Music surrounds the life of Stan Forebee (AKA Bastiaan van der Vlist). Raised by a musical family in The Netherlands, Stan started young with classical piano, moved onto jazz, and then settled into the hip hop and neo-soul beats and textures inspired by artists like J Dilla, Flying Lotus, and Bibio. Many tracks were released another alias — Beatsofreen — and Stan’s tunes found their way on the likes of Vinyl Digital and Chillhop Music. Now, with the 4-song Second Home EP, Stan Forebee joins the Cold Busted fam for the third installment in the label’s Jet Set series.
The vibe is laid-back and melodic, as “Flying Dew” opens the Second Home EP with a filtered piano floating into a pensive beat concoction. A cool jazzy bass line is here to get the heads nodding. “Two Faces” follows with an especially catchy shuffle, adding muted guitar riffs and electric piano runs. “Dilladong” transmits its influence in its title, with tremelo’ed e-piano and plucky synth melodies playing over a chill boom-bap beat. The title track closes it out the EP in a dreamy style — it’s got that reassuring warmth of arriving after long travels. A second home is still a home, and it feels so good.
released September 11, 2020
Recorded in the Netherlands
Produced and Arranged by Stan Forebee
All Tracks Written by B. van der Vlist
Mastered by Misjah@24Mastering
Manufactured by Mobineko
Photo by Dan A'vard
Design by Vitamin D
Executive Producer, Derrick Daisey
All Works Registered with Some Cutz Up (ASCAP)
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Rory Hoy (Howlin' Records / Super Hi-Fi / BigBeatTastic Radio Show): AMAZING release.- Thanks for sharing! Rory Hoy
Thilo Perach (Silenta) (Roca Records): Great feel, if Guru had kinda these tracks back in the days...love it!
Rusty (All Good Funk Alliance) (Funk Weapons / Super Hi-Fi): some nice stuff here thank you.
Mr. Bristow (Subtek / Detox / BBP / Tru:Funk / Funk Blasters): Really feeling this - nice jazzy vibes - great work!
Michael Moebus (Meem / Back To Funk radio show): Nice laidback sounds :)
Stickybuds (Goodgroove Records / Baffin Island Beat Brigade / Big M Bootie / Pop N' Lock): These are great songs... Loving them, really nice production.
Aja Allsop (Ketch A Vibe Radio Show - Impact Radio, Cruise FM, The Jazz UK, others): This just moves along at a pace that suits a slow long walk through some long forgotten city back streets.
Peter Kruder (Kruder & Dorfmeister / G-Stone / Peace Orchestra): Great tracks. Love the vibe and production ! Thanks !
Ross Wakefield (Part-Time Heroes / Hideout Sessions Podcast / Wah Wah 45s): Nice!
Danny Ward (Moodymanc / Dubble D / Well Cut Records / Cloudworkz Radioio): Lovely grooves, thanks...
Kid Loco (Flor / Tromolo Records): Brilliant and clever. Thank you for this one
Ohmega Watts (Ubiquity Records / Mellow Orange Collective): Proper headnod affect across the EP... Second Home and Dilladong being my fav's, it's SOLID all around!
Salvo Borrelli (Garam Masala Radioshow / Radio Etna Espresso): ♥♥♥♥
Dj Halabi (Dj Halabi): immersive and lush beats, so digging this.
Mark Milz / Mark Bailey (Further In Fusion Radio Show (Radio Corax 95.9 FM)): nice and smooth
Sound Fusion Radio (Sound Fusion Radio): :))))))
Karsten John (Vinyl Vibes Records / Vinyl Vibes Club Night): Nice'n'chilled
Anatoly Ice (Funk and Beyond Radio Show (Megapolis FM) / Rhythms (Radio Jazz Moscow)): perfect groovy laidback jazzy beats
Ket Shah (Mucho Soul) (Mucho Soul / weekly radio show on TWR London): Superb
Sasha Perera (Marketing Melodies (music licensing)): Cool.
Sandro Bianchi (Ibiza Sonica / Loca FM / Radio Circulo): love it!
Hober Mallow (Mighty Reel (weekly on 2SER 107.3 FM, Sydney)): Ace downbeat sounds. They're all speaking to me.
Dan Wilcox (KCRW FM): digg
Dr.Best (Sven Thomschke) (Radio Z 95.8 Nuernberg/Germany): All in all a nice release..
Andrew Emil (Broadway & Wilson / Four Play Music / Glenview Records / 5Magazine): Dope Release!
Hippie Torrales (Cyberjamz Radio / What Is Hip): Nice soft ep with great taste
DJ Morpheus (Lysergic Factory radio show / Radio Campus 92.1 FM): i only like the second home track in here.... jolly good!
Matthias Kirsch (JazzRadio 106.8 FM (Head Of Music)): Great, spacy sound. Cool mix of electronic and analog.
Floored Capri (Kane FM): Dusty, jazzy with exquisite head-nodding beats reminiscent of hazy times exploring Amsterdam.
DJ Jazzy L (Jazzy Lounge Radio (Radionomy.com)): Very laid-back tracks.
Kiss FM Ukraine (Kiss FM Ukraine): Cool stuff. Will play!
Jon Fugler (XLNT radio show (Radio Pays de Guéret 96.5 FM) / Fluke): Lovely late summer vibes, Second Home has a lovely feel to it too. Excellent. Many thanks.
Morphosis (The Hong Kong Ping Pong Club / NSB Radio / Ghetto Funk): Super chill vibes, especially like 'Two Faces'
DJ Krimi / Radio Krimi (Radio Krimi / Le Cabanon (Pub Dancefloor @ Chamonix)): Chill !
Marcelo Tavares (Deep Space Podcast): Huge
Robert Lochmann (The Jazzmadass Radio Show on Radio X / soulsender.de): CB quality
Linos Pascal (Linos On Canvas radio show - weekly on Republic 100.3 FM (Thessaloniki)): full support from Greece!
DJ Junior (Eavesdrop Radio WKDU 91.7FM (Philadelphia)): Loving this!
Carl Brown (www.electricsoulshow.com): Loved, Loved, Loved this... Wow. IS ALL i CAN SAY. i JUST WISH A VOCALIST OR RAPPER - OR BOTH - to ride on these grooves... This is so nice. I will definitely be playing these tracks on the -
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misterG (Green Arrow Radio Show (weekly on 91.7fm WSUM, Madison WI)): laid back like a groovy nap time...
Al Patterson (Vinyl Athletes): Mellow and smooth. That fire
DJ T-Bird (Los Chicos Altos/Something Else!): Wow! This is great. Kinda like if Dilla ran MoWax...
Michael Elves (Program Director - CJUM-FM - UMFM 101.5 FM - Winnipeg, MB): Eager to hear more.
Sharif Galal (Triple J Radio): warm and jazzy
Igor Marijuan (ibiza Sonica FM): cool as ice
Parachute Radio Show (Parachute Radio Show (Radio Campus Pau, CFM Radio, Radio MNE)): aaaaa
Joey Webb (HouseMen, PASSAGE): Big fan of Stan, been vibing to his tunes over the past couple of years.
DJ Emskee (WBAI 99.5 FM in NYC): Very dope groove tracks here. Great job!!!!
Piiit (Septante Sept / So Watt): Nice loungy vibes
Coers (Armada Music (compilation A&R) / Fresh FM): Chillin
ALTZ (Altzmusica /Bear Funk / DFA): beautiful strings touch
Trio (Bocca Grande) (Rebirth / Four Roses / Mathematics): Thanks for the promo. Great works!I like the Flying Dew,beautiful tune.
Art-D-Fact (Art-D-Fact Online Web-Zine / Reviewer): good
Duserock (Duserock): Thanks!
Salah Sadeq (The Crate Radio show / Radio Alhara / Beshknow Radio): nice!
Jay Scarlett (Sounds Supreme Radio Show - bi-weekly on BR Puls Radio / Beatdimensions): A blast of modern sampled based jazz aesthetics. Dope!
Wilbour Craddock (Groovewest): down temp gold
Alex Rimmington (CFRU 93.3 FM (Music Coordinator)): Thanks!
DJ Osric (Black and Blue Show (RTR 92.1 FM - weekly) / Liquorice.tv): Piano, beats and vybes, what's not to like!? Classy
Nori (Posivision mag / clubberia / Wax Poetics Japan / bnana.jp): superb.
SimonG (Deep South Audio) (Volcano Radio / 0fm / MyHouseYourHouse Radio): quirky jazzy flow on these -- Two Faces stands out for me.
DJ Mza (Soul Circle Radio / Frisson Radio / Delicious Vinyl): My dutch beatsmith comes correct as always!
Snooba (Radio Panik / Rif Raf Magazine / Contrebande Radio (syndicated)): cool down tempo ! trip hop's not dead Belle prod ..
Alejandro Ramirez (Stereo 77) (Plimsoll Records): Nice vibes.
Andy Wilson (ibiza Sonica FM (Program Director) / Balearia): very nice ep with a great warm chilled vibe , all tracks good for me
spaceotter (Camp Conception/SCOHM): Chill and lovely. Flying Dew is my fave.
Apostolos Argyris (The Zuzu Club): Lovely and relaxing
Tim Angrave (The Chillout Lounge Mix): Second Home is a beauty
Mountain Chill Radio / KRKQ (Mountain Chill Radio -KRKQ- 95.5 FM - Telluride, CO): Some delicious chillhop vibes here.
ERIC SHANS (3bridge records): NIce stuff!!
Nii Tei (Do Not Sit on the Furniture (Resident)): bliss
DJ Nova (Rodon FM 95 / Nova Planet Radio Show): The release leaves us on a warm and jazz note. Thrilled with the bass on ''Flying Dew''
FineCutBodies / BiscuitReality (Chi Recordings / MR2 Hungarian National Radio): I realized I love listening CB releases on repeat on this player so better not to waste bandwidth and download them instantly!:D Thank you!
Black Mighty Wax (Irma Records / weekly radio shows on Gru Radio 93.3 FM + Radio Città Fujiko 103.1 FM): as always a nice jazzy-hop release
Cantos (HMNI | LTHM | Sol*Sundaze | Selekta): very Dilla-esque
Bart Ricardo (Farris Wheel / Gourmand Music / Frequency Spectrum / Herbal Essence): thanks!!!
Lakatos Sandor Suefo (Radio Tilos FM 90,3 / Savages y Suefo): I like Fyling Dew and Dilladong here.