Fredo Viola
The Sad Song

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TRACKLISTING: 10" 1 The Sad Song, 2 Hogwash, 3 Ether, 4 The Sad Song (Tunng Remix),
12" 1 The Sad Song (Roland Appel Mix) (7.03), 2 The Sad Song (Prinz Thomas Mix) (8.33),

OVERVIEW: Debut EP release from the wonderful Fredo Viola - New York based multimedia artist with a voice like no other. Remixes are courtesy of Roland 'Dark Soldier' Appel, Norwegian remix master Prins Thomas and celebrated electronic technicians Tunng. Welcome to an exciting and innovative artist for 2008.

Fredo Viola doesn't need much. Give him a Nikon Coolpix camera and he'll make you a video. Let him talk gibberish and he'll give you a lyric. Show him a broadband connection and he'll show you a worldwide community of bedroom blog-boffins who are his dearest collaborators, even if he's never met them. If he fires up his synthesiser he can whip up a techno-orchestra. And if he lets free his voice, then loops it, then layers it, then folds it in on itself, Fredo Viola can create pop music that makes the tips of the hairs on your ears go waaaaah.

Fredo has already been collaborating with Massive Attack and this debut EP is the perfect introduction to this wonderful new artist. The choral majesty of Fredo's voice and the utterly refreshing production sound sets this EP apart as something very exciting indeed. Three different tracks open the account; the sweet electronic waves of the title track, the playful sounds of Hogwash and the dark demented abrasive Ether. It's quite the debut.

Mixes of The Sad Song are courtesy of an international line-up; the sublime Tunng, the rapidly emerging Roland 'Dark Soldier' Appel, and the Norwegian remix master Prins Thomas complete the package in fine style. Fredo Viola is working on his live show at the moment. His debut album 'The Turn' is released in the Spring 2008.