Roger Sanchez Ends 20-Yr Album Hole With 'Spectrum': Hear

The Grammy-winning producer returns along with his first studio album in 20 years.

New York home music icon Roger Sanchez has ended a 20-year album drought with Spectrum, his first full-length launch since 2006’s Come With Me.

Sanchez got here up via town’s early-90s home scene alongside Todd Terry and Masters At Work, went on to construct one of many period’s most coveted remix catalogs with work for Daft Punk, Madonna, Diana Ross and Kylie Minogue, and scored a UK primary in 2001 with ‘One other Likelihood,’ a wistful disco-inflected traditional. He additionally gained a Grammy for Greatest Remixed Recording in 2003 for his rework of No Doubt’s ‘Hella Good.’

Six years within the making, the album was “positively a labor of affection,” Sanchez stated.

“Throughout that point I acquired the possibility to journey all over the world and work with some superb vocalists and songwriters to assist me deliver this mission to life,” he stated in a press release. “I’ve acquired flavors from the UK, Spain, the US – all of that is a part of the spectrum. This mission is about music and frequencies and lightweight: every part from the sunshine to the soulful to the club-ready infrared, the emotionally-weighted ultraviolet. That’s what Spectrum is all about for me.”

The album opens with ‘Temptation,’ a collaboration with Low Steppa and Ragdoll that locks right into a easy piano loop and builds towards peak-time payoff. Elsewhere, Kelli-Leigh uplifts ‘Midas Contact’ to a euphoric state whereas former Spice Lady Melanie C seems on ‘I Don’t Wanna Know,’ reflecting the album’s cross-generational attain.

Sanchez takes Spectrum on the highway this summer time anchored by a ‘Flower Energy’ residency at Pacha Ibiza, with 10 consecutive Saturday dates confirmed from June thirteenth via August twenty ninth.

You possibly can take heed to Spectrum beneath and discover the brand new album on streaming platforms right here.