- Audio CD (4 May 2009)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Civil Music
- ASIN: B0024VMGVY
- Other Editions: Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 364,752 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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In Kotchy's world, the soundtrack to seduction isn't soft jazz or Barry White, but the buzzes and glitches of a laptop. For his debut album is like Prince's Parade for an era in which love is delivered via digital flowers to your Facebook page rather than real roses to your door; and Second Life lets any skinny suburban kid pretend to be an exotic lothario.
A twentysomething from Indianapolis now based in Brooklyn, Chad Curlow has already reinvented himself a few times throughout his career thus far, both drumming in electronic art-rock band The Epochs and working as an underground hip hop producer. But it's in his solo guise as Kotchy that he's carved the most unique niche for himself; that of Justin Timberlake's nerdy brother with a bag of Warp records and some heavy relationship issues. However, he also has both the production skills and imagination to make that seemingly unlikely recipe work, and a honeyed voice which still sounds as if he's whimpering with loneliness even when yelping, ''let's dance butt naked'' on She Made It Easy.
The first single from the album, She Made It Easy first really alerted the world to Kotchy in September 2008 following his remixes for Tricky and Yo! Majesty, and contains some glimpses of the elements he's now expanded upon for 89. There are the clipped Timbaland-style beats also heard in Sing What You Want, while Check Out My Keychain cuts up a dub bassline with electronic bleeps and Kotchy's imploring vocals, and One For The Money smothers slowed-down hip-hop samples in a warm electronic blanket. But even though Kotchy has obviously been as inspired by esoteric Scandinavian electronica subgenre, skwee, as he has by the universal soul giants, he's still created an album that you could wrap yourself in either with your lover or after you've just been dumped: sexy 21st century pseudo-R 'n' B that's been sealed with a fizz. --Paul Clarke
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89 is the sum of many musical parts welded together in idiosyncratic style by New York musical maverick, producer and drummer Chad Curlow. Comparisons to Pharrell and Beck, although partly justified, also do him a disservice as his sound occupies it's own unique corner of the sonic spectrum defying easy categorisation and I for one like it loads.
Forget song structures you've known and loved Kotchy has got production attention deficit disorder and his own distinct musical plan but somehow it all makes sense. Glitch hop morphs into ambient noodlings, dubstep goes pop, demented electronica segues into love songs and r&b gets a sampledelic techno makeover as Kotchy weaves his `on the fly' studio magic whilst softly vocalising his take on life, modern America and relationships often with his tongue in his cheek.
Big tunes include the skanking 8bit cod reggae pop perversion of `Check Out My Keychain", the tender audio caresses of `Falling In love' with its classical string samples, hip hop beats and gentle vocals. Look out for `One For The Money' where mutated vocals, funk horn samples, scratches, 80's synth lines, Kotchy's voice and live drums jump into the bath together and harmoniously soap each others backs whilst the 6 minute stylistically schizophrenic epic `Shake' perfectly encapsulates the constantly morphing eclectic nature of the album.
In between the longer tracks providing the spine of the album there are all manner of shorter wobbly beat excursions, ambient noodles, twisted soul and electro glitch pop that create a varied topography in this trip down the river of Kotchy's imagination. But like all journeys this album has a beginning and an end and although the going isn't smooth I recommend you stay in the boat until the end to fully appreciate the genius in this man's musical madness.
Forget song structures you've known and loved Kotchy has got production attention deficit disorder and his own distinct musical plan but somehow it all makes sense. Glitch hop morphs into ambient noodlings, dubstep goes pop, demented electronica segues into love songs and r&b gets a sampledelic techno makeover as Kotchy weaves his `on the fly' studio magic whilst softly vocalising his take on life, modern America and relationships often with his tongue in his cheek.
Big tunes include the skanking 8bit cod reggae pop perversion of `Check Out My Keychain", the tender audio caresses of `Falling In love' with its classical string samples, hip hop beats and gentle vocals. Look out for `One For The Money' where mutated vocals, funk horn samples, scratches, 80's synth lines, Kotchy's voice and live drums jump into the bath together and harmoniously soap each others backs whilst the 6 minute stylistically schizophrenic epic `Shake' perfectly encapsulates the constantly morphing eclectic nature of the album.
In between the longer tracks providing the spine of the album there are all manner of shorter wobbly beat excursions, ambient noodles, twisted soul and electro glitch pop that create a varied topography in this trip down the river of Kotchy's imagination. But like all journeys this album has a beginning and an end and although the going isn't smooth I recommend you stay in the boat until the end to fully appreciate the genius in this man's musical madness.
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Format:Audio CD
89 is the sum of many musical parts welded together in idiosyncratic style by New York musical maverick, producer and drummer Chad Curlow. Comparisons to Pharrell and Beck, although partly justified, also do him a disservice as his sound occupies it's own unique corner of the sonic spectrum defying easy categorisation and I for one like it loads.
Forget song structures you've known and loved Kotchy has got production attention deficit disorder and his own distinct musical plan but somehow it all makes sense. Glitch hop morphs into ambient noodlings, dubstep goes pop, demented electronica segues into love songs and r&b gets a sampledelic techno makeover as Kotchy weaves his `on the fly' studio magic whilst softly vocalising his take on life, modern America and relationships often with his tongue in his cheek.
Big tunes include the skanking 8bit cod reggae pop perversion of `Check Out My Keychain", the tender audio caresses of `Falling In love' with its classical string samples, hip hop beats and gentle vocals. Look out for `One For The Money' where mutated vocals, funk horn samples, scratches, 80's synth lines, Kotchy's voice and live drums jump into the bath together and harmoniously soap each others backs whilst the 6 minute stylistically schizophrenic epic `Shake' perfectly encapsulates the constantly morphing eclectic nature of the album.
In between the longer tracks providing the spine of the album there are all manner of shorter wobbly beat excursions, ambient noodles, twisted soul and electro glitch pop that create a varied topography in this trip down the river of Kotchy's imagination. But like all journeys this album has a beginning and an end and although the going isn't smooth I recommend you stay in the boat until the end to fully appreciate the genius in this man's musical madness.
Forget song structures you've known and loved Kotchy has got production attention deficit disorder and his own distinct musical plan but somehow it all makes sense. Glitch hop morphs into ambient noodlings, dubstep goes pop, demented electronica segues into love songs and r&b gets a sampledelic techno makeover as Kotchy weaves his `on the fly' studio magic whilst softly vocalising his take on life, modern America and relationships often with his tongue in his cheek.
Big tunes include the skanking 8bit cod reggae pop perversion of `Check Out My Keychain", the tender audio caresses of `Falling In love' with its classical string samples, hip hop beats and gentle vocals. Look out for `One For The Money' where mutated vocals, funk horn samples, scratches, 80's synth lines, Kotchy's voice and live drums jump into the bath together and harmoniously soap each others backs whilst the 6 minute stylistically schizophrenic epic `Shake' perfectly encapsulates the constantly morphing eclectic nature of the album.
In between the longer tracks providing the spine of the album there are all manner of shorter wobbly beat excursions, ambient noodles, twisted soul and electro glitch pop that create a varied topography in this trip down the river of Kotchy's imagination. But like all journeys this album has a beginning and an end and although the going isn't smooth I recommend you stay in the boat until the end to fully appreciate the genius in this man's musical madness.
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