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HOME WRECKERS, 12”

Greg — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:15:12 +0000

The Homewreckers and are doing it soulful and timeless again. And so does guest remixer Mike Huckaby. Anyone into any sort of deep electronic music has got to own this. “Home Wreckers (Rework)” and “Wreckers (Delight)” on Side A both have the perfect balance of lush pads, a driving kick drum and an awesome scruffy and raw bassline that makes you feel like you live in a perfect world for the duration of the track. Great house music with sublime references to jazz, soul and disco. Dancefloor madness on another level, completely.

Side B comes with two remix works of acclaimed DJ and producer Mike Huckaby, a dance music purist extraordinaire from Detroit. He is mostly known for his recordings on Harmonie Park, under the ‘Deep Transportation’ title. Mike has been working on different production projects with artists such as Moodymann, Theo Parrish, Rick Wilhite or Cris Simmonds. His reinterpretation of the Homewreckers’ “Close Your Eyes ´Til The Morning” shows his ability to produce an irresistible flow and intense build-ups. For both tracks Mike Huckaby used his master weapon – the Waldorf Wave and Sample CD. Will destroy all clubs!

This is the 4th of 4 records representing the vinyl collectors edition of the Homewreckers album “American Ruhr”.

TRACKLISTING

A1 Home Wreckers (Rework)
A2 Wreckers (Delight)

B1 Close Your Eyes ‘Til The Morning (The Deep Transportation Remix)
B2 Close Your Eyes ‘Til The Morning (The Late Night DT Instrumental)

AMERICAN RUHR – THE ALBUM

Greg — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:02:00 +0000

“American Ruhr”, recorded at a former convenience store in the heart of Gelsenkirchen, creates an original, absolutely unique sound which seems to come straight out of a feverish dream populated by the ghostlike figures of Larry Graham, Juan Atkins, Frank Hütter, Bernard Edwards, Erik B. or Al Green. Guest appearances at the mic by the fantastic Kemo from Düsseldorf/Chicago, Neil Harris, aka Atlantis, label manager of Underground Resistance, and Dennis Legree from Cologne/N.Y.C make this album complete. The artwork was done by Cory Arcangel, a young digital artist from Brooklyn. The liner notes were written by Kodwo Eshun.

“Das wird mal ein Klassiker. Wächst und wächst und wächst. – Debug

“Fabelhaftes Album. Die Homewreckers verfügen über den eigenen Groove. Das hat mehr Mut als all die gesampleten Drumpatterns, denen man täglich so begegnet. – Groove

“Sensationelle Vorstellung. – Raveline

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TRACKLISTING (SNIPPITS AVAILABLE):

01 “Shadows #1″

02 “It’s About Time” feat. Kemo

03 “The Other Side Of Town” feat. Neil Harris

04 “Close Your Eyes’ Til The Morning” feat. Dennis Legree

05 “Home Wreckers” feat. Dennis Legree

06 “Song For Larry Graham”

07 “Please Send Me Someone To Love” feat. Kemo

08 “Sandrine”

09 “Manifesto” feat. Dennis Legree

10 “American Ruhr” feat. Kemo

11 “Shadows #2″

12 “Bless The Darkness”

13 “It’s About Time (Live @ Studio 600)” feat. Kemo

14 “Reasons Why We Do The Things We Do” feat. Neil Harris

15 “And Forget To Come Back” feat. Kemo

RELEASE: Oct. 10, 2008

AMERICAN RUHR, 12”

Greg — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:25:21 +0000

The harmonic and rhythmic advances together with Kemo’s great lyrics make the rework of “American Ruhr” as emotionally contemporary as the latest world crisis. It comes with startingly deep and effective, but subtly structured, shifting rhythms and meters, with great energy, movement and grace. And, most important, with a bassline that will last FOREVER!

The Original Version shows best how the Homewreckers work – soulful, clear, intrinsically homegrown and utterly honest.

The remix works from Mark Flash and Bileebob, both DJs and producers from Detroit´s “Underground Resistance” camp, are techno house swingers in the old fashioned sense, but it is also more than that, because they add to their interpretation modern equipment and a wink in the eye.

This is the 3rd record representing the vinyl collectors edition of the forthcoming album “American Ruhr”.

TRACKLISTING

A1 American Ruhr (Rework)
A2 American Ruhr (Rework Instrumental)
A3 American Ruhr (Original)

B1 American Ruhr (Mark Flash Remix)
B2 American Ruhr (Bileebob Remix)

RELEASE: Sept 2008

CLOSE YOUR EYES ‘TIL THE MORNING, 12”

Greg — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:51:30 +0000

The amazing success of their last release „It´s About Time“ challenged the Homewreckers to push their sound a little further out.„Close Your Eyes Til The Morning“ is hardcore groove with a great, burning synth bass that funks along until New York singer Dennis Legree brings some excitement to the proceedings with his tremendous voice.

It´s pure underground deep house – intense, abstract and dramatic. A vital alternative to the melodic clichés and rhythmic orthodoxy of the electronic music mainstream. No wonder that Felix Da Housecat and Marshall Jefferson supported those guys when they were teenagers!

Langenberg’s Remix gets the B-Side under way. Backed up by a strong beat it rolls steadily ahead with unflagging propulsion. Next up is “Hot Hot Hot”, an exciting up-tempo number which gives Kemo another opportunity to show his lyrical feeling while “Smile” slows down the pace easing into a down-home Hip-Hop affair.

This is the second of four records representing the vinyl collectors edition of the Homewreckers forthcoming album „American Ruhr“.

TRACKLISTING

A1 Close Your Eyes (Rework)
A2 Close Your Eyes (Original)
A3 Close Your Eyes (Dubstrumental)

B1 Close Your Eyes (Langenberg Remix)
B2 Hot Hot Hot
B3 Smile

RELEASE: Mar 21, 2008

IT’S ABOUT TIME, 12”

Greg — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:07:09 +0000

The first release of the Homewreckers feat. Kemo on Unique Records is a beautiful monster jam that will destroy dance floors all over the world. The Homewreckers style plows right over any preconceived notion you may have about the current funky underground grind.

“It´s About Time” is such a lusciously deep track where tradition and innovation meet. Tradition as in the soulful roots of 70s funk and house music, innovation as in the streamlined, sparse arrangements and shrewd use of technology. The Homewreckers truly master rhythm and space – and Chicago born Kemo fully adapts to the music and the atmosphere with his amazing spoken word poetry. Not only does he sound good, his lyrics can be experienced like a short film. As a unit, the Wreckers are examples of the discipline and feeling that make modern funk our most difficult performance art!

“Please Send Me Someone To Love” is a cool slap bass wonder transporting us into a dimension of seemingly endless travel. Keyboards, strings and washes of synthesizers are put together with uncanny precision. The bassline goes from heavy and heady to playful and quirky – always deliriously intoxicating.

The artwork is by Cory Arcangel. Cory is a Digital Artist who lives and works in Brooklyn. His work was featured in the 2004 Whitney Museum, and has also been exhibited in the Guggenheim Museum and “MoMA”. The artwork was designed on Lighning Paint, a clone of the 1984 paint application “mac paint” and the font is from the APPLE II GS.

TRACKLISTING

A1 It´s About Time feat. Kemo (Rework)
A2 It´s About Time feat. Kemo (Instrumental)
A3 It´s About Time feat. Kemo (Acapella)

B1 Please Send Me Someone To Love feat. Kemo (Original)
B2 Please Send Me Someone To Love feat. Kemo (Dub)
B3 It`s About Time feat. Kemo (Original)

RELEASE: NOV 23, 2007