CITINITE

NITE-2

The hottest electro for the wildest freaks. For the first time, Flashcan compiles the legendary ’84 jams of funkmaster John Davis.

Released – 24th July, 2006.
Double Vinyl & MP3 – ‘Cyborg 203’, ‘Mr Break-Electro Tube’, ‘Flashcan’, ‘Laser Man’, ‘Robot Baby Jane’, ‘Dream Six-0’, ‘X-1-12’, ‘Destination Earth’.
MP3 bonus – ‘Electro-?’

Vinyl available to buy from leading independent record shops, and from these online stores: (links open in new windows)
USA: CalSound.
UK: Warpmart, Juno, Boomkat, Phonica, Sounds of the Universe.
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:
GBP £, USD $, EUR €: Bleep.
EUR €: Zero".
JPY ¥: Hrfq.

“Funk that makes Prince sound like a bow-legged honky.” Electro Sureplayer of the Month. DJ Magazine
“If you were convinced Juan Atkins’s electro productions were mainly influenced by Kraftwerk, think again.” Test Industries
“Davis’s music takes various Prince, Rick James and Zappesque detours, but the real treasures here are the extended experiments that recall the scores to early rapsploitation films. Frrresh.” The Fader
“With his serene vocoder melodies and outrageous drum programming, Davis comes across like a mellower Egyptian Lover, and in tracks such as ‘Cyborg 203’ and the elegant, tear-stained ‘Dream Six-0’, he’s produced a couple of lost future classics. Seriously impressive.” Vice
“This robust collection of amorous synth-funk jams is ripe for revival.” Uncut
“The legendary John Davis has brought the baddest chrome-ass sexdroid to ever destroy an electric boogaloo dancefloor, in a pimped-out neon De Lorean all the way from 1984, for your body-popping enjoyment. Imagine the beautifully smooth movements of Kraftwerk robots doing their ‘worship the power generator’ thing... and now imagine it horny.” 20 Jazz Funk Greats

John Davis was born in Anderson, South Carolina to musical parents, and started playing the guitar when he was seven years old. He went on to learn the bass guitar, drums and keyboards and began his musical career travelling around America singing gospel music with his father and his five brothers.

In the 70s he joined the army and was stationed in Germany. When he left the army he continued to play with both local musicians and American acts who were touring the country. An experienced producer, in the early 80s Davis worked with Terry Lewis of The Time and in the 90s moved to Los Angeles where he played with Babyface and many other artists on the Solar Records label.

The tracks compiled on the Citinite album Flashcan were written in 1984. John recalls: “I had a friend, Manfred Radtke, who had a small studio in Kitzingen, Germany. He offered me the chance to work in his studio and there I began to write songs in the style that I really liked, that came out of my soul and heart. One of my favourite bands was Zapp and they often worked with the voice box. At the time, music was very electronic and groups like Parliament were doing a mixture of smooth funk and electronics, and so I mixed them together to create my tracks.”

John Davis website (link opens in new window)