Stop, Fade, Blur

Recorded by Ross Wakefield and Toby Vane after the duo combined their studios in Southampton in 2005, with Laura Vane among the vocalists invited into their front room sessions. The track appears on their debut album Meanwhile..., released by Wah Wah 45s in 2008. It served as one of the standout vocal cuts on Part-Time Heroes' debut album and helped define the record's mix of live instrumentation, jazz-rooted soul, and broken-beat electronics. The album drew radio support and praise from Gilles Peterson and other tastemakers at release. The track remained one of the duo's signature pieces, later resurfacing on a 2009 remix release and in a Nextmen remix issued by Wah Wah 45s. Its continued circulation in remix form kept it in the Part-Time Heroes catalogue beyond the original album cycle.