The Magic Fly - Champion Mushroom EP
Digital Release Oct 1st - HERE
Full vinyl + digital release - Oct. 15th 
The Champion Mushroom EP” is a romp of a record that truly captures what The Magic Fly sound is all about. Starting off things is Champion Mushroom, a monster dub-disco-breakbeat track that manages to source out original Jamaican deejay vocals and mash them into a hilarious Bill Hicks sample, all while keeping the dancefloor burning with it’s infectious bassline and driving beat. Following that up is Thinking Toy, a downtempo dub reggae cut that sounds like something the Upsetters could have cut in the early 70’s, with a retro futuristic vocal from a British documentary laid ontop of it.
To the flip, “Play That Funky Reggae” kicks things off with a very unusual female Russian robot vocal bit (You’ve really just got to hear it to understand) before bumping into a monster breakbeat cut with a catchy bleeping Kraftwerk melody, blasting drum break, looping percussion, and intersplicing vocodor and Toots and the Maytals samples. Next up is JStar’s remix of the forementioned tune, which takes things down a notch into screw-dub territory, a driving echo’d out track with melodica, chopped and slowed vocals, and a killer digikal bassline.
“Jesus on a bike that j star mix is fiyah! Like the original champion biz, cool 110 dancefloor time!” –
Mark Rae (Yesking, Rae + Christian) “'A superb debut, loving the dub/reggae flavours throughout; for me
though it's all about A side 'Champion Mushroom' - one of those tracks
that you know, from the first listen and the first break, is going to
set dancefloors alight! Good work...'”
-Flevans (Jack to Phono / Tru Thoughts) “The JStar rmx is bananas. I need that!!”
-Freddie Crueger AKA Red Aistaire (GAMM, Homegrown)“Sounds excellent!!!”
Sasa Crnobrnja (Inflagranti / Codek Records)”Fantastic ep standout track for me has to be the trippy "Thinking toy" with its surreal dub soundscape of fuzzguitar, raw drums and stunning space echoes laced with quirky vocals .This had me tripping for days its so spacey. Please get a copy to me as soon as its cooled down!”
-Smoove (Acid Jazz/Wackrecords )"Summer is just around the corner for us folks in Australia and this 12" will be on high rotation with me. Champion Mushroom has got a great bounce and rob's production is killer! You've got my vote"
–Rephrase (Knowfool Music)
Tracklisting & Sound Clips
