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Upcoming: Electric Wire Hustle Album Out 9 / 9 / 09
Electric Wire Hustle - Electric Wire Hustle (Every Waking Hour)
UPDATE: The album is now out - available hereChallenging genre boundaries and preconceptions, EWH have developed their own sound and twist on modern hip hop, psychedelic and soul, always reaching forward while referencing key point's of music's past.
Since forming in 2007 the group have experienced an outstanding response to their music. EWH's first two singles 'Gimme That Kinda' and 'Perception' have garnered much international radio support worldwide from BBC Radio 1Xtra selector Benji B, New York's DJ Tyler Askew on his Shibuya FM podcast and airtime from LA's renown DJ Jamad. EWH were also recently approached by DJ Vadim to remix a track from his new album which will appear on 12" through BBE.
Their self titled debut out this month features collaborations with U.S. recording artists Dudley Perkins & Georgia Anne Muldrow, Atlanta based new comer Stacey Epps and NZ blues legend - Billy TK
Electric Wire Hustle Website Electric Wire Hustle MySpace Electric Wire Hustle - EP001Â Featured On Lovely Package
Upcoming: Hudson Mohawke - Butter CD + LP (Warp)
Hudson Mohawke - Butter (Warp) - Out October 2009
Tracklisting:| 01 | Hudson Mohawke | Shower Melody | clip | |||
| 02 | Hudson Mohawke | Gluetooth | clip | |||
| 03 | Hudson Mohawke | Joy Fantastic (feat. Olivier Daysoul) | clip | |||
| 04 | Hudson Mohawke | 3.30 | clip | |||
| 05 | Hudson Mohawke | Trykk | clip | |||
| 06 | Hudson Mohawke | Fruit Touch | clip | |||
| 07 | Hudson Mohawke | ZOo00OOm | clip | |||
| 08 | Hudson Mohawke | Acoustic Lady | clip | |||
| 09 | Hudson Mohawke | Rising 5 | clip | |||
| 10 | Hudson Mohawke | Twistclip | clip | |||
| 11 | Hudson Mohawke | Just Decided (feat. Olivier Daysoul) | clip | |||
| 12 | Hudson Mohawke | No One Could Ever | clip | |||
| 13 | Hudson Mohawke | Velvet Peel | clip | |||
| 14 | Hudson Mohawke | Tell Me What You Want From Me (feat. Dam-Funk) | clip | |||
| 15 | Hudson Mohawke | FUSE | clip | |||
| 16 | Hudson Mohawke | Star Crackout | clip | |||
| 17 | Hudson Mohawke | Allhot (feat. Nadsroic) | clip | |||
| 18 | Hudson Mohawke | Black N Red | clip |
It appears that the likes of Drake and Keri Hilson might have a new name on their respective speed-dials very soon. Hudson Mohawke has delivered his debut album ‘Butter’, which with its glossy, hyper-real pop production may sound as if it was cooked up in palm fringed LA and not homegrown Glasgow and is as influenced by 90’s UK dance music as it is by golden era hip-hop.
Megawatt R’n’B stars won’t be the only ones to take note of Butter, as the ever-growing global network of bass-craving music fans have been clamouring for new material since his lauded Polyfolk Dance EP earlier this year. On that record, HudMo’s hyper melodic drum-and-synth sidewinders only hinted at the panoramic pop magic that was to come and with it he found himself name checked by the likes of Rihanna, Goldie, Sa Ra, Busy P, Flying Lotus, Mars Volta & Crookers.
Explaining his unique, super catchy sound - “I have always been into mainstream hip-hop and R’n’B as well as loads of golden age and modern underground hip hop, and a lot of other stuff like early jungle/rave, techno, house whatever. I think it comes from my background as a DJ and turn-tablist, manipulating different styles into one.â€
Making his 1st mix tapes at 10, beats on a Playstation at 12 and U.K. DMC finalist at 14, this precocious 23 year old has wasted no time in translating those skills into proper productions which might just see him becoming the first Glaswegian to command the airwaves currently reserved for Danja, The Dream, and Swizz Beatz.
By enlisting a select crew of vocalists for the Butter sessions, Hudson Mohawke has painted his own version of twenty-first century smash hits. From the USA’s East Coast comes Olivier Daysoul while Glasgow’s buzzed-about Nadsroic adds her haunted brothel flow to “Allhotâ€. Lest one think Butter revolves exclusively around this impressive vocal spread, Hudson Mohawke also flexes his twisted pop genius for the beat-heads on the drunken drum barrage of “Gluetooth†and the feel good swagger of “Trykkâ€. This is an album for the heart over the head, a genuinely positive, intriguing record set to win over dancefloors and bedrooms simultaneously.
Explaining why the album is called Butter, Hudson says “the Butter idea, as well as just wanting to give the album a simple striking name, also came from my attempt at a sort of prog rock meets vintage soul meets sleazy R’n’B aesthetic - Isaac Hayes ‘hot buttered soul’. I really wanted the title to somehow emphasise the arrangements on the record, how I’ve tried to create songs as opposed to just computer driven arrangements, how the record flows. I think compared to some of my earlier production it’s smoother in some ways as well, like butter for the eardrums.â€
Links:
Podcast: Hudson Mohawke On Future Vintage Radio
Bleep Interviews Hudson Mohawke
Hudson Mohawke On Warp Records
New In At Conch!!
Greetings,
Just a quick message to let you all know about the new bits in at Conch this week, links for more info below.
We have also had a new shipment of WESC Headphones in this week. For more details check here
Best,
Cian, Brent, Dustin, Bobby and Jim
COMPACT DISCS
SOUL / FUNK / LATIN / JAZZ Gilles Peterson - Brazilika: 15th Anniversay Mix (1994 - 2009) CD (Far Out) LOCAL PEEPS: Opensouls - Standing In The Rain CD (From The Crates) Fly My Pretties - A Story CD + DVD (LOOP) James Duncan - Hello-Fi CD (Round Trip Mars)VINYL:
SOUL / FUNK / LATIN / JAZZ Castle Of Freaks - Been A Long Time / Last Night A DJ Saved 12" (Wholemeal) Steve Marshall - Maintain / Do What You Will 12" (Dope Brother) HIP HOP: The Beatstalkers - Modern Stalking EP 12" (Foot Forward Music) DJ Chokolate - Kingz Of New York Vol.1 12" (Chokolate Busta Rhymes - Back On My B.S. 2LP (Motown) RnB / URBAN SOUL: Alice Russell - Pot Of Gold 2LP (Differ-Ant) DOWNTEMPO BEATS: Eric Legnini - EP2 Trippin' (Moogoo Self RMX) 12" (B FLAT) REGGAE / DUB: Bangers R Mashed - Bangers R Mashed Plate 7 12" (Nuff Wish) DUBSTEP: Unknown - Tell Dem / Can't Be My Lover 12" (Copy Paste) Greymatter - Believe In Something EP 12" (Unique Uncut) Silkie Vs Mizz Beats - Purple Love 12" (Deep Medi) LOCAL PEEPS: Unitone Hi-Fi / Jefferson Belt - Sneeze Off / The Creeping Tings Of The Earth 7" (Round Trip Mars) James Duncan - The Cupboard's Bare / ...Of Everyone Around You 7" (Round Trip Mars) HOUSE: Karizma - A Mind Of Its Own V2.0 - The Upgrade 2LP (R2)Speed Caravan - Kalashnik Love CD (Real World Records)
Speed Caravan - Kalashnik Love CD (Real World Records) CDRW167
‘If you've never regarded the oud - the fretless lute at the core of so much traditional Arabic music - as a rock'n'roll instrument, then you've clearly never heard Speed Caravan or the frenetic and joyous playing of Mehdi Haddab. Once part of Parisian-based global electronica trio Ekova and then half of the experimental oud duo DuOud with Jean-Pierre Smadja, to call Haddab the Jimi Hendrix of the electric oud would, of course, be a hopeless cliché. But it's not that far from the truth.
Now working as Speed Caravan with bassist Pascal Teillet and former Ekova electronic beat mistress Hermione Frank, the Algerian-French trio create music that references The Cure and The Chemical Brothers alongside Algerian rai and other Arabic influences in a glorious collision of global sounds and styles. Their debut album Kalashnik Love features guest appearances by Rachid Taha and members of Asian Dub Foundation.’ - WOMAD Tracklisting:Taq On The Beat / Kalashnik Love / Killing An Arab / Qat Market / Dubai / Galvanize / Erotic Chiftetelli / Parov Yegar Siroon Var / Idemo Dalje / Daddy Lolo / Hotel
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