Lee Coombs kick-started his DJing career in the late 80s, having produced his first track under the guise of The Invisible Men. By ’91 he went on to found Paradise Records, Pumpin’ Vinyl and the acclaimed cult electro Zoid and Thrust series before moving to London where a chance meeting with Finger Lickin’ label boss, Justin Rushmore, led to Lee being taken into the fold, his acid-angled productions giving him a float all of his own. His DJ sets, which often see him down at Fabric and Bugged Out! or flying over to New York’s Vinyl and LA’s Spundae club, reflect his musical milieu with influences colliding from all directions.
Seb Fontaine and Pete Tong noted Coombs as the ‘man to watch’ after his ‘Future Sound Of Retro’ album was released on Finger Lickin’ in June 2001. Remixes including Quivver and Sister Bliss set the stepping stones to the success that would follow. Soon his talents were being called upon to put his twist on everyone from New Order to Lamb to Moby.
Lee then got a call from Paul Oakenfold resulting in the almighty Perfecto Breaks album that was launched in October 2002 to critical acclaim. A skilful mixture of his own works, re-jigged classics and new collaborations, the result is more music lesson than a mix compilation. Lee joined forces with Meat Katie, the result: two massive tribalistic numbers. ‘Two Men On a Trip’ which describes their studio mindset, was featured on the Perfecto album and ‘The Hum’ with its beefy old skool stabs was reworked by Mr Katie. The double A-side was released on Finger Lickin’ in late November 2002. In Spring 2003, Lee put his talents to a remix for Paul Oakenfold’s single ‘Time of Your Life’. His notoriety prompted a request for Lee to fly to Prague in 2003 to record with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra the theme music for the BBC television program “Born To Win”.
In October 2004 Lee Coombs delivered his eagerly anticipated debut artist album ‘Breakfast of Champions’ and tears through a torrid throng of musical genres, crashing through every box on his way. ‘Breakfast Of Champions’ hurtles from the carefree sunshine of Space terrace towards dark ebbing klaxons and sleazy tribal echoes with ‘Black Elk Speaks’. The album’s eponymous track takes on grimy acid house that would send the freaks down at DC10 running for cover before the soothing vocals and glinting guitar twangs of Coombs’ New Order ‘Crystal’ remix lends sanctuary to the sinister breaks of ‘Dubhead’ and Axl F electro of ‘Would Be True’.
For this album, Lee has collaborated with some of the finest producers around including Dylan Rhymes, Christian J, Andy Gardner (Plump DJs) and Jem Panufnik (Soul Of Man). The first single from the album “Alright All-Night”/“Dubhead” went straight to No.1 in the DJ Mag Beats & Breaks Chart, got multiple plays on national radio and received rave reviews in all major publications. The second single features Lee’s largest remixes to date – Oakenfold’s “Time Of Your Life” with a re-working of New Order’s “Crystal” on the flip. The third single, “Shiver” feat. Katherine Ellis has been licensed to Azuli and features remixes by Tom Stephan and Murk. The massive Plump DJs remix has been retained by Finger Lickin’ and makes up part of the Plump DJs “Saturday Night Lotion” album package. “Shiver” is already tipped by Radio One to be the crossover hit we’ve all been waiting for. To support the release of the album Lee is embarked on an Australasian Tour and he continues to wow crowds everywhere he goes.
People are sitting up and taking notice of his extraordinary talent. You will too.
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Lee Coombs Singles
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Albums
- Lee Coombs – Breakfast Of Champions CD (Finger Lickin’)
- Lee Coombs – Breakfast Of Champions LP Part 1 (Finger Lickin’)
- Lee Coombs – Breakfast Of Champions LP Part 2 (Finger Lickin’)
- Lee Coombs – Future Sound Of Retro (Finger Lickin’)
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Lee Coombs Remixes
- DJ Technique – My Definition (Mob)
- Oscar Goldman – Thrust 2 (Carte Blanche)
- De-Phazz – The Mambo Craze – (Listening Pearls)
- Freakazoids – Freak & Hustle (10 Kilo)
- Apollo 440 (Reverb)
- Wildman (Casa Trax)
- Sunscream – Coda (Acetate)
- Contact – Signs of Life (React)
- Quivver – One last time (VC Recordings)
- Sister Bliss – Sister Sister (Multiply)
- Criminal Element Orchestra – Put The Needle On The Record (Zoid)
- New Order – Crystal (London)
- Jambo – Drum Attack (Heat)
- Planet Funk – Inside All The People (VC)
- Natural Born Grooves -Kickback (Spot On)
- Psychotropic – Hypnosis (Chew The Fat)
- Lamb – Sweet (Mercury)
- Moby – Extreme Ways (Mute)
- Danny Sullivan – Snake Charmer (Hooj)
- Paul Oakenfold – Time of Your Life (Perfecto)
- Plump DJs feat. Gary Numan – Pray For You (Finger Lickin’)
- Virtualmismo – “Mismoplastico” (Mantra Vibes)
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