Long Lost Brother Records

A year in the making, this debut album is set to enrapture and enthral, transporting listeners to a place faraway from the pop production line and play-safe r'n'b. It's like nowhere you've ever been, but you'll soon find yourself at home.

One listen to Flashman and it's clear that this is no trend-following, bandwagon-jumping unit. Sweeping grand-scale themes are underpinned by skittering beats and strangely, magically, become songs that make your head their home. It's the sound of a partnership that's far more than the sum of its constituent parts.

Vocalist Renn's astonishing, uncategorisable abilities were called upon by the likes of Basement Jaxx, Mantronix, Fun Lovin Criminals, Anastasia and Robert Miles. And even before such artists came knocking, the North Londoner was opening shows for Jamiroquai and De La Soul with his own mid-90s outfit Original Son.

Multi-tasking programmer/producer/drummer Steve Alexander's career has been as wide-ranging as the very sound of Flashman. Steve's rhythmic flair has seen him work with Papa Wemba and Jeff Lorber, but it's perhaps the three albums and four years with Duran Duran and his recent tenure with Jeff Beck (who crops up on two Flashman tracks) that says more about his breadth of talent. Steve collaborated with the groundbreaking guitarist on the Grammy Award winning album 'You Had It Coming' and during his three year stint also enjoyed a Grammy for Best Live Performance.