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Papa Records are proud and excited to welcome Simon Grey to the label with his stunning, epic single ‘The Galáctica Suite’.

'The Galáctica Suite' is described by Simon himself as “full calorie broken disco served in ‘Original’ and ‘4tothefloor’ flavours” and he’s not wrong. The Original Mix is a hefty blend of analogue synths, a dirty minimoog bassline, brass courtesy of The TinMen Horns and punchy, syncopated latin-fused grooves, topped off with another stand out vocal performance from Australian soul singer Abby Joyce (of ‘Prophecy’ fame), all glued to together with Simon’s signature production finesse. Flip it over and the ‘4tothefloor Mix’ does exactly that, taking the song and giving it the house treatment. The package is completed with a Radio Edit of the Original Mix.

A native of Melbourne, Australia, music has always been a major part of Simon’s life. Fuelled by a love of the Fender Rhodes, Herbie Hancock and wood–panelled analogue synthesisers, in 1999 Simon formed original live 13 piece groove outfit Polyester. A chance meeting with John Julius Knight at the Australian Gatecrasher Summer Sound System in 2002, led to a collaboration at Simon’s Nasty Research Centre studios. Word soon got out and within weeks German House duo Kneedeep had managed to track down Simon, searching out someone to add the keys for some current remix projects.

In late 2002 Simon was offered a chance to tour in Europe with UK Soul giants and long time influences Incognito, an opportunity that lead to the co-write ‘Where Love Shines’ with Bluey for their ‘Who Needs Love’ release in 2003. This also allowed the successful partnership with the Kneedeep crew, which included remixes for the likes of Jamiroquai, Bootsie Collins, Elton John and Everything But The Girl, to continue in their native town of Hamburg, where Simon is currently working out of his now relocated Nasty Research Centre studios. The Hamburg connection also gave him the outlet for his first solo production, the single ‘One’, that was released on ROI (Germany). The single quickly gained the attention of house heavyweights Brian Tappert (Jazz ’n’ Groove), Copyright, Deepswing and Denver’s own Poundboys which, in 2003, lead to Simon’s first solo remix - ‘Anything and Everything’ on their label LAY. 2004 saw the release of Simon’s second house single 'Prophecy', a jazz fused Stevie-meets-George Duke-inspired track released by Swiss label Purple Music, and re-released on Smokin’ Beats (UK). Most recently his remix of Kings of Tomorrow’s ‘Thru’ (Defected) have been causing a massive stir.

Papa Records on YouTube is the home of UK deep and soulful house music, including Sebb Junior, Saison, The Realm, The Layabouts, Tony Momrelle and many more.

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