Death Disco: Holiday Home

Fredo, Thang, Seba. They might sound like three lion cubs from a Disney film but it couldn't be further from the truth, as musically the three-piece Villa tend to reference the likes of Quincy Jones, Bo Michael Tretow, Giorgio Moroder or Vangelis, but also the dynamic pop of Blondie and David Bowie. Their vision is to create "pop sensibility matched with avant-garde."

Villa could, and often are, be filed under the tag of Balearic within the muso mental rolodex. It is, as they see "off-kilter disco, instrumental new wave B-sides, edgy pop gems, ancient house discs, below the radar rock tunes, Belgian new beat, slow motioned electro and everything in between."

Fredo and Thang have around a decade of turntable experience between them and their first venture into production was the Gameplay edit of Beirut’s nugget Nantes. The track was originally created as something of a secret project but soon received attention from major players such as Laurent Garnier, Dixon and Tim Sweeney. Soon afterwards the duo hooked up with vintage synth collector Seba and thus Villa came to be. The final component proved to be a well versed composer and producer with an enviable collection of machines that benefited the planned future well.

Villa's first work as a threesome were the ‘diva’ edits, a series of three re-works named Anita, Tina and Agneta, which saw a digital release on the Eskimo Recordings offshoot Mindless Boogie. Remix work for The Golden Filter, Ali Love and Music Go Music soon followed, and Moby recently enlisted their skills for fine tuning tracks in a bold new direction.

Villa's future plans include more remixes, a tour that takes in Glasgow superclub Death Disco and time in the studio working on a new album. After being tarred with the "One to watch this year" brush, expect to be hearing a lot more from Villa in the near future.