable impact. The Bros respond, “James entered El Mondo FMB burning up through our atmosphere like a white-light-bright ball of molten creative energy. There is real light and shade though, it feels like it's a whole new album all of its own". The grooves are outrageous, I was dancing around the kitchen when I first heard it back. ![]() James says, “Flying Mojito Bros really came at my songs with a different perspective. 'Which Way', the oldest track here from 2018's 'Strange Folk' EP, sounds like a late, late, late night in a dark basement rave before 'Sundown' featuring Fink turns up the hands in the air, eyes closed, we're-all-in-this-together energy to the acid-Balearica maximum. Originally a standalone single in 2019, 'Tigers Roar' (chosen by BBC Solent to soundtrack Portsmouth FC’s journey to Wembley - awkwardly, James is a Saints fan) is a slab of big cat funk getting its whiskers pulled.and liking it. Ode to the magic of the radio 'Wheels Keep Turning' bumps into morality refresher 'Soul', both from James' 2022 'Float' album, hitting the disco sweet spot in the bullseye.įrom 2020's Headroom album, 'Gold' channels slo-mo dub disco a la Grace Jones, Imagination and Idjut Boys. 'Mirage In The Mojave' is headed up by 'Let's Get Lost', a brand new exclusive track created between the two camps, made for playing at full volume when racing down a long desert highway into the sunset. ![]() Both parties jumped at the chance to work together and less than a year later the project was reality. The morning after a day of deejaying, tequila (100% agave of course), and losing their minds at Flying Mojito Bros' Rabbit Hole set at Glastonbury, James' manager woke him up and explained the idea that had formed in his delicate head. Like all the best ideas, 'Mirage In The Mojave' was conceived in a dream after a long weekend in a field. Injecting a dose of discerning cosmic-acid-house vibrations, rigorous dancefloor exertion, and occasional slatherings of slide guitar awesomeness FMB refashion James' smooth-but-wonky indie-soul with their trademark "Refrito" magic. British multi-hyphenate artist James Alexander Bright meets cosmic Americana-disco DJ/producer duo Flying Mojito Bros on 'Mirage In The Mojave' an album of collaborations and reworks of tracks handpicked by them from James' !K7 catalog. ![]()
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