Heatstroke

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With his second album under the pseudonym Hawke, San Francisco dance innovator Gavin Hardkiss returns with an ultra-rich smorgasbord of sound, a record that is alternately tranced-out, tribal, psychedelic, and chilled. The blissful cover photo (smiles, sun, blue water) and inner-sleeve travelogue shots are a clue: Hawke means to take you from sunny beaches to darkened clubs with only his music as a guide. The beats are flexible throughout, adorned with a sampled Charlton Heston, New Orleans horns, blaring synths, whistles, bongos, and a million vocalists. Heatstroke has an airheaded West Coast quality, signaled by bubbly sound pastiches and pert, fluffy beats. But Hawke weaves together his ambient escapades, house airs, and driving breakbeats with such a sophisticated hand, you never notice the seams; it's easy to groove and go with Hawke's ethereal flow. --Ken Micallef

From URB Magazine
Despite techno's countless subdivisions, uncharted possibilities still lurk amid styles and ideas that have seemingly been wrung clean of creative juice. Witness Heatstroke, the latest from Hawke, aka Gavin Hardkiss of the San Francisco-based Hardkiss clan that also includes Scott and Robbie. Like Gavin's 2001 mix record, Through Rose Tinted Glasses, Hawke's latest combines Balearic chill music, vocal house, breakbeats and a distinct tropical feel, adding up to something that brims with resourcefulness and sheer oomph.The last proper Hawke record, Namaquadisco, kicked up a groovy ruckus while displaying a sun-drenched, blurry take on house and club music. Heatstroke works a sweatier vibe, incorporating big chunks of reggae and Caribbean funk with nervy breakbeats and house thumps. Label mates Lovesky start the bliss early on with a whirling, melodically dense remix of Hawke's "Now We Know One," which first showed up on Glasses.

From there, Gavin spins with accessible panache, bathing electro, hip-hop and progressive-laced house with a singular sultry, tribal takes on rhythm and production. Vocalist Sir Adamsmasher lends his talents to the 12-inch single "Party People (We're Gonna Change The World)," a sweet, post-9-11 reminder of dance music's essential innocence. Adamsmasher's thin flow has less success with the faster electro-beats on "Starfish Waitress," but by that time, Hardkiss has been rolling for half-an-hour, playing in the waves with non-stop frivolity. It's a bit of a tease, but the next time you head off to some sandy locale, Hawke's your man.

Matthew Cooke

Tracks:

Mass
Now We Know (Lovesky Remix)
Party People (We're Gonna Change The World)
Midnight Ravers
Sticky Trumpets
Pacificodelic
Le Le LEngwe
Salome's Last Chance
Starfish Waitress
Everything Will Be OK
High On The Sea

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With his second album under the pseudonym Hawke, San Francisco dance innovator Gavin Hardkiss returns with an ultra-rich smorgasbord of sound, a record that is alternately tranced-out, tribal, psychedelic, and chilled. The blissful cover photo (smiles, sun, blue water) and inner-sleeve travelogue shots are a clue: Hawke means to take you from sunny beaches to darkened clubs with only his music as a guide. The beats are flexible throughout, adorned with a sampled Charlton Heston, New Orleans horns, blaring synths, whistles, bongos, and a million vocalists. Heatstroke has an airheaded West Coast quality, signaled by bubbly sound pastiches and pert, fluffy beats. But Hawke weaves together his ambient escapades, house airs, and driving breakbeats with such a sophisticated hand, you never notice the seams; it's easy to groove and go with Hawke's ethereal flow. --Ken Micallef

Customer Reviews:

not stellar.......2003-03-27

i bought this because rose tinted glasses was so good. i dont know about these tracks really. they would be tolerable if they were mixed continuously. if hes such a good mixer, he could have easily mixed this album together. anyway, its an alright CD

80mph.......2002-04-06

this album has not left my car. i can't drive without it. the tribal beats, smooth rhythems and hipnotic sounds keep me going 80mph. Party People rings in my hear and reminds me that i can change the world!
finally something other than the same old house music. Hawke is definitly the creator of new sound!

sexy.......2002-04-04

this cd hasn't left my cd player......high on the sea leaves me feeling like i'm floating in love and salome's last chance is one of my all time favorites. i love it all, the packing & the vibe!

..........2002-04-04

this album hasn't left my cd player...high on the sea leaves me feeling like i'm floating in love and salmome's last chance is one of my all time favorites.

i love it, the packaging & the vibe............keep em' coming hawke!

Off The Hook Party & Preen Record.......2002-03-18

Soo happy Hardkiss put out another gem from San Francisco. Gavin Hardkiss knows how to subtly tweek the usual. Different than Namaquadisco, less experimental with a postive groove. My parents and my nephew like this one. Listen to this when getting ready for a Party, having a party, cocktails after 9pm, getting back from the club or just driving in your car, Party People gonna change the world and leave the 20th century with no regrets.

Average customer rating:

Boogie Down Bronx is that shiznet
Major influence on synth and electronica
Mark Wahlberg knows Man Parrish, you should too.
Mark Wahlberg knows Man Parrish, you should to.

The Best of Man Parrish: Heatstroke
Man Parrish
Manufacturer: Hot Productions
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Customer Reviews:

Boogie Down Bronx is that shiznet.......2006-10-24

well....I bought this for just one song "Boogie Down Bronx". This was the song that I learned how to break dance to back when I was 10 years old....and lets say that I am 30 now :)

After listening to the rest of the album...I have to say that its really good. My only complaint is that the song "Boogie Down Bronx" sounds horrible on this CD. Although it appears that they used the original master tapes.....for some reason, my favorite track sounds horrible as my reason for giving a 4 star. The rest of the album sounds fresh and it even shook the house with my new sub :).....just dont know why my song came out bad.

Major influence on synth and electronica.......2004-05-05

Imagine the scene. Its cold, its wet, its middle of no-where suburban London in the mid 80s. I'm fifteen and the only joy music-wise comes on a late Saturday night show on Capital Radio hosted by Mike Allen, a guy who already sounded like your dad, but was just so ahead of his time it was unreal. This ground breaking show, the first to play hip-hop and rap in the UK filled my ears with the exotic sounds of urban New York and LA. This stuff is spirit lifting and the often cartoonish over-production made a grey day into a surreal summer one, where the sky is shocking pink and people dress up like spacemen. It opened possibilities musically I never knew existed till then. Yes, I know that New York was full of gang violence and grafitti but somehow this did not matter over here, its too far away to have an influence for several years.

Well Afrika, LL Cool J, Roxanne (both of them) and all the one-hit old skool hip-hoppers, and above all, Man Parrish, now from a distant era, affected my taste in music for years to come, and the possibilites created by what they did back then have changed music production, in a good way, forever. Even though the sounds have dated and become less crazy over time (sampling superceded all those delicious analog sounds way back then even). When the UK mass media caught on to what hip hop, rap and breakdance was all about, they wanted to focus on the violence, the tribal fighting and the drugs. All well and good, and relevant even. But for me, and I suspect a lot of electronica fans of a certain age and romantic bent, the one thing that stood out was the freaking music. I bought my first Roland synth after hearing this. When I was landing in JFK for the first time, watching night-time Queens get bigger down below, Hip Hop Be Bop was the tune playing in my head - to me, if defined NY better than Sinatra. I hope you buy this, and enjoy re-listening to this LP as much as I did. Nice one Manny.

Mark Wahlberg knows Man Parrish, you should too........2002-02-05

listen to ladytron, add n to x, and the faint? well, this is what they listen to- or should. Man Parrish and Bambaata et al originated the sound of hip hop, disco, and computer games all crashing your commodore's hard drive. Plus, listen to "Hip Hop Bebop" to hear the piano line Marky Mark Wahlberg lifted for "Good Vibrations." Marky Mark has this record, and so should you.

Mark Wahlberg knows Man Parrish, you should to........2002-02-05

Average customer rating:

Great new record from a not-so-new band

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Customer Reviews:

Great new record from a not-so-new band.......2005-07-17

This is the Foxymorons' third album to date, but is likely the first most have heard of. David Dewese and Jerry James are an excellent songwriting match, and their styles meld together smoothly enough for them to systematically trade songwriting/lead vocal duties on every track but still keep the flow moving (and the sonic direction consistent). Some are catchier than others, but there's not a bad song on the disc...sounds great on first listen, and only gets better as you get used to it. Highly recommended!