Heatstroke

Hawke
Six Degrees Records
General | Mar 2002

Reviews

Jacki-O
Reviewed 2002-08-06
Hawke: Heatstroke Label: Six Degrees & Sunburn
I’ve been so anticipating the release of this record – and I’m SO loving it. This is full of the funky electro/acid/tweaky/breaks/house that has characterized the sound of SF’s Sunburn Records. Gavin Hardkiss is a good friend of mine. As the youngest of the Hardkiss brothers, Gavin is a talented musician and DJ like his brothers. I love all of the tracks on this CD. Best tracks: 1,2,3,5,6
1. Thumpin beats w/ background congas, beautifully reverberating glass tones
2. Crackly dubby trippy electro; changes organically; great guitar thrown in middle
3. Awesome catchy progressive electro-infused house anthem – party people gonna change the world!
4. Narrative rap about ravers set to grindin’ booty acid-y electro-breaks
5. Grindin’ bass, cut-up beats, tweaky acid-y loops, wild percussion, scratchy noise, breaks, all mashed into what I think is Gavin’s signature as a DJ & a producer
6. My pal Adnan contributes samba energy (& vocals) on this slammin’ house tune
7. Uplifting synth loops and catchy trumpet melodies – wonderful world-y trance
8. Grindin’ bassline with tribaly beat and swishy synth melodies
9. Insistent bass beat, space-y vocals by Adamsmasher, loopy synths – pretty cool
10. Short tinkly interlude, some ocean sounds (goes into 11)
11. Gentle guitar strumming, grindin’ bassline, dramatic synths & piano

Recent airplay

Mass
lost and foundJul 17, 2010
Sticky Trumpets
Party People W/ Adamsmasher, Now We Know - Lovesky Remix
Soul EclipseJul 08, 2004
Now We Know - Lovesky Remix
PoptronicaMay 02, 2002
Now We Know - Lovesky Remix, Mass
PoptronicaApr 18, 2002

Track listing

1. Mass
2. Now We Know - Lovesky Remix
3. Party People W/ Adamsmasher
4. Midnight Ravers Feat. Joe B.
5. Sticky Trumpets
6. Pacificodelic Feat. Dj Adnan
7. Le Le Lengwe
8. Salome's Last Chance
9. Starfish Waitress
10. Everything Will Be Ok
11. High on the Sea