Scrambler (featuring Amarevois) – Free
Title – Free / Format – Various
Released 2002 on the compilation album Balance 004 – Phil K
Catalog No. EQGCD007
Released August 11 2003 on vinyl featuring remixes by Luke Chauble and Lo Step
Catalog No. EQG12017
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Interview excerpt
by Lyle Hayes
Free was the debut single from Melbourne producer Colin Snape a.k.a Scrambler, with lyrics and vocals by Amarevois. First released by EQ records in 2002 on the 2 CD set Balance 004 – by Phil K. Due to popular demand, it was released the following year as a single in its own right on vinyl, with remixes, to critical acclaim in electronic music circles. This is an excerpt from the Residual Effect interview in which Amarevois explains how this record came about.
L : In actual fact, you are best known for your sublime lyric and vocal on an electronic release – the seminal breakbeat track ‘Free’ by Scrambler (featuring Amarevois), which was released on EQ records in 2002 in conjunction with Phil K? Is that right?
A : Yes. Colin Snape a.k.a Scrambler approached me in 1996 with the song which he’d been developing and asked me if I would be interested in writing some lyrics and doing a vocal. I took the song for a week and it just came out so quickly and worked really well. We made a couple of changes and straight away went into a studio and recorded the proper vocal. It all happened very quickly and that was that. I asked him about how the track was coming along from time to time over the next few years, but eventually I just forgot about it and stopped asking. I had been working on Unravel for so many years at that point, I felt that I could hardly chastise anyone about not finishing something!
L : And then it was released?
A : Yes, The next I knew of it, Colin came to see me in 2002 and told me that it was going to be released. I’d forgotten all about it, I couldn’t even remember doing it, at first! Then he played it for me and I remembered. I was very pleased with the result, he (and Ivan Gough) had done a fabulous job. Apparently, DJ/remixer Phil K had liked the song so much, he had agreed to include it on his then current project, the two CD set Balance 004, which was proving to be a very popular series for EQ records. It was so well received that later, the company released it on its own on vinyl, with remixes by Luke Chauble a.k.a Lostep and Phil K, and it was publicly lauded by a lot of world class DJ’s like Sasha and John Digby – whose names, I’ll admit I’d never even heard of! I was very chuffed though. It was a great experience to have my very own vinyl. Although electronica isn’t my first and foremost genre, I’ll definitely be revisiting that market again. I have a sawg of gothic house tracks that I’d like to release, so stay tuned for that one.
L : That’s a beautiful story. Thank you.
A : You’re welcome, thank you.
click here for Scrambler & Amarevois @ Darkbeat – gig review and pics