Blue Six — Beautiful Tomorrow. Brief story on a genuine deep house album

Firstly, it’s a perfect example of classic deep house: a soft rhythm, delicate keyboards and beautiful vocals, rather than the modern rubbish that someone mistakenly called deep house. Secondly, it’s further proof that former rockers make good electronic musicians. Andy Compton stopped playing riffs and formed the deep house duo The Rurals. Following his lead, Jay Denes also joined the light side :-)

Jay Denes

“I was at a turning point in my life, career, etc.,” said the only member of Blue Six Jay Denes. “I felt I needed to be myself without a filter and I was pretty scared that people would reject it for not being what they expect. I’d been put in a rather confined box by Naked’s fans, and I didn’t want to disappoint them, but at the same time, the last few records (Aya and Lisa Shaw) have been steps on a path toward my own, and the label’s musical truth. Without the support of Dave (co-founder of Naked Music), and a few of my closet friends, I would have never made it through this one. Making records of the type I’m interested in is very very draining. I’m meticulous, a lot of overdubs, editing, etc. I throw a lot of stuff out, I was trying only to complete the material that I felt was truest.”