HEY-O-HANSEN - WE SO HORNY - SERIOUS PLEASURE RIDDIMS (CD)

"Originally released as a limited vinyl edition in 2010 which had quickly sold out, this much sought after longplayer by the Austrian duo Hey-ø-Hansen now sees the light of day as a CD. On "We so horny", Hey-O-Hansen strip down dub rhythms mostly from the fifties and make them up freshly in the guise of contemporary club sound. All hooklines have been recorded from a real-live horn section which animates the vividness of the ten tracks. Dub at the interface between digital and analog. With its monolithic consolidation of drums, bass, grating 80s synths, winds and echoes, the album soars above the Berlin plains like an alpine rock face. The roots of Hey-O-Hansen's music reach deeply into Tyrolian folk music and its peculiar off-beat, but it's their studios in Berlin where it unfolds its power. They call it "Austrodub" - that's the white dub of the next generation. Condensed, focused, and beautifully precise." (label info)