Emma-Jean Thackray

Too Shy

Now Available

Emma-Jean Thackray - Too Shy

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What people Are Saying

 
 

“ this version gives a full side to Emma-Jean’s sterling turn of swingeing late ‘90s breaks, pointillist Rhodes stabs and consonant vocal harmonies punctuated with MC chat and devilish edits…”

Boomkat

 

“Both tracks are full of intricate, textured percussion, really bringing an incredibly dense and fun tone throughout.”

Martin Boev, In Search of Media

“The production itself is a hard-hitting hypnotic broken beat cut that also features Thackray on vocals.”

TJ Gorton, BeatCaffeine

Announcing IARCS020: Emma-Jean Thackray - Too Shy

Released November 15, 2019
Available on 12” Vinyl/Digital via our Bandcamp page

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One of the hands-down head-bangers of Makaya McCraven’s 2018 release Where We Come From (CHICAGOxLONDON Mixtape) was bubbling London-based producer/composer Emma-Jean Thackray’s contributed track, “Too Shy.” Slotted into the B-side of the DJ-style suite, Makaya’s finishing touch on the mixtape format of the collection meant that we would miss the full extension of Thackray’s work – which was intended, as she originally made it, to run a minute longer than it does on Where We Come From, and also include a half-time outro bonus beat.
Being the banger that it is, it seemed appropriate to give Thackray’s original “Too Shy” its own focused format, and hence we (International Anthem) have partnered (once again) with our good friends at Total Refreshment Centre to present this 12” version on limited edition wax.

The B-Side of this 12” is a smoking re-work of another cut from the original CHICAGO x LONDON Mixtape, “Run ‘Dem,” courtesy of the one and only Gilles Peterson!

Notes

Production by Emma-Jean Thackray, Makaya McCraven & Gilles Peterson

Instruments & Voices by Emma-Jean Thackray, Makaya McCraven, Theon Cross, Joe Armon-Jones & Soweto Kinch

Engineering by Dave Vettraino, David Allen & Emma-Jean Thackray

Mastering by David Allen

Cover Art by Raimund Wong

Executive Production by Scott McNiece & Alexis Blondel

All rights reserved

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About

Emma-Jean Thackray

Emma-Jean Thackray is a composer, producer, performer, DJ, and she can now also add ‘label boss’ to her already heavy-duty arsenal. Her latest EP release ‘Rain Dance’ has just dropped on her own label Movementt, which is based around a three-pronged mantra: move the body, move the mind and move the soul.

Whether producing solo, leading her band, working with the London Symphony Orchestra, DJing club sets or for her monthly residency on Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide FM, Emma-Jean is something unique. With multiple co-signs from The Vinyl Factory, to Red Bull Music Academy, to Gilles Peterson and more, Emma-Jean Thackray is dubbed by many as ‘one of the UK’s most exciting artists’.

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