Inheritance EP4 by Gavin Hardkiss
PRE-RELEASE:
Producer Gavin Hardkiss delivers a DJ mixtape of the 16 songs produced for his Inheritance project.
Inheritance tracks life growing up in South Africa through the '90s Hardkiss San Francisco era to his current wide ranging releases on labels like Dirtybird, Do Not Sit and Hardkiss Music. The project is a Basquiat-like collage of sounds inherited along the way. Voices heard as a boy through the second floor bedroom window in Johannesburg. Sounds accumulated in dusty warehouses throughout America in the '90s. Collaborations with Nigerian performer Bisi, Kenyan singer Lucinda Karrey, snippets of conversation, alongside Instagram audio grabs. All of it glued and twisted together over a 5 year period in his studio in San Rafael California.
Inheritance will be released as a DJ mixtape on Soundcloud and Youtube. Individual songs are available for streaming and purchasing at your favorite digital destination.
Gavin Hardkiss has long been a DJs who skirts genres and always surprises with his hybrid styles and rich textures that fuse modern and classic electronic music influences.
In the past he has remixed Youssou N’Dour, Mazzy Star, Elton John, Michael Franti and The Brazilian Girls, and performed alongside Africa Bambaataa, Derrick May, Snoop Dogg and The Buena Vista Social Club.
Based in San Rafael in Northern California, he has a DJ residency at the Compact Disco in Monterey CA. Catch him headlining the Shabhalah Music Festival this summer in British Columbia.
Whether you’re into Amapiano, Afrohouse, minimal tech, disco, highlife or breaks, there’s something here for you.
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Tracklist
| 1. | Unfinished Highlife (Pink & Black) | 4:52 |
| 2. | Move It | 4:38 |
| 3. | Crensil | 4:57 |
| 4. | Get It On (& On) | 4:40 |
| 5. | afro disco, afro house, Afrobeat, breaks, Electronic, electronica, World, downtempo - Seleka | 6:13 |
Credits
Mastering: Klas Sasse Lindblad at www.blackheadstudios.com
Thanks to all the collaborators who willingly and unwillingly contributed to this massive project. Forever in my heart +++
License
All rights reserved.Tags
Gavin Hardkiss is a DJ, producer and author who also releases music as Hawke to include collaborations, sound clashes and musical experiments with friends. The Dark Art of Light Work is the 6th Hawke album. Get all previous albums and other Hardkiss releases at the link below.