STACEY JAMES
Some people are born into music, It runs in their blood before it runs in their fingers.
Stacey James grew up with a father and uncle who played blues guitar and sang with the kind of
honesty that only comes from a life fully lived. Before he could read music he could feel it.
His father played records from legends like BB King, Otis Redding, Solomon Burke, Stevie Wonder,
Prince, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Jerry Lee Lewis, and something in the boy
recognised what he was hearing as the most truthful language he had ever encountered.
Then came the tapes.
Early recordings of Dr Dre, NWA and Snoop Dogg arrived and hit differently. West Coast
hip hop production precise, powerful, built from the ground up with nothing but vision
and dedication. That collision of blues soul and hip hop created something in
Stacey James that could not be categorised.
Then Marbella.
In the early 1990s Stacey James arrived on the Spanish coast and did something nobody
had done before, he brought rhythm and blues to a scene that had never heard it
presented that way. He became a pioneer before the word meant anything to him. He just
knew what he loved and he played it.
What followed was a career that took him across the world.
Estonia, Spain, Morocco, The United Kingdom, Stages and venues that most people only read about. Ministry of Sound, Nikki Beach Ibiza., Funky Buddha Marbella, Opera Room, Aqwa Mist, Mirage. Night after night, city after city,
building something real through pure consistency and craft.
Stacey James has performed alongside some of the biggest names in the music industry. 50 Cent, Pharrell Williams, Chris Brown, Jason Derulo, Tyga, Ne-Yo, Kid Ink, Omarion, DJ Snake, Kano, Lethal Bizzle, Tinie Tempah, Black Eyed Peas, Ice T, Rudimental, Clean Bandit and Amerie, artists who filled arenas and defined eras.
Stacey James stood on those stages and held his own because he had earned the right to be there.
Whilst in Marbella he would attend music production courses at Audiotematica & Muziluz with teachers Alex Gomez. Miguel Picasso and his piano teacher Simon Coles. Labels came. Cr2 Records. Safir Muzik. Asane Records. Radio stations followed, Beach Grooves Marbella, Supreme FM London, his music reaching across airwaves to people
who did not yet know his name but felt something when they heard the sound.
Then he built.
After Ibiza he set up his music studio and got to work. He spent years learning, failing, starting again and getting, better, quietly and consistently.
Misneach Recordings. A Team, A label. A platform. One family, One Community of music lovers.
The journey has come full circle.
The blues was always the beginning and the end.
LYP
LYP, that’s an unusual name! How did that come about? Well ...
Stuart Braybrooke (artist name LYP) was playing as part of Fatboy Slim’s Palookaville tour. In the green room Norm was looking through the list of artists playing that evening and asked “who is Stuart Braybrooke? That’s a rubbish name, nobody will remember that”. He had a point. In a long search for an original name with meaning he chose to use Lemon Yellow Pea which came from a friend’s child who would sing Lemon Yellow Pea instead of LMNOP when singing her ABC alphabet song. Lemon Yellow Pea has evolved into a record label while LYP is one artist’s name used by Stuart.
As a producer he has progressed his style into a sound which best reflects his life journey and intentions. Moving away from the typical club sound and into the realm of the deeper and emotive side of house music. The music is reflective and submerssive for the listener, with each track heavily based in emotion and thought, rather than logic and cliché. Allow your mind to go deep with the music. Bridge the gap between logic and emotion.
Don’t get me wrong the dance floor is still a home to LYP, but the artist is creating music as art, which means something different to each person, rather than focussing on how to move the masses.
FLIPSTATE
Born out of decades of DJing and production, Flipstate emerged in the 90s playing breakbeat under another alias, influenced by Stanton Warriors, DJ Wally, DJ Icey, and Felipe Volumen. Rooted in the UK Breaks scene and shaped by time spent in the south of Spain raving at festivals like Satisfaxion in Granada with friends the love for electronic music ran deep long before Flipstate took form.
That foundation shows. Over 100 original productions ready to release, remixes for LYP and SOTE that demonstrate versatility and technical understanding built from years of genuine craft. Now releasing through Misneach Recordings, an independent label built from the ground up.
Flipstate carries the electronic underground breaks, precise and built for ravers.
The catalogue is ready.
The mask kept things quiet until the moment was right.
That moment is now.
S.O.T.E
