HOLLAND - The track has now been in the charts for 11 weeks and reached number 5. FRANCE - 'Uninvited' will be released on the 25th February but is already at number 14 in the French Itunes charts. BELGIUM - The track has been in the charts for 10 weeks, peaking at number 5. HUNGARY - 'Uninvited' is currently at number 2 in the radio chart.
“Uninvited” their 4th hit single Featuring the beautiful voice of Bailey Tzuke had been a huge success in the UK, and international releases were piling up. Their remix of Beyonce and Shakira’s “Beautiful liar” had held the song at the UK’s No 1 spot for weeks some 8 months previous.
Their most recent Kelly Rowland remix was looking set to be a top 10 UK hit and already becoming a massive radio record. They had travelled the world to play some amazing parties and to top it all off - Their first Co-Production for another artist was receiving rapturous reviews. The cherry on the icing of the cake is the artist in question is in fact Kylie.
“Uninvited” was initially a song from Meg Ryan/Nicholas Cage film City of Angels and after watching the club reactions to a demo they created for Ibiza’s space (and having a cd stolen from the DJ booth that ended up doing the rounds on the internet) , the duo decided to take the plunge and record their own version Finding a vocalist who could create the kind of atmosphere needed to record a song such as “Uninvited” could have been a never-ending task, but a long term friendship with one of England’s most amazing voices - Judie Tzuke provided the answer.
Bailey is Judie’s Daughter and recorded the vocal that still pours out of the nation’s radios in just over 2 hours. With the help of an excellent Simon Hale scored string section played by The world renowned London session orchestra, Uninvited was propelled into the hearts and minds of the UK public and it’s success is now being felt across Europe and the US.
The boys are tight lipped about future projects and records but probably for good reason. 2007 was an amazing year for the UK’s favourite electronic production team. It is estimated that there were only 15 weeks in 2007 when the UK top 40 did not contain a Freemasons production of some description. From humble Brighton beginnings Russell Small and James Wiltshire are now discussed in record company offices at the highest levels. * 4 Consecutive Top twenty UK Artist Singles
* UK's most successful (Grammy Nominated) Remixers * Production career off to an amazing start
Freemasons' remix of the new Beyonce vs Shakira no. 1 "Beautiful Liar" is the one getting played on Radio 1.
The track is top of the UK Singles chart, and holds poasitions 4 and 8 in the itunes chart.
Chris Moyles said on his Radio 1 show "The Freemasons have saved Beyonce's a**e yet again!"
Proof once again that the production talents of the Freemasons are second to none. Also still doing well is their debut album "Shakedown" - a highly recommended compilation of remixes and original tracks that show their skills off to the full.
The new Freemasons album is no.2 in the HMV Pre-Order Albums Chart.
Freemasons release their "Shakedown" album on Jan 22nd on Loaded, a 28-track double mixed CD which features 13 Freemasons tracks, including their top 20 hits Love On My Mind, Watchin and Rain Down Love as well as all of their best remixes from the past 18 months for which they have become world renowned. The mix features hits from Beyonce, Faith Evans, Fatboy Slim, Blaze, Herd & Fitz and also includes 5 full length bonus MP3s. The HMV version also includes two bonus After Hours mixes of Watchin and Love On My Mind.
Meanwhile their single "Rain Down Love" is in the Singles Chart at no.12 (no.5 on the physical chart), making it this weeks Highest Climber
Freemasons have also been commissioned to remix the forthcoming new duet between Beyonce and Shakira, after the success of "Deja Vu", the Beyonce track that has resulted in a Grammy nomination for the Freemasons for their mix of the no. 1 hit.
Congratulations to the Freemasons on their nomination for a Grammy Award!
The pair have been nominated for their remix of Beyonce's "Deja Vu", which also scored a no.1 hit in the UK Top 40 Singles Chart.
The nomination is for Best Remixed Recording (www.grammy.com) and they are up against E- Smoove's remix of Bob Sinclair, Jacque Le Cont's remix of Coldplay, Tiefschwatz/Tracey Thorn's remix of Buick Project, and Moto Blanco's remix of Mary J. Blige.
The most anticipated dance track of the year so far 'Love On My Mind' by Freemasons featuring Amanda Wilson gets released on Loaded Records in August 2005.
Already an anthem from the early copies that sneaked out before Christmas, it's been played five weeks in a row on both Pete Tong and Judge Jules' Radio One shows, topped both the Buzz chart and the Cool Cuts and looks set to be as big as last year's 'Lola's Theme' by Shapeshifters. Here's hoping!
Freemasons are Russell Small and James Wiltshire. Russell enjoyed chart success with Phats and Small in the late 90s, selling over 2 million records world-wide and notching up four top 20 hits. James has also worked with the likes of Donna Summer, Texas and Kylie remix-masters Brothers In Rhythm.
Vocalist Amanda Wilson was discovered down the local karaoke bar. "We found Amanda singing karaoke," says Russell. "We were just blown away by her voice, she's got that soulful thing going on so we approached her and she was really up for it. It took two hours from start to finish once Amanda was on board."
With the track complete, Russ and James headed down to their local, The Freemasons; "Our name came about as a result of a rather cunning deal hatched with the landlord of the pub," explains Russ. "We were having a drink and we were really stuck as to what to call ourselves. The landlord had said if the track got to # 1 he'd give us free drinks for life - we shook on it immediately so it seemed only fair to name ourselves after the pub."
The track came about due to an old Jackie Moore track, 'This Time Baby' from Atlantic Records. "I'd wanted to use the sample for years," says Russ, "I remember when we finished it, we bumped into so many people that had wanted to use it but we got there first."
'Love On My Mind' comes with excellent remixes from King Unique and the Sharp Boys.
