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This next release on Electric Deluxe will continue the story of George Issakidis and Speedy Js Collabs. Back in 1999, George contacted Speedy J for a remix of a Micronauts track: „The Jag. They became friends and Speedy J invited him to do some tracks together as part of his Collabs series on Novamute (Collabs 400 & 401). After his Milestone Albums on Novamute, and the successful releases on Electric Deluxe Red Shift and with Chris Liebing Magnit / Maggie Jochem Paap aka Speedy J needs no introduction. His musical vision is genre blurring, creative freedom at the highest level of innovation and quality, his current project Open Collabs is a public collaboration of epic proportions that builds a community, which will result in a conceptual album this year. Meanwhile his work was featured in magazines like Groove, Beat, Raveline and Resident Advisor, reviewed all over the world, and his Podcasts for Tsugi, XLR8R and Samurai FM still circulate heavily on the web, as well as all his releases. Artist like Richie Hawtin, Chris Liebing, Surgeon, Selway, Adam Beyer, Matt John, Len Faki, Agoria, Laurent Garnier, Redshape, Sandwell District, Miss Kittin rely on his tracks for their sets His performances were celebrated by the crowd and promoters alike, at venues like Berghain and Melkweg, or while headlining last years DEMF festival in Detroit. George, previously part of the Micronauts (remixing Underworld, OMD, 16Bit, The Chemical Brothers) custom codes software for his audiovisual performances, seen at Sketch (London) VideA (Barcelona) Placat (Tokyo) and Icram (paris). While usually traveling the world as a modern bohemian, he resurfaces for remixes of Soft Pink Truth and Colder on his label Republic Of Desire, and collaborations with his friend Speedy J. They found that when working together, theyd bring out each others love for drugged-up-sci-fi-futuredesigner-retro-dub-sex-funk-electro-hop-acid-bass music, and thats really all they wanted to do, a fun, artistic statement in techno. The resulting Sculpture is a mind bending, high tech funk statement, with a massively pushing groove behind it. The original 1989 version revisits their roots, using analog equipment from the days of acid to recreate a classic yet twisted sound, including the vinyl crackle EDLX.003 will be released as a Beatport exclusive, and just like the previous releases, will feature two tool versions each, custom tailored by Speedy J to graciously fit in any DJ set, continuing his philosophy in DJing to leave it to the artist to creatively experiment with a wide array of sounds and parts live.