Having been impressed by material aired while presenting the show Loose Joints for Soho Radio, Tom Findlay contacted producer James Alexander Bright to ask if he’d like to work on ideas for Groove Armada’s ninth album Edge Of The Horizon (2020). Although Findlay’s writing partner Andy Cato embraced their input, the duo would later team up to rework leftover material for the debut EP Slow Dance.
Encouraged by strong support for the title track from national radio, Bright & Findlay then decided to expand their partnership, writing new tracks for the soon-to-be-released album Everything Is Slow. Interweaving Bright’s lo-fi approach with Findlay’s longstanding experience as a producer, the LP is a satisfying mix of ’70s rock and Balearic electronics, permeating with light drum machines, chorus-laden synths and soulful vocals.
Tom, what made you excited enough to reach out to James and initiate this collaboration?
“As Groove Armada, Andy [Cato] and I were writing so I was just getting my head back into the idea of writing and collaborating. I was also fronting a show at the time on Soho Radio called and listening to a lot of new music. I’d played a few of James’s tracks on the show before, but really spoke to me, so I reached out to James via Twitter and he seemed really enthusiastic for us to work together. We wrote a lot for the record and took bits back to Andy who’d be into some of them but not others –
