Horse Power

I still haven’t got round to posting any MP3s of the recommendations that I made this week - will try do it over the weekend as I’m too busy at the moment going through new releases for the next batch of reviews for various magazine assignments. I’ve also got my hands on the debut album by Samim and Jay Haze as Fuckpony, ‘Children Of Love’, due in the next few months on Get Physical. I just spent part of the afternoon talking to them about the album, which borrows heavily from classic deep and Chicago house, but with a modern twist and the benefits of a lot of experience making stripped back, tripped out techno. I’d be surprised if it isn’t one of this year’s biggest underground albums- I know, that sounds like a tautology – but the curious journalist in me prevailed and I had to ask them about its goofy title. It turns out that these guys have overcome a lot of personal problems: Samim had to fight off cancer and Jay was homeless for a while in San Francisco as well as pursuing a career as a glass blower. Seriously, there’s a good book in there ( better not reveal to much of the rest here!) and it certainly made a pleasant change from interviewing monosyllabic techno producers…