Description
South London producer Ben Hauke takes a sonic excursion to South America via Lewisham for a new seven track release for Far Out Recordings. While littered with Afro-Latin percussion, and samples of obscure Brazilian, Cuban and Colombian records, Only Old stays true to Bens distinctly London identity, with a record that fluctuates between house, broken beat and instrumental hip-hop.
Having collaborated with the likes of Nubya Garcia and Joe Armon Jones, Ben Hauke stands at the electronic end of Londons new jazz movement. Currently working on new releases with more of a focus on live instrumentation, Ben titled the release Only Old as it leans more heavily on his foundational approach to music making: an idiosyncratic, almost brazen sampling style in productions bursting with personality.
Always full of character and style, Haukes productions have seen him likened to Theo Parrish and Madlib, with an altogether physical approach to sound. Title track Only Old is moody broken beat with eerie sampled vocals and piano. Get Up To Get Down is a light n breezy summer house stepper, while Brazil-inspired Runners sounds as if it was made for MF Doom. Sleeve design by fellow South London based artist Samuel Lloyd
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