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An electric vision of Detroit funk’s future, Cazelica is the brave new sound of Robert O’Dell. This six-track EP fuses electrofunk and R&B with the dark energy of the techno sound of his generation.

Released – 24th July, 2006.
Vinyl & MP3 – ‘Cazelica’, ‘Aristocrsize’, ‘Triple Somersault’, ‘Miss You’, ‘Milk’, ‘Devine’.

Vinyl available to buy from leading independent record shops, and from these online stores: (links open in new windows)
USA: Turntable Lab, DJ Hut.
Canada: Beatstreet.
UK: Warpmart, Juno, Smallfish, Piccadilly, Phonica, Rough Trade.
Germany: Deejay.
Austria: Bounce.
The Netherlands: Clone, Rush Hour.
Belgium: Flexx.
France: B Side, Nuloop.
Japan: Underground Gallery, Technique.

High quality digital downloads available in all major currencies:
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“Magical.” Vice
“Wizard of synth-funk, Robert O’Dell lays silken soul sheets over a mattress of stark Detroit techno beats and puts all those syrupy Prince impersonators out there to shame.” 20 Jazz Funk Greats
“In a city renowned for the secrecy of its producers, Detroit’s Robert O’Dell has been notable for his steadfast beneath the radar position. With only a tiny handful of credits on Interface and Rephlex to his name, this guy is so underground that he hardly even bothers releasing records at all. That new UK label Citinite kicks off with a six-track EP from O’Dell is newsworthy enough, that it sounds like an early Prince LP that’s been transmitted by spaceprobe to the outer reaches of the galaxy before being bounced back to Earth off an extraterrestrial craft is quite another thing. Encompassing Motor City electro, puzzling P-funk and superfreaked electropop, O’Dell out-OutKasts OutKast and provides the sickest cover of the Rolling Stones’ disco classic ‘Miss You’ to boot.” Record of the Week. Piccadilly Records

Detroit techno veteran Robert O’Dell has previously released tracks on Rephlex, and summer 2007 also saw the release of his house fantasia ‘Movie Star’ single on Amsterdam’s House Rules label.

Robert O’Dell: “I was inspired by a lot of groups, from Kraftwerk to Duran Duran. The reason I have an OB-8 is because I wanted the same set-up as Thomas Dolby. But I wanted my music funky and sexy like Prince and George Clinton. I took piano lessons but I wanted to write my own stuff.

“I’ve been in different bands all my life, but things opened up when I started recording school. Where I went to school was the same place George Clinton and a lot of other major artists would come and record their music.

“I was in a band called Bratts; we got a deal with this guy George Murphy. The drummer, Craig, hooked the deal up through his mom and this lady Sandy, but in the end it got sabotaged by someone. We had Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis lined up for producers before Janet Jackson got ’em. Anyway, I can go on for hours on how I almost made it back then!

“I love to collaborate; I made a track recently with George Clinton which will be on my second Citinite EP.

“In music you have to keep your head in the world, know who sounds like what this year and be a total artist, rehearse all the time. But most of all you have to love it and have fun... no-one wants to be in a world without Fun, Love & Money!

“Musically, I want to be something new – I hate to write for a category. I want to be a natural writer and write what’s in my heart and mind. I guess I’m ‘dance’ right now, but I mean, if I can get along with two guitar players, one bass player and a guy that plays drums, how do we sound? I got a jazz thang going on about myself too... I think that’s why I don’t have friends! Anyway, somehow I’m going to get back to being CAZELIC!”