Real name / Toby Davies
Moniker(s) / Planas, Landlord, SeeMore Productions

Planas
Album: ‘The Long Game’
November 26th on Exceptional Blue records


The verdict so far:

• “I can’t really fault this record” DJ magazine, 9/10 dubstep track of the month

• “As sophisticated as dubstep gets, yet still delivering real intensity” Mixmag, 4/5

• “Absolutely stunning!” Tom Middleton

• “Proper nice” El-B

• “Amazingly beautiful” Mary Anne Hobbs

• “Planas has been cranking up momentum recently with a string of sublime releases. We’re really looking forward to future output from this talented chap” Hyponik

On November 26th 2012 Exceptional Blue records present Planas’ eagerly awaited debut album ‘The Long Game’.
With a high-end list of production, writing and remix credits to Planas’ name, it’s little surprise that ‘The Long Game’ is superior musically, in dancefloor clout, broad sonic palate, spacious mix and proper low-end weight .
‘Breathtaking’, which is adorned with the dulcet vocal tones of Ed Thomas is a sublime piece of bass music, and the superfly ‘Wasabi Thunder’ melds sparking cosmic p funk to dubstep, with devastating effect.
‘Cry Wolf’ is epic, high-drama vocal dubstep which features Joe Lean, and also featuring Ed Thomas is the timeless British urban melancholy of ‘Rain on Me’.

The acid-coloured, stretchy analogue b-line on ‘Better Days’ is a prime example of Planas’ skill at twisting fresh and unique sounds from of his machines.
Featuring the sumptuous vocal tones of Claudia Georgette, ‘Merry Go Round’ doffs it’s cap to Erica Badu, Platinum Pied Pipers and Spacek, with stunning results.
‘2 little 2 late’ channels the spirit of classic MJ Cole and brings it bang-up-to date, whilst the Moodyman-esque spaceage thump of ‘Petroleum’ slows the tempo, but loses no impact.
‘Underneath’ is a collaboration between Planas and vocalist Dandelion, with Gentleman’s Dub Club providing the riddim, on a heartfelt steppers anthem. The album closes on ‘Mr Litvinenko’, which is as nasty and dangerous as the subject matter it refers to.

Toby Davies AKA Planas has either produced, engineered or written songs with Alex Clare (Island), Dionne Bromfield, Binky Griptite of The Dap Kings, Tim Hutton (The Prodigy/Groove Armada) and Kim Burse - Beyonce's creative director. He also co-produced and recorded vocals for tracks on the L-Vis 1990 album, ‘Neon Dreams’.

Toby has built his credentials over the last few years, with rated releases on Ranking (which he co-owns), Immerse records, last single ‘Breathtaking’ for Exceptional Blue, plus remixes for the likes of Foreign Beggars, Black Diamond Bay and Screaming Soul.
Planas’ music has won DJ support from DJ Q, Martyn, Appleblim, Pearson Sound, Mary Alix Perez, the Brookes Brothers, Shogun Audio, Huxley, Mary Anne Hobbs, Gilles Peterson, Don Letts, Ronnie Herel, Mr Scruff, Pearson Sound, DJ Nonames (Foreign Beggars), Tayo, Ross Allen, True Tiger and Alix Perez.
The Planas mix of ‘Finest Hour’ by (Exceptional Blue labelmates) Submotion Orchestra has reached over 200,000 YouTube views.

Toby is currently writing, producing and playing bass with Gentleman’s Dub Club (he’s an original member). He’s also collaborating with Sinead Harnett, George the Poet, Scrufizzer, Submotion Orchestra and Fallen. He founded the renowned club night Vagabondz, which is now part of the Outlook Festival in Croatia. He also writes hip hop as Tarqwin Smythe with Ed Thomas of Gentleman's Dub Club, and in 2009 formed producer duo Seemore Productions.
Planas Live

As the titles suggests, Planas live is the four-piece band incarnation of Planas. They are Toby, plus Ed Thomas (synths/vocals) who also featured on the Author album (Tectonic), Claudia Georgette (vocals/percussion) and Niall Lavelle (drums/percussion) who also plays percussion/synths for Gentleman's Dub Club.
Planas Live rocked the main stage at Outlook in Croatia this year, plus his promo mix for the festival gained over 6,000 plays and is the most popular Outlook mix this year.

Toby’s DJ appearances have included Outlook Festival, Dimensions (Croatia) Subline (Russia), True Badness (Bulgaria),Vagabondz (London), Sub Dub (London) and the Outlook launch party in London.

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