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Flevans began making music in his home town of Brighton using a 4 track cassette recorder on which he'd spend hours looping breaks and hooks to create tracks. It was on the back of a demo created solely using this and a 10 second sampler that Tru Thoughts initially snapped him up, commissioning a number of EPs and an album. After a string of sold out 12" singles, Tru Thoughts released the highly successful "Make New Friends" album. Combining disco and funk with cut and paste sampling sensibilities and infectious bass lines, the album- a collection of his EP singles- was instantly likable and irresistibly danceable. It proved very popular on the so called "electric-soul" scene, with the piano tinged, disco-infused "The Notion" scoring a place in the Unabombers highly respected Electric Souls Vol. 3 compilation.

After the release of two 7"s under the moniker Mooch on Londons Jack To Phono label, Flevans set about working on his 2nd ('difficult') album. Retaining the cheeky, dancefloor friendly attitude of his earlier releases, "Unfabulous" was released on Jack To Phono in September 2007, and it benefited from an altogether more polished sound, unashamedly merging his trademark use of eccentric samples with the funkiest of breaks, a smattering of horns, and plenty of wah-wah guitars. Flevans' knowledge of what works on a dancefloor shined through - a knowledge that had greatly expanded having DJ'd worldwide at gigs such as the Big Chill Festival, Turntables in New York, The MTV Cannes Film Festival Party, Friends and Family in Tokyo and numerous venues and clubs across Europe.

As a trained multi-instrumentalist (Flevans plays guitar, bass and piano amoungst others), Flevans had always incorporated some of his playing skills into his music, and after the release of 'Unfabulous' decided to throw out all the vinyl that he had previously sampled from, and move towards creating a more organic, live sound, free of samples. A big reason for this move was his involvement playing bass for Brighton band Backini the previous year - during his time in the band they played at Abbey Road Studios, Glastonbury and recorded a live Radio 1 set at Maida Vale studios - and this re-ignited his love of playing.

And so, locked away in his studio throughout 2008, Flevans recorded his 3rd album, '27 Devils'. More diverse and polished than any of his previous releases, it features the incredible vocals of Sarah Scott and Shona Foster, as well as several instrumental cuts, covering styles from funk, breaks, electronica and soul, all with Flevans' original style and sound, and not a sample in sight. Only days after the completion of the album, Flevans signed a new 3 album deal with Tru Thoughts, and the album is due for world-wide release in May this year.

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