'What colour is your music?' we asked lead singer Graham Baxter of new Canadian alt-electronica duo, Flowers and Sea Creatures. 'Turquoise and charcoal,' he says. 'What does it sound like?' 'Like Kraftwerk collaborating with Crosby, Stills and Nash,' says the duo's new label boss, Ben Watt, with a flourish.

Flowers and Sea Creatures hail from Montreal and release their debut EP 'Test Pressing' on September 20 on Watt's Buzzin' Fly. The EP showcases four tracks. Baxter's soaring impressionistic vocals and stacked harmonies ride over partner Kosta Megalos's fuzzy autumnal chords. The crisp future-disco beats come courtesy of the EP's co-producers The Revenge (on 'At Night') and Ewan Pearson (on 'International'). The results, when added to the duo's own self-produced closing cut 'Sonic', is alternative deep danceable Balearica at its finest.

Baxter was born in Belfast where he played the cornet in church. Megalos was born in Athens, the son of an itinerant Greek musician. The two gravitated to Montreal where they met and started writing together and playing in local bars. In search of a label, Baxter opened a CD by Buzzin' Fly boss Ben Watt's former band Everything But The Girl, and a reply-card for Buzzin' Fly tumbled out. He emailed some music. Six weeks later, dispirited after no reply, he realised Watt had actually answered within 48 hours and the reply was sitting in his spam folder.

'They just sent instrumental music at first,' says Watt, picking up the story. 'But it was so moody and raw. I loved it. I asked, more in hope that anything else, if anyone in the band could sing, as I thought the tracks would take songs very well. Little did I expect a singer of the calibre of Graham to emerge. Everyone who has heard him has been knocked sideways. His solo voice and his use of background vocals seem both ancient and modern.'

'I approached co-producers who I thought would get the duo straight off,' he continues. 'I wanted tracks to be built from the bottom up with sympathetic minds at work, capturing both the spontaneity of a duo in its infancy, and the guiding hand of experience. Ewan and The Revenge responded immediately. Graham and Kosta were inspired. It was really productive. I just stood back and let it happen.'

Asked about their inspirations, Baxter namechecks the understated vocals of jazz trumpeter Chet Baker and Kubrick's film version of Anthony's Burgess' 'A Clockwork Orange', and says his lyrics begin with vivid images and are 'open to interpretation'. Kosta lists Giorgio Moroder, early 80's sonic experimentalists The Art Of Noise and St Vincent's Annie Clark.

Flowers and Sea Creatures' 'Test Pressing' EP is out on Sep 20 on download and limited edition 12 inch vinyl.

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DIXON / 'Sounds great.'
DUBFIRE / 'What a great EP'
IVAN SMAGGHE / 'Yeah, I really like this on first listening'
SEBO K / 'I love it!!'
JOAKIM / 'I like 'At Night' and 'Sonic' a lot'
DARREN EMERSON / 'Love it mate'
SOLOMUN (DIYNAMIC) / 'What a beautiful EP. I love all tracks. Thank you for this wonderful music!'
GLIMPSE / 'This is really really great. Just perfect voice great production. Will support in anyway I can thanks.'
JAMES ZABIELA / 'I really do like these tracks. Lovely!'
JEROME SYDENHAM / 'Really refreshing EP . International is simply superb!'
PETE GOODING 'Oh wow, this is amazing! Will play tmrw at Mambo and put straight on my radio show!'
PAUL WOOLFORD / 'I really like 'At Night' but 'Sonic' takes it for me - Graham Baxter's voice certainly is something to behold.'
HERNAN CATTANEO / 'Very good EP. Really like the stuff.'
MICHEL CLEIS / 'Love it'
NICK WARREN / 'Good to hear from you, excellent stuff indeed, I really like it. Will play on my radio show and give some chart action'
LUCIANO / 'It sounds really interesting! So would be great to meet up and get the CDR!'
SIMON BAKER / 'The original track is GREAT. Love it. Amazing voice, great low slung beats.'
RUI DA SILVA / 'Just listened to the tracks, they sound great'
YOUSEF / 'Such a beautiful ep.'
SHANE JOHNSON (FISH GO DEEP) / 'Got the EP thanks. Love the Revenge mix of At Night and will be featuring on this week's radio show.'
LEE JONES / 'Great EP. Really exciting band. Looking forward to hearing more.'
ANDY BAXTER / 'I am loving this EP, it was straight on my radio playlist, and sounds great at Cafe Mambo Ibiza.'
JON BERRY (KOMPAKT) / 'This is GORGEOUS potent pop music. Loving it.'
KING BRITT / 'WOW!'
SAM WILLIS (WALLS / ALLEZ-ALLEZ) / 'It's great! Really like the whole thing, it all feels really fresh, and personal - walks a really fine line between the dancefloor and the headphones, and does it beautifully'
ALAIN HO (POUSSEZ) / 'Wow this is hot. Will play it in my Radio Show for sure.'
JODY WISTERNOFF / 'This sounds wonderful'
Q BURNS / 'Simply stunning and right up my alley. The vocalist is definitely quite a find. I would love to help get this heard. These tunes, especially the lead track "At Night," are a no-brainer for my syndicated Invisible Airwaves radio show. Club play, as well.'
CHARLES WEBSTER / 'Nice. I like the 'Sonic' track best. Can support/play on radio 4 sure'
JOE SHANAHAN (SMART BAR, CHICAGO) / 'We loved this. All the staff commented on how it sounds! Thank you for the great start to our day!'
YANNICK (NEEDS) / 'Really great music indeed. I'm a big fan of The Revenge and "At Night" is excellent, but the stand-out song for me here is "International". Graham's stunning voice and Ewan Pearson's ability to create electronic music with a pop sensibility seem like the perfect match. Did I mention that "Sonic" is beautiful?'
AXWELL / 'Like this. Hook me up please!'
MARK HENNING / 'I'm not normally into this sort of thing but 'At Night' is great - I'd love a download to play out.'

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SAM DUKE (RCRDLBL) / 'This is amazing stuff. We'd love to get something going on the site if you guys are up for clearing a track for download.'
DORIAN LYNSKEY (THE GUARDIAN) / 'Wonderful to hear electronic music with such eerie, evocative vocals - like Thom Yorke if he'd been into deep house rather than Warp. Gorgeously atmospheric production all round. I look forward to hearing more.'
MARK ELLEN (WORD MAGAZINE) / 'Lovely voice. Reminds me a bit of Thom Yorke.'
STEPHEN WORTHY (MOJO / MIXMAG) / 'Really, really like it. The sort of deep, smouldering synthery that I love. And yes, there is something special about that voice.'
PHILIP SHERBURNE (PITCHFORK, THE WIRE) / 'Thanks for sending this! It sounds really sweet. I particularly like the lead track (and am glad you did the dub, too!), but all four sound pretty rad. Very cool to see Ewan & The Revenge continuing to push themselves.'
iDJ REVIEW / 'Flowers and Sea Creatures release 4 tracks of alternative deep danceable Balearica at its finest; a debut EP 'Test Pressing' on Buzzin' Fly. Baxter's soaring impressionistic vocals and harmonies ride over partner Kosta Megalos's fuzzy autumnal chords. Nu disco beats come courtesy of the EP's co-producers The Revenge and Ewan Pearson. 8. Pathaan'
RALPH MOORE (MIXMAG) / 'It's in Big Tunes. Perfect marriage of voice and on-point production from The Revenge and Ewan Pearson'
BEN MURPHY (DJ MAG) / 'I really like it, it's great. Gonna include in the Killers section this coming issue.'
DEAN THATCHER / 'I'm really into it, lovely stuff. Expect a high new entry in the Zzub Chart.'
DMC UPDATE / ZZUB CHART / No 9, New Entry

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