★★★★★
When Leon first presented his debut album to VIVa boss Steve Lawler it was comprised entirely of straight up 4/4 house productions. Lawler duly told him to go back to the drawing board, encouraging him to express his tastes and offering him complete freedom in the process. With that, Leon came back with In My Factory, which is still largely 4/4-based, though branches out to include hints of ambient and indie...
- www.residentadvisor.net
2012-08-10
★★★★★
We music journalists love trend spotting. If we can shoehorn three bands together and call it a movement, we will. So how about sticking Derbyshire's Leon with Arctic Monkeys and some band no-one's heard of to create DIY-core? At least it will give hassled rock scribes something interesting to write about an otherwise quite dull guitar pop group.In the two years Leon have been together, their do-it-yourself ethic has resulted in them offloading one thousand copies of their demo CD...
- www.gigwise.com
2010-11-30
★★★★★
Italy's Leon is a producer that is helping to re-invent the house sound. His tracks are getting support from all the major players right now: Steve Lawler, Luciano, Carol Cox, M.A.N.D.Y., Loco Dice, Ricardo Villalobos, Tiefschwarz, and many more. Leon delivers insane, heavy house tracks on this 12" that is sure to be played throughout the summer. Includes a remix of "Stars" by Yousef.
- www.forcedexposure.com
2010-08-27
★★★★★
Leon doesn't sing until a couple of cuts into his debut album, but it feels like he had been talking to us the whole time. His atmospheric guitar playing tells stories that don't need words to be communicated; there's an unspoken narrative that spills from every fragile note. Only a musician of genuine talent and passion can move untrained ears with instrumentals...
- www.ink19.com
2009-07-20
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