Hudson Mohawke

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://hudsonmohawke.com/
MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/hudsonmo

“Hudson Mohawke, (b. Ross Birchard), also known as DJ Itchy, Hudson Mo or Hud Mo, is an Electronic music producer/DJ from Glasgow, Scotland, affiliated with the LuckyMe collective of musicians and artists. He is signed to Warp Records and released his debut album Butter in October 2009.

At the age of 15 Birchard, under the name DJ Itchy, was the youngest ever UK DMC finalist. His earliest gigs as a club DJ were with Glasgow Uni’s Subcity Radio where he was part of the culture city kids show and later other shows including Turntable Science with Pro Vinylist Karim and Cloudo’s Happy Hardcore show. Birchard became Hudson Mohawke after seeing the name engraved on a statue in the hallway of his accommodation. He was signed to Warp Records despite a very limited track record of official releases; the bulk of his releases were unofficial tracks and DJ mixes circulated on the Internet. His first official release to get major notice was “Free Mo”, a track on the Ubiquity Records various-artists compilation Choices, Vol. 1 (2007); subsequently, he was featured as a remixer on Choices, Vol. 2 (2007). In 2008 his 12” EP Ooops! on LuckyMe/Wireblock became an underground sensation, particularly once word spread of his recording contract with Warp.”


Hudson Mohawke - FUSE by SimR

Hudson Mohawke - Rising 5 by dim

REMIX MONDAY – Goldfish: Hold Tight

First off, sorry about the kitschy theme days.

Anyway, Mondays I will try to post some of my favorite remixes of artists that I’ve already shared.  Here is the first one…

Awesome remix of Goldfish’s “Hold Tight” by an artist that seems to be just limited to SoundCloud and YouTube, Anotsu.  All I've found is that he is from Elburg, Netherlands.  If he continues to produce sounds of this quality we should know more about him very soon, though.  Enjoy!

Hold Tight - Anotsu ( Goldfish Sample) by Anotsu

SINGLE SUNDAY: Matthew & Toby

“On their deep and dark missions into rhythm and sound, through the use of drums, percussion and raw electronics, Rocketnumbernine invite you to join them into the lesser explored musical territories. Brothers Ben and Tom Page have worked together musically for the last 8 years. Through their richly varied musical experiences, the brothers conjure intense musical landscapes, with purely improvised sets allowing the music to follow its own course. Combined with beautifully realised, soulful visuals from Justin Badhand, their live shows are proving to be unforgettable audio and visual feasts”



Rocketnumbernine - Matthew and Toby (TEXT008) by Four Tet

Goldfish

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.goldfishlive.com/
MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/goldfishlive


“Goldfish is a live electronic act from Cape Town, South Africa. The two members Dominic Peters and David Poole are jazz musicians who met while studying music at university. They recorded their first album - ‘’Caught in the Loop’’ - themselves, with little more than a double bass, a saxophone and a couple of synths. This self-released album led to a cult following and numerous hits in their home country, where they have been voted best live act, and are known as the ‘Fishies’ to their fans.”

Goldfish - Hold Tight by pitster
Goldfish - Wet Welly by pitster

Blank Blue

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: Not Found
MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/blankblue


"Elvin Estela, aka Nobody, met Niki Randa at Fingerprints, an indie record store in Long Beach, California, where they have worked together since 2001. Estela was mulling over ideas for a sequel to Pacific Drift, his 2003 release on Ubiquity, and realized that the album he wanted to make needed only one vocalist. He had often heard that “Niki can sing!” and eventually would give Randa a CD-R of beats and tracks that he was considering for his new album to see if she was interested in being the one. In December 2006 the first of their collaborations was finished and given the working title “Sonic What?!” Excited with the results, Estela immediately told Randa about the concept for an album which had come to him in a series of nightmares. Shortly after the two ventured to a book store during their lunch break, grabbed a book blindly, opened randomly, and put Randa’s finger to a page which read “Blank Blue.” The god’s had christened their project (it’s both the album’s namesake and the name given to the collaboration between Estela and Randa) and for the next twelve months, Estela and Randa would eat, sleep, drink and smoke Blank Blue."


Blank Blue - In The Swin by JAR-6

Blank Blue "Eyes Closed" by Porter Records

Nosaj Thing

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.nosajthing.com/
MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/nosajthing

“Los Angeles producer Nosaj Thing crafts stately, ethereal synth-based instrumental hip-hop, with influences that range from Boards of Canada and DJ Shadow to Danny Elfman and Erik Satie. An L.A. native, Jason Chung was inspired at an early age by the hip-hop radio stations that the bus driver would play on his way to elementary school, and particularly by the Beat Junkies’ turntablism on Power 106. In high school, while delving into the sounds of drum’n’bass and the rave scene and playing quad toms in the school drum line, he figured out how to use his father’s old PC to start programming beats of his own. Further along, Chung was motivated to move in more experimental directions by the D.I.Y. rock scene at L.A.’s underground venue The Smell, where he made his live debut as Nosaj Thing in 2004. Through online and in-person networking, on message boards and, eventually, at the more beat-oriented music spot Low End Theory, Chung came into contact with likeminded Angelenos including Flying Lotus, Nobody, Daedelus, and local legends (and personal heroes) like D-Styles and Daddy Kev. Following the self-released Views/Octopus EP in 2006 (whose track “Aquarium” was later used by rapper Kid Cudi as the basis of his “Man on the Moon”), he signed with Kev’s Alpha Pup imprint for his full-length debut, Drift, in 2009. Chung has also contributed beats to MCs Busdriver and Nocando, and made remixes for Flying Lotus, Daedelus, Radiohead, and Smell staples Health.”



Nosaj Thing: Coat of Arms by ALPHA PUP

Nosaj Thing - Aquarium by nealocat

Islands (Nosaj Thing Remix) by TUDOR