Recording for
DJ Gilles Peterson’s fledgling
Acid Jazz Records label, A Man Called Adam found that it was the
remixed
B-sides "Techno Powers" and "Amoeba" (electronic versions of the A-side tracks) that became cult
records, bridging the divide between the jazz, rare groove and
acid house scenes. AMCA later moved to
Big Life Records and released "Barefoot In The Head".
Produced by Sally Rodgers, Steve Jones and
sound engineer Mat Clark, the track features choral pads and strings coupled with bouncing
Roland 909 and 727 rhythm tracks. The
Channel 4 documentary A Short Film About Chilling... featured the band along with
The Farm, DJs
Andrew Weatherall,
Terry Farley and Rocky and Diesel, and charted their journey to
Ibiza with club promoter Charlie Chester, and a couple of hundred British ravers on the first organised clubbing holiday of its kind. The vocal sample, of
American actor Rod McKuen intoning 'I put a seashell to my ear' to the sound of waves lapping the shore, meant the track would ever be associated with sun-drenched beaches and the term 'Balearic House' came into use. Around the same time, Paul Daley left the band to join
Leftfield. Jones has a PhD in New Media at
De Montfort University, Ban Ban Ton Ton Blog says: "Mixing the resulting sometimes asymmetric building blocks with clank, glitch, and digital fizz, to reconstruct something fresh. Music that references their Acid Jazz origins, yet has all its beats broken in a 21st century way. While digging at the emptiness and selfishness of modern life, they are effectively a healing mantra. Embodying positivity and hope." Rodgers is also an in demand DJ playing at clubs and festivals worldwide. ==Discography==