• The debut full-length from Zürich's Michal Ho of Samim & Michal fame (and the premiere artist album on Berlin's Tuning Spork Records). |
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Michal Ho is back, and this time it's album time at Tuning Spork. But unlike other dance labels, we don't release albums with two tracks you might play once, three collaborations with aging vocalists, and five ambient interludes. We don't do that cos it sucks. We know you have dancefloors to fill, and that's important to you. With his LP of all new material, Michal brings you an assortment of firecrackers that are poised to ignite in every club worldwide.
Born in Switzerland and having lived in Zimbabwe during his youth, in the last few years Michal Ho has developed a serious name for himself. As half of the duo Samim & Michal, he is responsible for a ton of bigtime releases and remixes for a handful of respected labels, and of course a string of hot solo EPs: 2005’s Frisky, 2006’s Econoclast, and this year’s Cassecade, which had more styles on one piece of wax than most producers manage to do with five or six.
And now, his debut album matches the high standard he has set for himself to date. In fact, Screw the Coffeemaker raises the bar once again, with a unique take on just about everything exciting in electronic music right now. With jacking grooves and slamming beats, Michal takes us back to the day when you didn't have to call house music “funky” because all house had to be funky – if it wasn't funky it was nothing!
This record is made to create total panic in clubs, bouncing between serious, sexy, and soulful. But for us, "soulful" doesn't mean so polite that you would only play it at an expensive restaurant – it means raw and insane electronic grooves, which is why we left the dirt all over it. Elsewhere, Michal’s basslines fight with the drums for your attention, the synths are screaming to escape, the effects crash like waves in the background. But as always with his productions, every single loop is crammed with details to get your body moving and your brain in a knot.
There you have it: eight tracks of Michal Ho in full flow. We just want to bring you more red hot pokers to sear your clubheads with. We think you are gonna love this one, and of course, Tuning Spork loves each and every one of you. |
• A diverse collection of tracks from one of Europe's hottest young house producers, known for his material on Get Physical, Kindisch, Stattmusik, Freizeitglauben, and Junion. |
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| • Includes "Take Away", also available as a 12" single with remixes from Jay Haze, Jona, and Rhadoo. Download the radio edit: Take Away (192kbps mp3) |
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| • Also available, Screw the Coffeemaker Remixes featuring Adam Beyer and Inxec. |
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• CD version includes three bonus tracks (marked with **). |
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| • DJ support from Ricardo Villalobos (Perlon, Playhouse), Loco Dice (M-nus), Slam (Soma), Sammy Dee (Perlon), Sebo K (Mobilee), Jeff Samuel (Trapez, Pokerflat) Peter Grummich (Shitkatapult), Ryan Elliott (Spectral Sound), Angel Molina (Sónar Music), Julietta (Harry Klein), C-Rock (Cocoon), D'Julz (Pokerflat, Brique Rouge), Philip Sherburne (LAN Musik) |
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• Two cuts from the album have been featured on André Galluzzi's Cocoon Ibiza Summer Mix, following past inclusions on mix CDs by Steve Bug, Luciano, and Dan Curtin. |
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• Check myspace.com/michalho for tour dates and more info. |
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Tracklist:
A1. Take Away feat. JonJon - download mp3
A2. Gills
B1. Stop, Start feat. Shadi Megallaa
B2. Lämpechatz
C1. Screw the Coffeemaker
C2. Good Tips
D1. Saftwerk
D2. Ghost Floppy
**. Gisele feat. Signor Andreoni and Lox
**. Got to Be Like That
**. Quitior |
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