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Nitely' is the debut album from Jonny Wildey; written recorded over three years at North London's creative haven Total Refreshment Centre. Although 'Nitely' will be his first under his own name, Wildey has been making electronic music under the name Alphabets Heaven for the last decade, releasing a string of acclaimed singles on Nightmares On Wax, Tru Thoughts, Soundway, and King Deluxe. Recording upstairs at Total Refreshment Centre proved an inspiration in itself for Wildey - he recorded at night, which happily meant that some of the most exciting music around was happening in the same building 'The TRC had gigs on at the time, so I'd go there, start working on something, then would see the Neue Grafik Ensemble, or some amazing jazz band, and go back upstairs and carry on working, which was a lot of fun.' Unsurprisingly, he soon attracted some like-minded collaborators - 'Nitely' features Danalogue (The Comet Is Coming, Soccer96), Emma Gatrill (This Is The Kit, Laura Marling), Marcus Hamblett (James Holden, Timber Timbre) and London based beat master Deft (Yip Wong). 'Nitely' represents a musical shift, with Wildey embracing more traditional songwriting and a drawing upon his wide range of musical tastes - Shuggie Otis, Yes, Arthur Lee's Love, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, A Tribe Called Quest, John Frusciante, Milton Nascimento, Steve Miller. 'I really just wanted to take a lot of influences from the 70s and 80s that I was maybe a bit embarrassed about earlier in life and try and apply that to everything I've been doing for the last 10 years. I'm not ashamed to write songs and put my vocals at the front, which is a huge step for me. The big connecting thing is that a lot of the music I like is fun - say, Shuggie Otis has a lot of what I like in dance music, in that it just feels so light - it will just make whatever you do feel a bit better, that's the kind of music I wa
