Friday, October 31, 2008

The mysterious Clutchy Hopkins

The freshest thing in downtempo electronica. Highly original and with strong jazz and hip hop influences. Some of the tracks are outstanding and highly addictive! For example track 2 from the 2005 debute. When I first listened to that album I got the same feelings as when I discovered Bonobo's Animal Magic. In a genre that nowdays is not as original and groundbreaking as it used to be this is something that surely is worth of your attention!


 



Clutchy Hopkins - The Life Of Clutchy Hopkins (Crate Digler - 2005)

Tracklisting:
1 3:06 (3:08)
2 3:02 (3:01)
3 4:08 (4:10)
4 3:25 (3:26)
5 2:15 (2:16)
6 3:11 (3:15)
7 2:07 (2:08)
8 3:26 (3:27)
9 3:34 (3:35)
10 3:05 (3:06)
11 3:14 (3:15)
12 3:24 (3:24)


MF Doom Meets Clutchy Hopkins (Crate Digler -2006)

Tracklisting:
1 Change The Beat (3:26)
2 My Favorite Ladies (3:44)
3 Melody (2:41)
4 Impending Doom (3:39)
5 Vomitspit (3:19)
6 Air (3:22)

1- from Viktor Vaughn's album Vaudeville Villain
2- from MF Doom's My Favourite Ladies / All Outta Ale 12"
3- from Blendcrafters Melody (Remix) 12"
4- from Daedelus' album Exquisite Corpse; mixed with track 9 from TLoCH
5- from MF Doom's album MM..Food (CD/LP)
6- from Dabrye's album Two/Three (CD/LP); mixed with track 12 from TLoCH

Shawn Lee and Clutchy Hopkins - Clutch Of The Tiger (Ubiquity Records - 2008)

Tracklisting:
1 Full Moon (3:36)
2 Two Steps Back (3:58)
3 Things Change (3:26)
4 Bill Blows It (5:29)
Flute - Tracy Wannomae, Trumpet - Todd Simon
5 So Easily, So Naturally (3:40)
6 Leon Me (3:35)
7 Dollar Short (4:21)
Flute, Clarinet [Bass] - Tracy Wannomae, Trumpet, Flugelhorn - Todd Simon
8 When I Was Young (3:52)
9 Across The Pond (3:47)
10 Bad Influence (3:05)
11 Till Next Time (4:32)
Flute, Saxophone - Andy Ross (2), Trumpet - Dominic Glover
12 Indian Burn (4:41)

Clutchy Hopkins - Walking Backwards (Ubiquity Records – 2008)

Tracklisting:
1 Sound Of The Ghost
2 Song For Wolfie
Producer [Additional] - Shawn Lee
3 Love Of A Woman
Lyrics By, Vocals - Darondo
4 3rd Element
5 Para Los Ninos
6 Horny Tickle
Horns [Arrangement And Playing] - Todd Simon
7 Percy On The One
8 Rocktober
9 Alla Oscar
10 Good Omen
11 Swap Meet Me At The Corner
12 Last Time For Your Mind

Clutchy Hopkins and Misled Children – Peoples Market - (Porter Records – 2008)

Tracklisting:
1 Untitled (3:25)
2 Untitled (4:56)
3 Untitled (1:52)
4 Untitled (3:04)
5 Untitled (2:55)
6 Untitled (1:18)
7 Untitled (3:36)
8 Untitled (5:01)
9 Untitled (1:15)
10 Untitled (3:42)
11 Untitled (3:01)
12 Untitled (1:40)
13 Untitled (3:26)
14 Untitled (3:38)

Season for change: Aris - Olympiakos 1-0

Aris' first great result in a season that hasn't started well.

Hopefully we will see a change for the better, starting with this great win against olympiakos.