marquis hawkes is an alter ego adopted by long time electronic music producer mark hawkins, founded for his house music focussed activities. hawkins decided it was time for a reboot after being head-hunted by old friends dan monox and kenny wasp, who had just founded dixon avenue basement jams in 2012, particularly as the material differed from what hed previously released.
original written, produced and arranged by barend-jan beljaars (aka diephuis). vocals written and performed by ursula rucker. percussion solo by serigne queye. flute and saxophone by franklin ceasar rodriques. keyboards and drum programming by barend-jan beljaars (aka diephuis). vocals recorded by tim motzer. percussion, flute & saxophone recorded by barend-jan beljaars (aka diephuis). mastered at optimum mastering.
untitled flow, is an hypnotic, brave and electronically bouncing track full of pride, which answers the question seldom asked these days, what was hip hop actually all about - both musically and regarding its content? “untitled flow, revamped with italy’s own mario pagliari complimenting this remix on sync with a nice edgy and slick bass tone driven beat that marks the impressive return of a voice, a woman, trained journalist, mother, singer and prize-winning poetess.
taken from the forthcoming album.. will saul featuring ursula rucker s >where is it?< takes its cue from the ambient techno sound that s found favour once again in the mid noughties, >where is it?< splices this with a heavyweight vocal from premier lyrical activist, ursula rucker..
tic toc came about after will met ursula rucker after her gig at the jazz cafe. being a gentleman he walked her back to her hotel, they talked about how life throws unexpected problems in your path and the world needing a damn hard kick up the arseà on the flip, swayzak take the track they describe as like sly & robbies work with grace jones remade for the 21st centuryand strip it to a dubby, minimal techno groove. dj support danny howells, m.a.n.d.y ,rich goold , strictly kev / dj food damian lazarus.
dj support: laurent garnier, françois k, adam bayer, john digweed, timo maas, danny howells, jimpster, gorge, mr. v, joyce muniz, jonathan kaspar, musumeci, m.a.n.d.y., pig & dan, mihai popoviciu, marco resmann
kicking off 2011 with a killer e.p. is our favourite artist art bleek featuring a number of remixes from the new art supplies album released on loungin this month plus some fresh cuts exclusive to this release. starting the e.p. is a floor filling remix of clap your hands by our own trevor loveys. the original has been out for a few months in the blogosphere and has been picking up some heavy props. next up is hold it (a little longer) where art shows off his true talent of the master of the musical groove with a rolling bass and a choppup vocal lick to keep the party rocking. flip over to side b and you would be excused if you thought someone had swapped the record out for a disco classic. with vox by noelle scaggs and a harmony that nile rodgers would be proud of arthur creates a boogie classic that is very much flavour of the moment. following on is an exclusive remix of the hunt dance featuring the unmistakable voice of ursula rucker. the original on art supplies has had such amazing reactions that we all thought it would be hard to better it, but again arthur has done it delivering a groover for the heads. finally is right on featuring l.as finest charlie sputnik. art delivers a more techy grove to this classic which is a sound he is becoming more recognised for which contrasts so will with charlies trademark smooth vocals.
nrks coast2coast opens up its post summer account with a mix cd from one of the scenes brightest stars, karizma. best known for his basement boys collaborations, karizma has struck it solo in recent years and has bridged the gap between jazz influenced broken beats and the edgier, techier sounds of his kohesive productions. these double pack vinyl lps present some of the choice tunes on offer on his dj mix, including tracks & remixes from slope, onsulade, pasta boys, tyree, vikter duplaix and many more