Flip-Flop

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"Flip Flop" are Chris Hanson (aka Touch Tone/Sketchy Pimps/DJ Crispy) and John Beesemyer-Monkman (aka Hemi-Sync/Pink Noize), two producers from the UK. Both have been writing trance for over seven years, using this time to hone their production techniques
and allow their sound to develop into the kicking Full
On/Progressive hybrid that it has become.
With influences from many different genres of music and a tendency to think outside the box,their music stands out at home as well as on massive sound-systems.
Huge slabs of groove and tripped out sonic sound-scapes are
interlaced with a melodic structure subtly easing its way out of the
arrangement.
Both Chris and John DJ and Play live regularly around the UK in
addition to international gigs played in Brazil, German, Thailand, France, Sweden, Denmark and
India.



PROMOTIONAL BLURB FOR THE ALBUM:



Alchemy records are proud to unleash Flip Flop's first long player on
the world. John Beesemyer-Monkman and Chris Hanson are two young
Londoners who have been cooking it up for a while
now, testing the material on dancefloors across the globe then
whipping it back into the studio for some added power and squelch. Its
rare that artists introduce a genuinely new sound to the scene but a
brief listen to Flip Flop will show you that they are trying something
different and that its working. If you've been on a heaving festival
dancefloor in the last year and have wondered what that exotic hybrid
of psychedelic trance and deep atmospheric electronica is that shakes
the system to its foundations, there's a fighting chance that these
two are responsible.



John and Chris have been friend's since they were kids and unlike a
lot of artists they have really grown up with trance music since
arguably its heyday of creativity in the late 90s. This is clear from
the way that the album transports you back to classics like
"Slipstream" (Flying Rhino), "Schizoeffective" (The Delta),
"Headcleaner" (Atmos) as well as more recent releases like "Who needs
love songs" (Sub 6) not to mention plenty of input from two
consecutive winters wowing the dancefloors of Brasil. Thier live sets
at festivals like Universo Parallelo have repeatedly been seen as
highlights by party goers and other artists alike. They have both been
DJing for more than ten years, giving them an acute understanding of
what it takes to push tracks beyond the superficial and into the realm
of powerful and captivating dancefloor music. They don't merely churn
it out and there's a lot of love and discipline in the studio which
adds a welcome depth and confidence to their sound.



So immersed in music and parties are these boys that you have probably
shared a cup of sunrise chai or at least a smiling dance with them
without even realizing it. Their warm personalities have made them
easy guests for party people and much in demand as a live act, and
this character shines out of the album.



Floppy Drive crunches and clobbers its way through 80 minutes of bold
and shuddering, groovy and hypnotic dance music. Flip Flop aren't
locked in by the rules of the genre instead utilizing them to build
stunning sound scape's, even at times creeping away from trance music
with snatches of ambiance and technoid crossover which reward the
listener without confusing the palette. Tuck in!



REVIEW IN DJ MAG
Londoners John Beesemyer-Monkman and Chris Hanson have been mates since childhood and this bond certainly flows through to the music, as this no-nonsense artist album is one serious piece of kit. Its great to see more and more producers avoiding the candy tunes and concentrating on the job in hand; music for the dancefloor. Tracks like "Floppy Drive" and "Francoso" are killers with a dark driving edge, musical yet mysterious. An amazing, serious take on psy-trance.



RELEASES
Flip-Flop & Burn in Noise - A Besta (Echo comp/Alchemy recs)
Flip-Flop - Cheque One (Neurology2/Neurobi0tic)
Flip-Flop - Loud (Lunar Agent/Alchemy Recs)
Flip-Flop - Evangeline (Divine inventions/Liquid recs)
Flip-Flop - In Exs (Ignition Sequence/Phar psyde recs)
Flip-Flop - Twiglet (Mind Octave/Mida records)
Eskimo vs Madcap - Take a look out there (Flip-Flop rmx) (Origin 3/Nano recs)
Zen Mechanics - New Propulsion Technology (Flip-Flop rmx) (Get your wonk on/Sonic Dragon recs)
ALBUM - FLOPPY DRIVE - ALCHEMY RECORDS
Flip-Flop - Oriental Voodoo
Flip-Flop - Floppy Drive
Flip-Flop - Sleaze Machine
Flip-Flop & Henry Seligman - Sonic Air
Flip-Flop - Jurassic Lark
Flip-Flop - Diamond in the Rough
Flip-Flop & Headroom - Equinox
Flip-Flop & Henry Seligman - Changa Banga
Flip-Flop & Franco Rossi - Francoso



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