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Heatstroke
Hawke
Heatstroke
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Pop
 
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With his second album under the pseudonym Hawke, San Francisco dance innovator Gavin Hardkiss returns with an ultra-rich smorgasbord of sound, a record that is alternately tranced-out, tribal, psychedelic, and chilled. The...  more »

     
   
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All Artists: Hawke
Title: Heatstroke
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 3
Label: Six Degrees
Release Date: 3/12/2002
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Pop
Styles: Electronica, House, Dance Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 657036106321

Synopsis

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With his second album under the pseudonym Hawke, San Francisco dance innovator Gavin Hardkiss returns with an ultra-rich smorgasbord of sound, a record that is alternately tranced-out, tribal, psychedelic, and chilled. The blissful cover photo (smiles, sun, blue water) and inner-sleeve travelogue shots are a clue: Hawke means to take you from sunny beaches to darkened clubs with only his music as a guide. The beats are flexible throughout, adorned with a sampled Charlton Heston, New Orleans horns, blaring synths, whistles, bongos, and a million vocalists. Heatstroke has an airheaded West Coast quality, signaled by bubbly sound pastiches and pert, fluffy beats. But Hawke weaves together his ambient escapades, house airs, and driving breakbeats with such a sophisticated hand, you never notice the seams; it's easy to groove and go with Hawke's ethereal flow. --Ken Micallef
 

CD Reviews

Not stellar
Luis T. Sanchez | Midvale, Ut United States | 03/27/2003
(3 out of 5 stars)

"i bought this because rose tinted glasses was so good. i dont know about these tracks really. they would be tolerable if they were mixed continuously. if hes such a good mixer, he could have easily mixed this album together. anyway, its an alright CD"
Off The Hook Party & Preen Record
sirena | 03/18/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Soo happy Hardkiss put out another gem from San Francisco. Gavin Hardkiss knows how to subtly tweek the usual. Different than Namaquadisco, less experimental with a postive groove. My parents and my nephew like this one. Listen to this when getting ready for a Party, having a party, cocktails after 9pm, getting back from the club or just driving in your car, Party People gonna change the world and leave the 20th century with no regrets."
80mph
Luis T. Sanchez | 04/06/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)

"this album has not left my car. i can't drive without it. the tribal beats, smooth rhythems and hipnotic sounds keep me going 80mph. Party People rings in my hear and reminds me that i can change the world!
finally something other than the same old house music. Hawke is definitly the creator of new sound!"