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Oscar P’s "Crispfied" Single Sets Up 2009's "Time Machine"

“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, Kristine Elezaj, 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 Oscarwho 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.