Description
Roughing up accessible sounds has been a theme throughout Marquis Hawkes’ career and nowhere has it been so clear than on his debut for fabric’s in-house imprint, Houndstooth. Four upfront house jams, each demonstrating a different side to Hawkes’ production talent, taking in jazz-inflected deepness, disco flavours, quirky cyberpop through to futuristic funk. Think Prince meets Neneh Cherry, held hostage by Gene Hunt’s relentless 909 selections. Despite the variety of influences on display, a contiguous thread is maintained – something also reflected in his DJ sets, their all-encompassing yet coherent nature winning over fans far and wide. 12” is mastered and cut to 180g vinyl by Matt Colton.
