Space Invadas | Done It Again (EP – Coming Dec 6th, 2010)
“Done It Again” is the brand new EP by Space Invadas. It features tracks
of the upcoming album “Soul:Fi” plus great remixes and instrumentals.
Space Invadas is a project of two well-known artists: Katalyst and Steve Spacek.
Katalyst is the Sydney based producer Ashley Anderson of international
acclaim. All of his solo releases have been nominated for ARIA Awards in
Australia and there’s a strong fan base established for his work
worldwide. He also runs the Invada label in Australia with with
Portishead’s Geoff Barrow.
Steve Spacek originates form London
landed in Sydney via LA. He has worked with the likes of J Dilla, Mos
Def, Slum Village, Common and many more. He is likened to classic soul
singers Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye and has been championed by
everyone from Entertainment Weekly to Mos Def.
Entitled Soul:Fi the
album features an impressive cameo cast of guest talent, including the
likes of Detroit rappers Dank (Frank & Dank) a! nd Buff 1,
Australian soul divas Jade MacRae and Fantine and Australian Jamican
RuCL. On Soul:Fi Space Invadas successfully create an innovative,
unique, futuristic sound by fusing bonafide Soul and laid back Hip Hop.
Space Invadas album Soul-Fi is receiving rave reviews and airplay from
tastemakers around the globe as well as having 4 singles smashed on
national radio in Australia where the record has been released earlier
this year. The album is being championed abroad by likes of Gilles
Peterson on BBC1, Garth Trinidad on KCRW in LA, Tyler Askew in NYC,
Andrew Jervis (Ubiquity) in San Fran to name just a few. Getting much
love in the US and throughout Europe where the record isn’t even out
yet. Looks like a big year ahead for Space Invadas.
In
Australia Space Invadas have had the cover of most of the nations street
press and have been critically acclaimed in all the broadsheets. They
have also been nominated for an ARIA Award (Australian Grammys! or
Mercury awards) for best Urban Release in 2010.
The f ilm
clip for the Aus single “Done It Again” was directed by Nick Fogarty who
has won awards for his previos flim clip work in Australia.
The live format is 5 piece band made up of drums, bass, guitar, samplers
and other electronics. With Steve Spacek on frontman duties.
They
have toured around Austalia many times on all the major national
festivals of 2010, including Future Music, GTM, Days Like This and
Splendour In The Grass.