Hudson Mohawke - Satin Panthers

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4...according to our Business Lady on Wed 27 Jul, 2011.

I like what I've heard of Hudson Mohawke but I'm no expert so forgive my slightly misinformed review. 'Satin Panthers' sees the return of Hudson Mohawke (a.k.a Paul Birchard) after a year of silence but it looks to have been worth the wait as this five track EP is chocka full with block rocking party beats. Opener 'Octan' is merely a build up to the first track for real 'Thunder Bay' but it acts as a twinkly tension builder for the outrageous antics to come. 'Thunder Bay' sounds as cheap and cheerful as it does wild and suggests the kinda of futurism ever present in modern hip-hop production. I'm starting to believe that he really does produce using Fruity Loops and this is one is rough as. 'Cbat' smooths things out a little and suggests the minimalism of Snoop Dogg's ultra smash 'Drop It Like It's Hot' with a little bonus quirk thrown in for good measure. This is topped off with the ultra modernist R&B flavour of 'All Your Love' and 'Thank You', a Starslinger-esque funky beat extravaganza that features some genuinely wild synth cut ups that'll have you racing to the dancefloor for a good old knees up. Just a little taster of what's to come when his new album drops in 2012. Beauty.

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“Returning with his first blast of new material in over a year, Hudson Mohawke is set to push his way to the forefront all over again” - Clash; “A walloping club track” - FACT; “The track a lot of people have been waiting for” - Gilles Peterson; “The kind of experimental hip hop production everyone assumed Timbaland would be making by now” - The Guardian.

‘Satin Panthers’ is a new five track, postmodern R&B juggernaut from uberproducer Hudson Mohawke.

His music has been requested by the likes of Tinie Tempah, Chris Brown, Just Blaze (producer for Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, Usher, Notorious B.I.G., Kanye West, Eminem, Nicole Scherzinger, Lil’ Wayne, T.I., The Game), Flying Lotus and Battles.

As Just Blaze put it: “These are the chords I hear in dreams that I forget when I wake.” Hudson Mohawke is fast becoming the go-to man for some of R&B’s premier names, with Chris Brown also recently using a Hudson Mohawke track on his latest video online.

This five track mini album serves as a primer ahead of a full-length release planned for 2012. His debut album, ‘Butter’, was released in 2009 to huge critical acclaim.

Limited to 400 copies on LP.