Birdee & Nick Reach Up team up with the legend Barbara Tucker!

Friday 6th May 2022

With a shared love of disco, house and much beyond, L.A based Italian dj/producer Birdee and London based Brit, Nick Reach Up have both been on the rise in the last few years.

Birdee was recently awarded a Traxsource Nu Disco award in 2021, whilst Nick has been busy remixing for the likes of Kylie and Mel C, amongst playing a string of UK Festivals including Camp Bestival, Beautiful Days and the forthcoming ‘Shingdig’ festival this month, where you can find both Birdee and Nick Reach Up gracing the decks.

There are many processes that come with a collaboration; before there was any contact between the two, Birdee had been playing Nick's collab with Full Intention 'Night of My Life', on his international dj dates, whilst at the same time, Nick had been smashing Birdees 'Moving On' at his Reach Up residency in South London. With a trip to the Grammys looming for Nick, (who as an artist manager had an act nominated) it was Nick that took the initiative and reached out, asking if Birdee fancied getting a collab rolling whilst he was briefly in town. Birdee replied in the positive and 'Free Yourself' initially started to take shape in Nick's rented airbnb apartment.

Birdee was in London next and they got together to further develop the instrumental. It was at this session that they discussed potential vocalists and Nick casually suggested he could call Barbara Tucker, who he had signed when running the legendary Positiva label back in the 90s. Birdee almost fell out of his chair at the nonchalant suggestion of bringing in one of the most respected vocalists in house music History and stage 3 on the journey of the track was when Barbara wrote and recorded the vocals at a studio in Ibiza.
So...3 talents and an anthem recorded in 3 different countries...at a time of such uncertainty and global lockdowns have the words 'Free yourself and let the music take you where you wanna be' ever been more resonant?

Posted by Craig Jones