artist: DJ Cam title: Vice date: 2nd June 2015 label: Inflamable Records cat. #: miamicd001

Music is nothing if it can't help you bring your dreams to life, and DJ Cam has just made one of his biggest dreams come true - composing a soundtrack to .

Parisian abstract beats maestro DJ Cam is well known for his radical reinventions, a life-long musician who’s groundbreaking work established him as a pioneering musical chameleon, who helped spearhead the famous “French Touch” together with Daft Punk, Air and Bob Sinclar. DJ Cam’s style assumes a new identity with each and every project since he first hit the scene in 1994 with his debut ‘Underground Vibes’ and continues to redefine many of the sounds he had a hand in creating throughout his career. Over the years he has been commissioned for high-profile remixes for Michael Jackson, Miles Davis, Serge Gainsbourg, he’s written film and TV scores as well as sound design for prestigious fashion brands.

Although strictly unofficial and a pure product of his cinematic mind, this original soundtrack is intrinsically linked to the legendary series: as a feature-length album, a collection of cinematic sequences, his Miami Vice strongly evokes Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs and their investigations set in the sordid underworld of Florida's jetset. Cam shines a spotlight on the two inspectors from the Miami-Dade vice squad as they infiltrate Colombian cocaine smugglers and face dangerous criminals like those seen in the documentary Cocaine Cowboys, the infamous traffickers of the 1980s… Inspired by the seemingly idyllic combination of sun, palm trees, and gleaming automobiles, the cinematic atmosphere of the Miami Vice TV series put stars in the eyes of DJ Cam when he was young, making him hanker for a land of plenty, where the craziest of dreams rub shoulders with the cruelest reality. “It was easily my favorite TV series. I loved the long- distance shots of the city, the dynamic car chases... Introspection and psychology were very much a part of it too, unlike most American series of the era, and even back then I realized that a lot of care had been taken with the music”.

The beatmaker has sequenced his tracks like scenes from a script, alternating the dark atmosphere of trap music with more jazzy vibes (Love Theme, Tubbs Theme). Electronic tracks are also very much present, as they were on his previous album Seven. The Chase evokes a breathless action scene, while the footwork beats of Move That Dope and Welcome To Little Haiti reflect the intense nocturnal energy of the city. Special guest star MC Eiht (who played A-Wax in the Hughes brothers' cult movie Menace II Society) raps on Music To Drive By and Street Life. “Throughout his long career, everything he has recorded has a real cinematic feel to it. MC Eiht was the perfect MC for this type of track,” says Cam. He also couldn't miss paying homage to what is practically the Miami theme song: “In The Air Tonight” by Phil Collins. Here, he respectfully revisits it in a deep, cerebral fashion. “You hear it everywhere, floating out of open windows... That song is the soundtrack to Miami and I wanted to recapture its essence without doing just a simple cover version”.

Cam's Miami Vice is fourteen visual tracks, an imaginary score that positions itself as the 'official' soundtrack just as Hollywood is preparing to film a reboot, following the first movie adaptation in 2005 by the series' original producer - and now cult director - . “My album is definitely a proposition for them! When I was living in Los Angeles, I met a guy who worked with Michael Mann and he encouraged me to do the project. He understood that it was homage from a real fan... Apart from that, I'd really like people to listen to the album and search out the film. I want them to ask themselves if it really is the soundtrack to a movie...” Miami Vice definitely puts the 'camera' back in Cam, making him the first-person view for our cinematic cortex.

Tracklisting : 01. Crockett’s theme 02. In the air tonight feat Earl Davis 03. Music to drive by feat Mc Eiht 04. Move that dope 05. Love theme 06. Tubbs theme 07. The chase 08. Inside the strip club 09. Street Life feat Mc Eiht 10. A dangerous method 11. End title 12. Welcome to Little Haiti 13. Weather underground 14. On Ocean Drive

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