Watson Beasley are Alfred Beasley and Gina Watson - a duo who were introduced in 1980 in their self-titled project - produced by Peter Alves (Witch Queen, Toulouse, Gotham Flasher). During the disco era it is musically noted that much of the progressive dance music was being produced in Canada and featured Canadian artists such as Gino Soccio, Peter DiMilo, Jerry Cucuzella, etc.) This project from Watson Beasley outlines the shift from mid-70s disco into a new fusion of the coming 80s and that disco edge. “Body Free” is a track from the initial album and is another one of the prime examples of vocal power over production and arrangement. The harmony of Alfred and Gina are taken on the soulful range of the 70s taken into a complete freedom and new 80s dance sound. It is laid out from the first track to the last. This duo feeds off of each line and works in the end with a diverse outcome. “Body Free” has always been one of my favorites, and not the only one from this project and now gives me the appreciation of dance music in general.
I have taken the album version of “Body Free” and used the same imagination as a 4 AM dance segment for this ReStructure Mix. With the solution the song suggests where a dance can help begin a fix for heartache I have worked to a more spatial and dub-like feel for this wonderful piece.
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