Oscar P Invents a New Method of Time Travel

Coming at’cha like a Mack tank, New York DJ Oscar P (originally from the Dominican Republic) just runs you over with his “Time Machine” bringing back the tribal thump and funk of the best of house music from the ‘90s. “In the story line, I build a time machine and I travel back to 1996 and hop to 2009 to visit my favorite clubs of the era... as well as the Djs that played them,” muses Oscar. Tenaglia, Morales, Vega, “It's an adventure.

“Time Machine The Album” pays tribute to the club scene Oscar P came up in, before Obama, before the war, before the Internet, before the itunes store.

A solid line-up of featured guests, production partners and original material breaking down the musical and cultural barriers between classic house, the big room alternative, and Latin influences, “Time Machine” is Oscar P’s first artist driven album in ten years and is actually the 200th release on Open Bar Music.

“Crispified,” the first single from the album “Time Machine” (Out Feb 2009), is a party anthem about international clubbing, co-written with Alex Almeida and co-produced with Davdison Ospina. It features a stacked lineup of remixers for global consumption with vocals by…. oh yes, Oscar P himself."We wrote ‘Crispified’ in Miami at WMC 2008,” notes Oscar. “It took us about seven months to get the track recorded and released due to our schedules.”

The single features a strong package with mixes by D: Fuse & Hiratzka, Benny Royal, Karol XVII & MB Valence, Dj Spin & Troy Manner, Kid Chris, Davidson Ospina, Sirkhan, Colin Sales, Scott Watson, Cortes, Sound Control, Alex Almeida, Blackliquid, Wil Alonso, Juan Kato, & Groovegetters.

 "I do a lot of vocals on this album,” pointed out the writer-producer whose production and remix credits include: Physics, Gala, The Peech Boys, George Krantz, 2 Unlimited, Swing 52, Arnold Jarvis, Doug Lazy, Kym Syms, & The Beloved, as well as working behind the scenes with acts like Crystal Waters, 2 In A Room and Lidell Townsell back when dance artists went gold and platinum. "So even people who know me will be a bit surprised.”

There’s also the much buzzed about title track of the album "Time Machine,"  which is slated to become the second single off the CD.

“Today’s generation missed this entire period of NY house,” Oscar points out, “so it was an impulse track.” I heard Mike Dunn's track plugging the Chicago pioneers and it inspired me to plug the guys I grew up with and represent New York. Thanks Mike, see what you started?"

The album features Jaime Lee Wilson, Christian Alvarez, Tyrah Morena, Blackliquid, Physics, Marco Petralia as well as Open Bar Music standout Ama Zedrey. Oscar's label Open Bar has also seen success worldwide combining the right artists & remixers on releases by Black Fras, Stadi, Masi & Mello, Angel Manuel, featuring the work of Tom Novy, Davidson Ospina, MTV & Mark Knight, Big World, Richard F, Granite & Phunk, Rulers Of The Deep, Groove Junkies, Knee Deep, Sueno Soul, & Solitaire. So what’s the secret?

Oscar P points to a great team including, long time partner Carlos Ortiz, online specialist Jessica Bendig and in-studio collaborator Davidson Ospina credited with bringing Oscar back to the recording studio after a five-year retirement.

Oscar credits Davidson for getting him excited about making music again. "I had been quiet for many years just running the marketing company, MediaServicesNYC and our record labels, Rumba Jams and Open Bar Music with my partner Carlos Ortiz. I was still traveling and active as a DJ, so being in the studio really didn't interest me the way it does today. "

"I've worked with a lot of talented people, and that certainly rubs off on you and gives you the itch,” admits Oscar, who also highlights his twenty year production track record before folks forget that he’s a DJ and producer first before becoming a label president.

“We all have the artist inside us trying to break out and be seen. I certainly don't want to wake up at 60 thinking I should have tried this or that. Life is about passion, instinct, creativity and taking chances. That was the message behind Open Bar Music, and that’s the message in this album. It's ok to get Crispy, because that’s how we learn what we are made of."

Indeed.

Album Credits

01. Time Machine
Written & Produced By Oscar P & Davidson Ospina
Thats Strange Music BMI, Ospina Music Ascap

02. Crispified 
Written & Produced By Oscar P & Davidson Ospina

03. Don't StopThe Music 
Written & Produced By Oscar P & Marco Petralia
Remixed By Tom DaPrato. Thats Strange Music BMI

04. Move On Up feat Jaime Lee Wilson
Written By J. L. Wilson, O. Poche & D. Ospina
Produced By Oscar P & Davidson Ospina
Thats Strange Music BMI, Ospina Music Ascap

05. You Are My House Feat Ama Produced By Oscar P & Davidson Ospina
Thats Strange Music BMI, Ospina Music Ascap

06. Holding On Feat Daisy – Physics - Remixed By Davidson Ospina & Oscar P
Written by Torbjörn Olsson, Mikael Surdi, Nabiha Bensouda
Produced, mixed and arranged by Physics
Published by Flashback Music/Misty Music/Meerkat Music & Copyright Control
Physics is exclusively represented by Deeplay Music. Licensed From Seamless Recordings

07. Sexxo - Written & Produced By Oscar P & Davidson Ospina
Thats Strange Music BMI, Ospina Music Ascap

08. Le Fin Du Monde 
Written & Produced By Oscar P & Davidson Ospina
Thats Strange Music BMI, Ospina Music Ascap

09. Siempre Pra Sol  
Christian Alvarez featuring Tyrah Morena
Remixed By Davidson Ospina & Oscar P
Christian Alvarez appears courtesy of Delecto Recordings
Licensed From Mutated Music
Published by Cloud 9 (NL). Copyright 2007 Mutated Music

10. 4 Da Headz  - Blackliquid Vs Oscar P
Written By Ike Ngwaba
Produced By Ike Ngwaba, Oscar P, Davdison Ospina
Thats Strange Music BMI, Ospina Music Ascap

11. Don't Stop The Music (FreQuency M Remix)
Oscar P vs Marco Petralia
Written & Produced By O. Poche & M. Petralia
Remixed By Tom DaPrato. Thats Strange Music BMI

Executive Producers: Oscar Poche and Carlos Ortiz For Azucar Ent Inc., Open Bar Music

REACTIONS

ROGER SANCHEZ  - RELEASE YOURSELF EXCLUSIVE
Oscar P - Crispified  - Dj Spin & Troy Manner Mix (Open Bar)
 
ROBERT OWENS - crispified track is cool, it's sure to rock the house

DIRTY VEGAS - great solid production with pulsing lines that push the vocals to make this a floor killer!

ANDY WARD - Galaxy 102 - Wil get behind This

JUSTIN WILKES - UK Kiss 100 ----Crispified is spot on!

ALEX DEEJAY - Playing Oscar P - Crispified (Oscar P Bump Mix)

ANDY HOLDER -Nuwavonic - Solid release, Solid mixes

D:FUSE - We smashed our mix during the weekend gigs. Incredible!

FLASH BROTHERS - Frisky, di.fm - Melodic & uplifting!

GRAHAM SAHARA - Seamless UK - Bad ass deep house.

DAVIDSON OSPINA - KarolXVII_MBValence_Remix is it!!!

GRAHAM GOLD - LIKING THE D FUSE MIX

GREG CUOCO - AQUA-BOOTY-Nice mixes!!!!! Oscar does it again!

SILVANO DA SILVA -  Netherlands - Ospina/Oscarp Bump mix Rockin this hard in my sets.

JAZZLOUNGERZ - Love the KarolXVII-MBValence remix,
perfect for my deeper sets. Full support!

JEVNE MILLER -  really feeling the Karol XVII RMX!

YVES EAUX - 'Awesome release! Amsterdam loves it!'

JIM RYAN - Miss-Moneypennys - Chuff Chuff
- Slammin tune will get radio support this week and dropped at Chuff Chuff this weekend

PAUL HUGHES - Energy FM UK - In Rotation!! Love This

RADIO ACTION

RELEASE YOURSELF with Roger Sanchez : Galaxy 102 FM
Kiss 100 UK : Kiss 100 AU : Ministry Of Sound Radio
Miss-Moneypennys  : Energy FM UK
Ibiza Global Radio, 97.6 : The Badlands SF
KPWR 105.9, KUCI 88.9 : Axiomonline.TV
Protonradio :  XM 91.7  : KPFT Houston
XFM  : SSRadioUK  :  Radio Petersburg 69.47 FM
Coast FM - Costa Blanca Spain   : Capital FM
ESSENTIALS: SPIRIT OF LIFE  : Global Groove
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