{"title":"Alexis Evans","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"ive-come-a-long-way","title":"I've Come A Long Way","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe enfant prodige of Soul Alexis Evans returns with a new album that makes Bordeaux the new French capital of deep soul.  \nForget about great wines for a second, from Bordeaux rolls in Alexis Evans, the next big thing of the French deep soul scene. Following his acclaimed debut LP \"Girl Bait\" (2016) Record Kicks is proud to present \"I've Come A Long Way\", the new installment of the Anglo\/French artist that will hit the streets worldwide on March 08 2019. Recorded in Bordeaux, mixed in Sydney by Dojo Cuts' and The Liberators' head honcho Nate Goldentone and mastered in LA at Golden Mastering, with \"I've Come A Long Way\" Alexis Evans is ready to impress you with one of the most original and honest deep soul and rhythm and blues album that you'll find around.\n\"I've Come a Long Way\" might seem like an ambitious album for a 25 years old guy, but from the soulful opening track \"She Took me back\" to the last rock and roll storming cut \"Rock'N' Roll Healer\" you'll be immediately captured by Alexis' incredible musicianship and songwriting. Imagine a soulful and much funkier version of Jon Spencer where the Meters, Otis Redding and Sly \u0026amp; The Family Stone are kings. \"I spent a few months composing and arranging all these tracks with the idea of approaching the songs of The Impressions, Allen Toussaint or Bobby Womack\" says Alexis \"and with everyone in the right mood, we found our own sound and we recorded the album\".\nDespite his relatively young age, the Bordeaux-based singer-songwriter-producer Alexis Evansis not a newcomer in the music scene. He discovered Afro-American music as a child and learnt to play guitar thanks to his father, an English musician. At the age of 17 he debuted with his first project \"Jumping to the Westside\", with which he was awarded the \"Cognac Blues Passion\" prize and flew to the \"International Blues Challenge\" in Memphis, Tennessee, where he impressed the American audience even though he was still a teenager.Mr.Evanshas built a household name in the scene as the \"enfant prodige of soul\", touring extensively his country with explosive live sets at RDV Erdre Nantes, Rhino Jazz St-Etienne, Lyon Ninkasi, Club Nubia Paris, Festivals Relâche Bordeaux, Jazz à Vienne as well as Festivals in England, Switzerland and Wales.\nFans of Daptone and Stax Records you better take note.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Kicks","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50394717946187,"sku":"2056011","price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50394718175563,"sku":"2056019","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_ac085eb5_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726446706"},{"product_id":"she-took-me-back-its-all-over-now","title":"She Took Me Back \/ It's All Over Now","description":"\u003cp\u003eRecord Kicks presents a limited edition 45 with two deep soul winners from the enfant prodige Alexis Evans. On the A side the northern soul cut \"She Took Me Back\". On the flipside the rnb\/soul floorshaker \"It's All Over Now\".\nHeading from Bordeaux, the Anglo-French Alexis Evans is not a newcomer in the music scene. He discovered Afro-American music as a child and learnt to play guitar thanks to his father, an English musician. At the age of 17 he debuted with his first project \"Jumping to the Westside\", with which he was awarded the \"Cognac Blues Passion\" prize and flew to the \"International Blues Challenge\" in Memphis, Tennessee. Soon after in 2016 he exploded onto the French scene with \"Girl Bait\", his astonishing debut album that hit the airwaves of FIP, France Bleu, and Jazz Radio amongst the others. Despite his young age Alexis Evans has already built a household name, touring extensively his country with explosive live sets at RDV Erdre Nantes, Rhino Jazz St-Etienne, Lyon Ninkasi, Club Nubia Paris, Festivals Relâche Bordeaux, Jazz à Vienne as well as Festivals in England, Estonia, Switzerland and Wales.\nA must have 45 for every soul djs and lovers. Watch out the 45 is limited to 500 copies worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Kicks","offers":[{"title":"7\"","offer_id":50394720862539,"sku":"2056012","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_067d89ec_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726446810"},{"product_id":"yours-truly-6","title":"Yours Truly","description":"\u003cp\u003eRecord Kicks presents \"Yours Truly\", the new album by Bordeaux's \"Soulboy\", Mr. Alexis Evans.\nLike fine Red Wine, \"Soulboy\" Alexis Evans gets better with Age. The best evidence of this is his brand new album \"Yours Truly\", set for release on February 3rd, 2023 on LP, CD and digital via Milan-based label Record Kicks. Produced and mixed by Louis-Marin Renaud (Lou Doillon, Theo Lawrence, Desmond Myers), \"Yours Truly\" is the third studio album by Bordeaux-based singer-songwriter Alexis Evans and sees the light 4 years after his previous LP \"I've Come A Long Way\", defined \"Soul album of The Year\" by Rolling Stone France. \"Yours Truly\" consists of 12 brilliantly soulful cuts that take direct inspiration from 60's \u0026amp; 70's classic soul music adding a sound that is firmly rooted in the new millennium.\nAnticipated by the first single \"Mr Right On Time\", the album was recorded between Bordeaux and Nantes during 2021 and beginning of 2022. The idea behind the new album was to find a unique sound, mixing classic 60's \u0026amp; 70's soul music with more contemporary influences such as hip hop beats, jazz, reggae, and Caribbean sounds. To do that, Alexis paired up with producer Louis-Marin Renaud, known for his work with French-English singer, actress and model Lou Doillon and country-soul rising star Theo Lawrence, who took part in the arrangements and mixed the album.\n\"All instruments were recorded live, some titles were completely live and others got modified, cut, sampled, depending on the tunes in a kind of beatmaking way. It was a very fun and fulfilling project that will sound awesome on stage for sure,\" explains Alexis.\nLyrically, the album could be described as soulful everyday rhymes. \"Love may be the number one subject in soul music and clearly has its place of honor in a few songs (\"Close to me\", \"What is this feeling\"), while other songs tend to deal with it in a more cynical but poetic way, for instance on \"Mister right on time\", in which beauty remains in simplicity,\" states Mr. Evans. He continues: \"Another topic of the album is abandonment (\"It matters to me\", \"The only apple\", \"Close to the water\"). Whether it is the fear of being left behind or the sadness after a loss, this album still bears some traces of lockdown and I was aiming at giving another perspective on different matters, looking at them in a dreamlike way.\" The themes of the album are reflected in the cover artwork, made by Adrià F Marquès.\nAlexis Evans, songwriter with a timeless style based in Bordeaux, France, found the love of music and learnt to play guitar thanks to his father, an English musician. His inspirations range from Marvin Gaye and Sam Cooke to David Bowie. At the age of 17 he debuted with his first project \"Jumping to the Westside\", with which he was awarded the \"Cognac Blues Passion\" prize and flew to the \"International Blues Challenge\" in Memphis, Tennessee, where he impressed the American audience even though he was still a teenager. Mr. Evanshas built a household name in the scene as the \"enfant prodige of soul\" starting with his first album, released in 2015, and consolidated his reputation with his second long play \"I've Come a Long Way\", released in 2019 on Record Kicks. Rolling Stone France described it as \"The Soul album of the year\", while Blues \u0026amp; Soul Magazine and BBC 6 defined him as \"One of the most exciting additions to the international Soul Scene\". Following the release of the album, Alexis toured in France and Europe extensively, stopped only in 2020 by the Pandemic. Thanks to the forced break, Alexis started to lay down the new album, and he's now ready to present the fruit of his hard work: \"Yours Truly\".\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Kicks","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50431602950475,"sku":"2056013","price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_f6a3e761_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726859003"},{"product_id":"yours-truly-5","title":"Yours Truly","description":"\u003cp\u003eLike fine Red Wine, \"Soulboy\" Alexis Evans gets better with Age. The best evidence of this is his brand new album \"Yours Truly\", set for release on February 3rd, 2023 on LP, CD and digital via Milan-based label Record Kicks. Produced and mixed by Louis-Marin Renaud (Lou Doillon, Theo Lawrence, Desmond Myers), \"Yours Truly\" is the third studio album by Bordeaux-based singer-songwriter Alexis Evans and sees the light 4 years after his previous LP \"I've Come A Long Way\", defined \"Soul album of The Year\" by Rolling Stone France. \"Yours Truly\" consists of 12 brilliantly soulful cuts that take direct inspiration from 60's \u0026amp; 70's classic soul music adding a sound that is firmly rooted in the new millennium.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnticipated by the first single \"Mr Right On Time\", the album was recorded between Bordeaux and Nantes during 2021 and beginning of 2022. The idea behind the new album was to find a unique sound, mixing classic 60's \u0026amp; 70's soul music with more contemporary influences such as hip hop beats, jazz, reggae, and Caribbean sounds. To do that, Alexis paired up with producer Louis-Marin Renaud, known for his work with French-English singer, actress and model Lou Doillon and country-soul rising star Theo Lawrence, who took part in the arrangements and mixed the album.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"All instruments were recorded live, some titles were completely live and others got modified, cut, sampled, depending on the tunes in a kind of beatmaking way. It was a very fun and fulfilling project that will sound awesome on stage for sure,\" explains Alexis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLyrically, the album could be described as soulful everyday rhymes. \"Love may be the number one subject in soul music and clearly has its place of honor in a few songs (\"Close to me\", \"What is this feeling\"), while other songs tend to deal with it in a more cynical but poetic way, for instance on \"Mister right on time\", in which beauty remains in simplicity,\" states Mr. Evans. He continues: \"Another topic of the album is abandonment (\"It matters to me\", \"The only apple\", \"Close to the water\"). Whether it is the fear of being left behind or the sadness after a loss, this album still bears some traces of lockdown and I was aiming at giving another perspective on different matters, looking at them in a dreamlike way.\" The themes of the album are reflected in the cover artwork, made by Adrià F Marquès.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexis Evans, songwriter with a timeless style based in Bordeaux, France, found the love of music and learnt to play guitar thanks to his father, an English musician. His inspirations range from Marvin Gaye and Sam Cooke to David Bowie. At the age of 17 he debuted with his first project \"Jumping to the Westside\", with which he was awarded the \"Cognac Blues Passion\" prize and flew to the \"International Blues Challenge\" in Memphis, Tennessee, where he impressed the American audience even though he was still a teenager. Mr. Evanshas built a household name in the scene as the \"enfant prodige of soul\" starting with his first album, released in 2015, and consolidated his reputation with his second long play \"I've Come a Long Way\", released in 2019 on Record Kicks. Rolling Stone France described it as \"The Soul album of the year\", while Blues \u0026amp; Soul Magazine and BBC 6 defined him as \"One of the most exciting additions to the international Soul Scene\". Following the release of the album, Alexis toured in France and Europe extensively, stopped only in 2020 by the Pandemic. 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