Review: Hudson Mohawke – Butter

by Juno Daily on 28.10.2009 at 16:23pm.
Last edited: 30.10.2009 at 09:17am.

Artist: Hudson Mohawke
Title: Butter
Label: Warp Records
Genre: Leftfield
Format: Digital, 2 x LP
Buy From: Juno Records, Juno Download

The keenly anticipated debut from Hudson Mohawke is one of the most arresting albums of 2009. It’s hard to put a finger on the young Glaswegian’s style – there’s traces of dubstep, hip-hop, R & B and electronica strewn across the album, without any apparent regard for established musical patterns.

The result is fascinating – a restless, out-of-phase ride that heads in one direction, darts to the next, before coming back again. Hud Mo – a former DMC champ in his teenage years – could be the dubstep/hip-hop equivalent of Warp Records stable mate Jackson & His Computer Band – himself a true master of glitchy, cut and paste electronica.

Review: Aaron Coultate