If you ever saw Azari & III live then you know they had an intense and gripping presence. Vocalists Cedric Gasaida (aka Starving Yet Full) and Fritz Helder knew how to command a room of hundreds or thousands, and tracks like "Reckless (With Your Love)" and "Hungry For The Power" were arranged with such grace that everyone from your baby cousin to the postman loved them. Where there's deep house, there's drama, so when mercurial producer Alphonse "Alixander III" Lanza posted to his Facebook in mid-November that the group had split, fans were gutted—but not all of them were suprised. The group have already moved along to other projects—we'll be debuting a new vocal track from Cedric (with producer Subb An) tomorrow, and in a few weeks we'll be launching a video that's a sneak peak into Alphonse's magical Toronto studio, where he's working on tracks with his new band, The Cruelty Party.Until then, Fonzi was nice enough to give us this last ever recording of the group from Manchester's famed Warehouse Project. Celebrate their flamboyant, fabulous life while you can… and yours as well.
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