29 year old, London born Elliot Gleave aka EXAMPLE is the man of the moment and the next big thing in UK right now. Whatever the singer / rapper touches is turning into gold. It doesn’t take much to predict that 2011 is going to become the year of EXAMPLE. The lead single “Changed The Way You Kiss Me” out of his brandnew album “Playing In The Shadows”, which is signed to Vertigo in Germany and to Ministry Of Sound in UK, catapulted EXAMPLE straight to the top of the UK single chart. By now the single which was produced by Miniystry Of Sound Club resident Michael Woods sold over 400.000 copies! Already 2010 was a massively successful year for EXAMPLE with two UK Top10 single hits (“Won’t Go Quietly”, “Kickstarts”) and an album that went Gold. What followed has been millions of you tube clicks, a packed festival schedule, a BBC Radio 1 student tour, a sold-out UK-tour with further 14 dates across the island plus countless collaborations among them a feature on Professor Greens hit single “Monster”. Needless to say that all his releases receive lots of attention from all the BBC Radio 1 djs among them DJ Zane Lowe who featured “Changed The Way You Kiss Me” as Hottest Record in the World. Finally time has come for his longplayer “Playing In The Shadows” to be released this month. Beyond question, this man is on a roll! And right now you will hardly find anyone else who is able to melt the energy of Dance and Hip Hop this way into chart potential future pop songs.
As huge as the Original Version is the line up of remixers for “Change The Way You Kiss Me” including an elite crew consisting of Kris Menace (Vulture Rec.), KISS FM DJ Steve Smart and his remix/production partner Westfunk, Tom Starr (Moda Music), Friction and Mensah.

Orginial

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Kris Menace Remix

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Steve Smart & Westfunk Club Mix

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Tom Starr Remix

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Friction Remix

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Mensah Remix

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I was a bit surprised after i heard who the two guys behind Black Van are. Positivly surprised.

Well, it’s a get-together of two of the highly respected electronic music producers in Europe. koweSix, one half of Moonbootica and Kris Menace, who e.g. causes quite a stir with his remixes for Depeche Mode, LCD Soundsystem or Robbie Williams just to name a few.

With Black Van Kowe and Kris share their love for early electronica and disco sound and their first single “Yearing”, with a huge Emperor Machine Remix coming out on march 29th on DFA is such hot shot which makes me hungry for their following releases.

Black Van – Yearning

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Black Van – Yearning (Emperor Machine Remix)

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