Here's their bio:
A dynamic duo, bound by a mutual love of badass beats, Jean Jacques Perry,
melodic loopiness andJohn Carpenter - this is 7-Hurtz. They're probably
best known for their anthemic club tracks "Beatbox" and "Stokers Motor"
which tore up dancefloors on release in 2000. Killer riffs, electro
stylings and sinister beats have made them classics of the Electro genre.
It's not surprising that 7-Hurtz's work is of such quality when you take a
peep at the pair's artistic pedigrees - Ben Cowan was a dancer with
contemporary dance outfits such as Ricochet and Bedlam, with whom he had
travelled the European festival circuit. In addition to this, he was also a
member of the LoWilliams Band, which you may not have heard of, but ended
up supporting George Clinton at the Phoenix Festival.
The LoWilliams Band were signed to a small indie label, Orange Egg. The
boss was a dapper young-man-about-town, Brand New heavies founder Lascelles
Gordon. When not administering his fledgling label, Gordon kept himself
busy as a session musician for the likes of The Sandals, Beth Orton and the
notorious Campag Velocet. His club night "Helter Stupid" was the
destination of choice for Londoners seeking "offal sewage for the ears."
Amazingly, he managed to squeeze in a solo music career into this hectic
lifestyle, a project called "Rock Oil". It was for the aforementioned
project that Lascelles requested Ben's help with a couple of tracks. The
experiment proved successful - and before long, our two chums were soon
making music, experimenting with a flood of ideas, theories and notions
which came together to create the unique sound of 7-Hurtz.
When the pair initialised the collaboration, they had some definite ideas
on what they were trying to achieve, as Ben explains.
"We were interested in doing electronic music that involved
improvisation,found
sound, semi-generative, visually stimulated work that moved away from the
music we had been doing. We also wanted to make the music in a way that
meant the processes of writing, playing and recording converged so that we
could do it ourselves"
A tape made its way to a graphic designer Lascelles knew. The designer had
recently set up Output and was enthused enough by the pairs' ideas to
release "Beatbox". Nice one, Trevor!
"Audiophiliac", a dark propulsive journey through funk/electro/hip hop and
303/808 cultures, received unanimous critical acclaim, with tracks such as
"Beatbox" and "Stokers Motor" landing like grenades on the listening
public. The bands myriad influences - the retro-futuristic sounds, the John
Carpenter "Assault On Precinct 13" obsessions and Hashim-style bleakness
all contributed to a sound that revitalized and redefined the Electro
scene.
7-Hurtz enthusiastically set to work on the follow up, due out soon.
Meanwhile, Lascelles is continuing his session work, cameos with old
muckers like Velocet and Beth Orton. He also runs a monthly night at Hoxton
hotspot Herbal, unambiguously named "Warm Leatherette". Meanwhile, Ben's
not staying in watching Brookside. He's just completed a Masters degree, is
looking forward to doing 7-Hurtz live, and is plotting
"generative/heuristic performances and projects". Go, boy! Whatever happens
next, you can bet your granny 7-Hurtz will take you on a f*cked-up twisted
trip to the heart of the beat...and beyond
Michael.Elliot-Knight
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Recommend...
And I'll say again - check out 7-Hurtz "Electroleum"
www.outputrecordings.com
MEK
"Grammenos,
Peter" To: "'Tom Churchill'"
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09/12/03 01:40 PM Subject: RE: (313)
Recommend...
Make sure you get this one - CABO SAN ROQUE VS LUCIANO - Calypso
One of my fav's of his is - LUCIANO CAPRICCIOSA on BRUCHSTUECKE
This guy can't do wrong in my book ;)
=Pete
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From: Tom Churchill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 2:36 PM
To: ryan burns; 313
Subject: Re: (313) Recommend...
I haven't heard the CD yet but I'm loving the last couple of twelves of his
I picked up - 'Alpine Rocket' with Mat Johnson on Perlon, and 'Orange
Mistake' with Quennum on Cadenza...
He has a really unique sound, some great rhythms - one of the few
glitchy/micro house producers to successfully combine good grooves and
dancefloor dynamics with mad technical wizardry...
Cheers,
Tom
> get the new Luciano live cd. his rhythms are so original. hes got
> this italian/spanish style in some of his music.
