Manuel Tur’s debut album 0201 may come as surprise to those more accustomed to his wobbly dancefloor beats, but it’s a very nice surprise indeed. Broken beats cosy up to filtered French disco, lush deep house flirts with soulful US sounds – put it altogether and you have a beautifully constructed work of deeply atmospheric delights. Made in Manuel’s bedroom, perhaps for listening to in a bedroom, but you’ll certainly be dancing on the bed by the end of it! Tracks such as the soaring Radial are perfect afterparty material. The initial response has been fantastic, DJ Mag crowned it Album of the Month in their June issue, IDJ called it a 'majestic debut'and gave it 10/10 and Germany's De:Bug magazine already have it down as a contender for album of the year! With Gilles Peterson playlisting tracks from the album on his Radio One show and artists such as Steve Bug, Sebo K and Mark Farinagiving full support, and Will Saul declaring it as @one of the strongest things that Manuel and Freerange have released. You can't t say fairer than that -get yourself a copy
