Hudson Mohawke

Hip hop in Scotland - Taking the mic

14 May 2009

MC SOOM T Combining fierce vocal ability with commercial versatility, fast-rapping Glaswegian Sumati Bhardwaj has opened for Basement Jaxx and Aphex Twin, and performed diverse styles such as reggae with Mungo’s Hi-Fi and folk alongside The Burns…

Music festivals 2010: Ones to watch

28 May 2010

Unicorn Kid Aka Oliver Sabin – Edinburgh-based electronic wunderkind, this year playing festivals including T in the Park, Wickerman, Belladrum and Bestival Hudson Mohawke He makes super sweet futuristic jams. I loved last year’s album Butter. I…

Singles of the month: Blood Orange - Sutphin Boulevard

Radiohead, Seafieldroad, Bright Eyes, and more also reviewed

18 Jul 2011

It’s a good month for Scots musicians, both electronic and otherwise. Probably the best ever, in fact, for 24-year-old Aberdonian Emeli Sandé with ‘Heaven’ (EMI) ●●●●, her instantly recognisable, ‘Unfinished Sympathy’-like major label debut after…

RockNess 2012 hosts Hudson Mohawke at Sub Club 25 year celebration

Dave Clarke, James Holden and Andrew Weatherall among dance picks

30 Mar 2012

RockNess today confirmed not only a plethora of new acts for this June’s festival, but a whole new stage designed for hard partying aficionado’s of dancefloor devastation, all in celebration of Sub Club Sound System’s 25 year anniversary. The Arcadia…

Interview: Hudson Mohawke

The electronic producer on big name collaborators and doing his own thing

9 Nov 2011

At last, the world seems to be catching up with Hudson Mohawke. It’s been two years since the Glasgow-bred, London-based producer released his debut album Butter on the mighty Warp Records, largely to recognition only from listeners of a truly…

The Phantom Band and Lucky Me pick 2011 music festival highlights

Modeselektor, Bronto Skylift, Ango and Machinedrum among picks

30 May 2011

Found We toured with them recently and they blew me away every night I saw them. Great music by a great bunch of lads, I’ll be around singing my heart out to this. T in the Park Echo and the Bunnymen I stole my brother Joe’s tape of Songs to…

Bok Bok, Night Slugs and Lil Silva set for Numbers 7th birthday

16 Jun 2010

Who? I’m not even going to dignify that with a response. No really, who? OK, you must have been in a coma. Numbers are a group of Glaswegian promoters, label bosses, DJs and producers who have been largely responsible for positioning Scotland…

Scottish DJs and Producers 2009

8 Jan 2009

House music was born in the 80s and morphed into techno under the guiding hands of the Detroit masters. More recently, drum & bass and electro-clash swept though clubland whilst grime and dubstep have are the newest configuration of dance beats, not to…

Music highlights from the 2011 Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Lach's Antihoot, James Blake and Withered Hand among highlights

20 Jul 2011

The LuckyMe collective of artists and designers is one of Glasgow’s most successful cultural exports of recent years, and the group’s August party will once more give festivalgoers a chance to find out what they’re all about. This year, they’re having…

T in the Park: Slam pick their favourite acts from the 2011 bill

Mathew Jonson, Bloody Beetroots and Chris Leibing among highlights

28 Jun 2011

Stuart MacMillan First of all Leftfield, having them come back to play is a bit of a rarity and obviously something that was massive 10-15 years ago and still is. You think of their back catalogue – they have so many great tracks. They’re definitely…

5 reasons to go to... Deadly Rhythm

Alex Surguladze's brand new dubstep, grime and garage night opens at La Cheetah

7 Mar 2011

1. It’s a brand new night, sort of ‘It’s an extension of a night I ran down in London,’ says promoter Alex Surguladze. ‘As the three of us who ran it have moved around the country [he’s in Glasgow to study] we’ve taken it with us, so there’s still a…

Hudson Mohawke, The Blessings and American Men lined up to play Cab Vol

LuckyMe’s festival party, in association with The List

12 Aug 2010

LuckyMe are at it again. The taste-making record label and artists collective have lined up an exceptional bill for their third annual festival party, launched in association with The List. Warp Records’ electronic wunderkind Hudson Mohawke is topping a…

LuckyMe decamps to Cabaret Voltaire for the Festival

David Pollock talks to the Glasgow-based record label/art collective

6 Aug 2010

This has been the most important year yet in the evolution of Scottish electronic label LuckyMe, and this third annual Edinburgh Festival event featuring their friends, collaborators and signees should be the perfect showcase for local supporters and…

Hogmanay clubbing 2009

Midnight culture

17 Dec 2009

We kick off our round up with two institutions. Firstly in Glasgow the Optimo Hogmanay Party ‘celebrating the end of the decade’ takes over the Fruitmarket promising ‘our most ambitious event yet’ with special guests Hudson Mohawke, Drums of Death…

Hudson Mohawke - Butter

The LuckyMe producer has more soul than Prince

15 Oct 2009

In some strange alternate universe, young Glasgow producer Ross Birchard (aka Hudson Mohawke) is as famous and respected as Timbaland, The Neptunes or Diplo. His productions, a fierce amalgam of R&B, wonky rave and smooth 80s soul, demonstrate that a…

Who Are LuckyMe?

The people behind the music

1 Oct 2009

Who's involved? Who are you? Claude Speeed of American Men (along with Paul Carlin and Ali Lloyd). Where do you come from? We live in Edinburgh, Manchester and Glasgow, but Paul spends most of his life in various hotels and tour buses…

Hudson Mohawke interview

The LuckyMe man talks to David Pollock

1 Oct 2009

Where once Glasgow was known for bands comprised of skinny indie boys playing guitars, music and design collective LuckyMe is changing the face of the city’s music scene. The group of artists and friends (male and female) has been redefining Glasgow’s…

The Rise of LuckyMe

The Glasgow collective from conception to the present day

1 Oct 2009

While the LuckyMe collective has its roots in Glasgow, its co-directors Dominic Flanagan and Martyn Flyn have both recently returned to their home city of Edinburgh. The pair became friends working in the Leith branch of Tiso when they were still at…

Jackmaster

6 Aug 2009

Jack Revill has had a good idea of what he’s wanted to do for a living since an early age. At least, in fact, since he was 14 years old and managed to score quite possibly the greatest work experience placement from school. ‘I went to work at the…

NORAVE

5 Mar 2009

Nights which concentrate on local guests can often come with an air of apology, and the unspoken suggestion that what’s going on is a bit second-best in the absence of funds to bring bigger guests in from further afield. So it’s refreshing to hear…

Hinterland - The best new Scottish bands at Hinterland

1 Mar 2009

Come On Gang! ‘Indie power-trio from Edinburgh, whose drummer Sarah Tanat-Jones provides surprisingly folksy vocals. www.myspace.com/comeongangmusic Copy Haho Louche young indie-rockers from Stonehaven (just outside Aberdeen) in the Sonic…

Hinterland music event announces first 30 acts

9 Dec 2008

Hinterland, a single ticket multi-venue art and music event taking place in Glasgow on April 30th and May 1st 2009, has announced the first 30 acts who will be performing. The festival will see over 80 bands playing in 15 venues across Glasgow over two…

Hudson Mohawke

27 Mar 2008

GLITCH-HOP Twisted Wheel, Glasgow, Fri 28 Mar As the world of music as we know it continues to fragment and more DIY genres bloom online, the idea that any musician can be defined as truly zeitgeist-grabbing slips further away. If we were to try and…