Hudson Mohawke

Hudson Mohawke

A man in his twenties with short messy brown hair concentrates on the decks in front of him with headphones tucked above his ear whilst wearing a white and black patterned hoody.

Mohawke performing in Glasgow in 2009.
Background information
Also known as
  • HudMo
  • Hudson Mo
  • DJ Mayhem
  • DJ Itchy
  • Dad
Born (1986-02-11) 11 February 1986
Origin Glasgow, Scotland
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Record producer
  • disc jockey
  • songwriter
  • remixer
Instruments
Labels GOOD, Warp, LuckyMe
Associated acts Kanye West, TNGHT, Lunice, Rustie, ANOHNI
Website www.hudsonmohawke.com

Ross Matthew Birchard (born 11 February 1986),[1] better known by the stage name Hudson Mohawke, is a producer, DJ, and composer from Glasgow, Scotland. A founding member of the LuckyMe label collective,[2] he has since signed to Warp Records and Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music production team. He has released two full-length albums on Warp, Butter (2009) and Lantern (2015), and has produced for a range of artists, including West, Pusha T, Drake, and Anohni. Birchard also makes up one half of the trap music duo TNGHT with Canadian producer Lunice.

Life and career

Early years and LuckyMe

At the age of 15, Birchard (under the name DJ Itchy) was the youngest ever UK DMC finalist.[3][4] His earliest gigs as a club DJ were with Glasgow University's Subcity Radio[5][6][7] where he first appeared as part of the culture city kids show and later as part of other shows including Turntable Science with Pro Vinylist Karim and Cloudo's Happy Hardcore show, under the alias DJ Mayhem.[8] During this period, Birchard formed the Lucky Me collective with childhood friends. He adopted the stage name "Hudson Mohawke" after seeing the name engraved on a statue in the hallway of his accommodation.[9][10] In 2007, Birchard applied to the Red Bull Music Academy and was invited to attend the event in Toronto,[11][12] where he first met Steve Beckett of Warp Records, who was giving a lecture there,[13] and was to sign Hudson Mohawke two years later.[14]

In addition to his solo work, Hudson Mohawke collaborated with Mike Slott as Heralds of Change, releasing a series of 12" EPs including Show You (2006), Sittin' on the Side (2007), Puzzles (2007) and Secrets (2007) on All City Records. Hudson Mo was also DJ/Producer for the now defunct hip hop group Surface Emp alongside MC's Dom Sum and sometimes 2 Can Dan.[15] Surface Empire released the LuckyMe EP in 2005 on Far Cut Records.

2008–11: TNGHT and Warp Records

In 2008, Birchard met Canadian producer Lunice during the first LuckyMe Records tour of North America, with Hudson Mohawke performing at the Pop Montreal festival and Lunice playing support.[16] Following a successful performance headlining Warp Records' 2012 SXSW showcase, the duo's collaborative project TNGHT debuted their TNGHT EP, released via Warp X LuckyMe on July 23, 2012.[17][18][19] TNGHT has since performed at multiple venues internationally, including The Opera House,[20] the Coachella music festival[21] and Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg, which featured an appearance by rapper/producer Kanye West during a remix of West's "Cold".[22]

In 2009, Hudson Mohawke signed to Warp Records, despite a very limited track record of official releases; in fact, the bulk of his releases were unofficial tracks and DJ mixes circulated on the Internet.[23] His first official release to get major notice was entitled "Spotted" on the Rush Hour beat compilation Beat Dimensions Vol 1. In 2008 his 12" EP Ooops! on LuckyMe/Wireblock became an underground sensation, particularly once word spread of his recording contract with Warp. In 2009, Hudson Mohawke released his first studio album, Butter.[24] In that year, he contributed a cover of a Jimi Tenor song, titled "Paint the Stars", to the Warp20 (Recreated) compilation.[25] He would follow with several EPs, including 2011's Satin Panthers. He produced the debut EP for Manchester band Egyptian Hip Hop at Club Ralph Studios in London, which was released in August 2010. One of his tracks titled "100hm" has been featured as a track on Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto V. His track 'Fuse' was featured in Sleeping Dogs and Dirt 3

TNGHT performing in 2013

2012–present: G.O.O.D. Music, Lantern, ANOHNI

In 2012, the Scottish producer began a series of collaborations with Kanye West, resulting in production credits on the highly anticipated GOOD Music label album Cruel Summer. On January 17, 2013, it was announced that Mohawke had officially signed with GOOD Music as a producer, whilst remaining with Warp and LuckyMe as a recording artist.[26] TNGHT announced their hiatus on December 27, 2013.[27] Mohawke went on to co-produce two tracks on West's 2013 album Yeezus ("I Am a God" and "Blood on the Leaves")[23] and contribute to much of West's 2016 follow-up The Life of Pablo, in addition to working with various other hip hop and pop artists, including Drake, Pusha T, and Future.[28] In 2015, he released his second studio album, Lantern. In 2016, He collaborated with British singer Anohni on her 2016 album Hopelessness.[29][30] Mohawke announced on October 26, 2016 via Twitter that he was creating the original soundtrack for the 2016 video game Watch Dogs 2, titled "Ded Sec" and that Warp Records would release it on November 11, 2016.[31]

Musical style

Following early acclaim for his turntable work, Hudson Mohawke has gone on to receive praise for his "genre-smashing" production approach, in which styles of music are "incorporated, manipulated and bounced against each other."[32][33] In 2009, The Guardian characterized his work as "manic cut-up pop, which sometimes sees him madly chopping and dicing established tunes and other times creating his own songs out of beats and pieces that have [...] jerky, rhythmic thrust and epileptic melodicism."[3] Following the formation of TNGHT, Birchard and partner Lunice attempted to strip down their production styles and avoid "all over the place" tracks.[34] In 2015, Exclaim! wrote that "in the six years since Glaswegian producer Hudson Mohawke released his debut full-length, Butter, Mohawke's music has gone from a glitch-y, turntablist jitter to a euphoric, multicolored trap-hop pound and everywhere in between."[35]

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles

Production work

Remixes

References

  1. ↑ "Ross Birchard". MusicBrainz. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  2. ↑ Churchill, Tom. "Nine for 2009 - Hudson Mohawke". Clash. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  3. 1 2 Lester, Paul (2 February 2009). "New Band of the Day - No 476: Hudson Mohawke". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  4. ↑ Palermo, Tomas (16 April 2007). "Dilla Disciple with a Mohawke". XLR8R. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  5. ↑ "Subcity at the Renfrew Ferry, March 2002 | Flickr – Condivisione di foto!". Flickr.com. 2002-03-14. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
  6. ↑ "Warp Week: Hudson Mohawke Melts Genres Like Butter!". The Skinny. 2009-10-28. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
  7. ↑ Devine, Rachel (22 November 2009). "Hudson Mohawke Dont call me just yet Kylie". The Times. London. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  8. ↑ "Bob Gnarly // episode 2 // hudson mohawke". Subcity Radio. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  9. ↑ "Interview: Hudson Mohawke". The Guardian. London. 2 March 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  10. ↑ Murphy, Ben. "Hudson Mohawke Interview". DJ Magazine. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  11. ↑ Lin, Yu-Cheng. "Red Bull Music Academy Alumni: Where Are They Now?".
  12. ↑ "Montreal to Host Red Bull Music Academy 2016".
  13. ↑ Beckett explains this in his lecture: http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/steve-beckett-the-warp-factor
  14. ↑ Also Birchard explains this in his lecture: http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/hudson-mohawke-lecture
  15. ↑ "Subcity Radio // Podcasts // DJ Itchy & Surface Empire // 22.10.04". Subcity.org. 2009-12-31. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
  16. ↑ Wazna-Blank, Stevanie. New Artist: TNGHT VIP magazine, February 24, 2013
  17. ↑ Artists Scion AV
  18. ↑ Caramanica, Jon. New Releases The New York Times, July 29, 2012
  19. ↑ TNGHT Synth Glasgow, July 2012
  20. ↑ TNGHT at Opera House Songkick, November 29, 2012
  21. ↑ Coachella 2013: TNGHT, artist spotlight Time Out New York, November 29, 2012
  22. ↑ Minsker, Evan. Kanye West makes surprise appearance at TNGHT show in Brooklyn Pitchfork, December 1, 2012
  23. 1 2 Birchmeier, Jason. "Hudson Mohawke Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  24. ↑ Ramirez, AJ (27 October 2009). "Hudson Mohawke: Butter". PopMatters. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  25. ↑ Breihan, Tom (1 July 2009). "Warp20 Box Set Tracklist Revealed". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  26. ↑ Makarechi, Kia (18 January 2013). "Hudson Mohawke & G.O.O.D. Music: Kanye West Snaps Up Buzzy Producer". Huffington Post. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  27. ↑ "Waning Moon".
  28. ↑ "The Life of Pablo – Credits". www.kanyewest.com. 2016-02-17. Archived from the original on 17 February 2016. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
  29. ↑ "Antony and the Johnsons news". Antonyandthejohnsons.com. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  30. ↑ "Hopelessness album announcement I". Facebook. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  31. ↑ "Twitter". mobile.twitter.com. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
  32. ↑ Cooper, Duncan (4 August 2011). "Interview: Hudson Mohawke". The Fader. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  33. ↑ MacIness, Paul (22 October 2009). "Butter review". Guardian. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  34. ↑ Dombal, Ryan (June 15, 2012). "Rising: TNGHT". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  35. ↑ Carlick, Stephen (June 12, 2015). "Hudson Mohawke: Lantern". Exclaim!. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  36. ↑ "Show Me (feat. Hudson Mohawke): Declaime: MP3 Downloads". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2013-07-04.

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