The Nextmen

You've heard of the Nextmen, you've listened to their music, you've seen them DJ at close to every single major festival in Australia! They're world renowned producers and party rockers, their beats have sonically benefited the likes of Public Enemy, Blackalicious, The Pharcyde and Morcheeba. 'This Was Suppose To Be The Future' is the duo's long awaited 3rd album, here they dish out a melodically fresh and diverse offering that showcases their evolution and deep talent, 'This Was Suppose To Be The Future' enlists the talents of Sway, Fat Freddys Drop, Zarif Davidson, Alice Russell, Kidz In The Hall, Niney The Observer and LSK from Faithless creating the perfect mixture of reggae, soul, dancehall and hip hop

Dom Betmead and Brad Ellis are UK's the Nextmen, they joined forces when Brad blagged a remix for London Posse which ended up on Radio1. It put The Nextmen on the map, and in 2000 they released their debut album 'Amongst The Madness' on the revered 75 Ark imprint. Originally intended to be a Mo' Wax-style instrumentals album, their label began sending the beats out to rappers in the States and before they knew it, the Nextmen were hip hop producers, working with Public Enemy, Blackalicious, The Pharcyde and Morcheeba. 'Get Over It', 2003's sophomore album for Scenario, only strengthened their position as one of the UK's brightest beatmakers.

Fast forward to 2007, and the Nextmen deliver their third studio album the highly anticipated 'This Was Supposed To Be The Future'. Its been four years coming and the changes in Nextmen's direction - if they could even be described as such - grew out of their DJ sets; they've spent the last years playing everywhere from a sunken indoor swimming pool in Elizabeth Taylor's private villa in Cannes, a deep dark bunker in Moscow, a mountain-top ski jump in Val D'Isere, a heaving Sydney harbour-side arena, a much loved local pit stop in Shanghai, a heaving New Years natural amphitheatre in Perth to their favourite beats and meats BBQ with Friends & Family in Manchester.

'This Was Supposed To Be The Future' is energetic, incredibly eclectic and ultimately one of this years essential records. It blends together a multitude of genres, going right across the hip hop, soul and dance music board and houses the talents of Alice Russell, Fat Freddys Drop to LSK of Faithless making it one of the most refreshing releases of the year. Tags

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