The duo quickly followed the success of
Shakedown with the release of their most recent album,
Unmixed, in late 2007. The album is unique in composition, primarily made up of unmixed full-length versions of material from
Shakedown. The album’s lead single, a cover of
Alanis Morisette’s hit
"Uninvited", features vocals by up-and-coming British songstress
Bailey Tzuke. As of 2008 the duo has embarked on a worldwide summer-long tour, with dates in the United States, Scotland, Russia, Serbia, and Australia.
From Discogs:House guise of one half of Phats & Small and his co-producer, James Wiltshire.Having got together to come up with a new production group, the duo stumbled across Amanda Wilson singing karaoke in a pub. Small said of discovering her: "We were just blown away by her voice... she?s got that soulful thing going on so we approached her and she was really up for it. It took two hours from start to finish once Amanda was on board."The trio then got together again at the same pub to discuss ideas and came up with the 'Love On My Mind' track that would give them their fame. All that was left was to come up with a name, of which Small states: "The landlord had said if the track got to number one, he'd give us free drinks for life - we immediately shook on it so it seemed only fair to name ourselves after the pub."Small and Wiltshire also own their own label, which unsurprisingly is called Freemaison.
From Lastfm:The Freemasons are a dance / house / electronica production team from England. The act consists of DJ/Producer/composer/remixers Russell Small and James Wiltshire. The duo have become one of the most successful dance acts in the UK thanks to their remixes of major artists like Beyonce and Faith Evans as well as their own productions for which they have earned three 20 top hits.
In 2005 the duo transformed Jackie Moore's 1979 #1 Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play track "This Time Baby" and Tina Turner's 2000 hit "When The Heartache Is Over" into an international club smash as "Love On My Mind".
The song, which sampled the Moore track, but whose lyrics "I've Got Love On My Mind, Ain't No Use In Just Wastin' Time..."(The opening lyrics on the Moore single) and "When The Heartache Is Over, I Know I Won't Be Missing You" (The chorus from Turner's tune) was sung repeatedy by British singer Amanda Wilson, reached the top 10 of both the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play and Dance Top 40 charts (where it reached #2 on the latter) in the United States.
They were also the remixers on Faith Evans 2005 #1 Hot Dance Music/Club Play and #4 Dance Top 40 hit "Mesmerized".
The act's follow-up, "Watchin'", also with Amanda Wilson, was released in the United States in 2006. Freemasons released their third single "Rain Down Love" in early 2007 which features Siedah Garret as the lead vocalist.
The duo have also had huge plaudits for their remixes of Beyonce's Deja Vu, Ring The Alarm, Beautiful Liar and Greenlight.
Officially released 2-disc album "Shakedown" on december 4th, 2006
In addition, they have since remixed Kelly Rowland's 'Work' and released a remix of The Alanis Morisette track Uninvited which featured in the film City of Angels; in December 2007 with Bailey Tzuke, which have both been UK Top 10 Hit Singles
"Unmixed" Is the latest album from the band released on 29 October 2007. The album differs from the first as tracks are not mixed but instead are full length.
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From Wikipedia:Freemasons are a dance band from Brighton, East Sussex, England. The act consists of producers Russell Small (who is also one half of the house production duo Phats & Small) and James Wiltshire (who also works with Phats & Small under the alias 'Jimmy Gomez').