The Oilworks crew have touched down in Shanghai and are ready to bring some serious business to The Shelter tonight! Sets from Olive Oil and Zorzi plus live visuals from Popy Oil, as well as live sets from Hamacide and SIG and DJ sets from Shige and Drunk Monk!!!
Head over to subcultureshanghai.com for tons of music downloads and an interview with Popy Oil, and check smartshanghai.com in an hour or so for an interview with Hamacide!!
Gonna be a big one people, be there!!!
***************************************************************** Friday 24th June
Line Up: Hamacide (live), Olive Oil, DJ Zorzi, Popy Oil, SIG, Drunk Monk, Shige
Entrance: 50rmb
For our second session in June, Sub-Culture are proud to be hosting the pre-release party for Shanghai based beat-master Hamacide’s forthcoming Mighty Little Machine Remix LP, with very special guests Olive Oil, Popy Oil and DJ Zorzi AKA Oil Works from Japan!
Hamacide is the alias of Yusuke Hama, an Atlanta-born, New York producer/dj. Son of Japanese parents, Yusuke, like many Asian kids, started playing classical music at a very young age. Eventually quitting his classical music pursuits in his mid teens, he started playing in bands and making his own 4 track recordings.
After his debut release, Fascinating Tininess.., on Prefuse 73’s label ‘Eastern Developments’ in 2007 under the name LEYODE with fellow Brooklyn singer Laurel Wells, Yusuke released his first full length solo record in 2010 called ‘Mighty Little Machine’. Beautiful and, at times, bizarre, Mighty Little Machine is a collection of instrumentals and vocal-based songs with elements of hip-hop, classical folk, and bossa nova. Mighty Little Machine blends many styles of music but Yusuke's production keeps everything cohesive and making perfect sense. It is a carefully constructed record that flows seamlessly from beginning to end.
Later in 2010, Yusuke asked his friends Prefuse 73, Leblaze and Epstein to remix songs from Mighty Little Machine for a possible remix EP. Not until he met Himuro Yoshiteru in Shanghai, China did this idea become reality. Yusuke immediately fell in love with Himuro's music who then introduced him to Olive Oil and other amazing Japanese producers.
Joining Hamacide at this pre-release beat spectacular (Hamacide will be playing a full live set by the way!) will be one of the contributors to the remix album and Oil Works label boss - Olive Oil, along side the rest of the Oil Works crew - VJ Popy Oil and DJ Zorzi! Having worked with and remixed the likes of Pete Rock and CL Smooth, Killer Bong, KRS One and graffiti legend Futura, as well as being supported by the likes of Giles Peterson – the Oil Works crew bring nothing but pure heat with a full live visual and audio show! Throw in a live set by SIG and DJ sets by Drunk Monk and Shige and you’ve got one of the parties of the year! Don’t miss!!
********************************************************************* 6月24日 周五 重音文化奉献:Oil Works (Olive Oil, Popy Oil, DJ Zorzi) + Hamacide“Mighty Little Machine”Remix LP发行预热派对