Headrillaz

South London big defeat trio Headrillaz make caustic, bombastic up-tempo trip-hop within the Chemical substance Brothers/Monkey Mafia mildew, fusing rock-based examples and attitude with components of home, techno, and club-bound hip-hop. Shaped in 1995 as an offshoot of Ninja Melody acid-jazz/trip-hop group Gradually, Headrillaz may be the sibling/stepbrother group of Casper, Saul, and Darius Kedros, most of whom got produced music in a single type or another since their early teenagers. The name Headrillaz initial surfaced being a remix credit using one of the string of experimental Brit-hop 12″s pursuing Slowly’s demise (the Kedros brothers released several singles as Tranquil Elephantizer and Trunk); and continuing as an effective task after London manufacturer Howie “B” Bernstein noticed the group filthy up a DATs’n’tables efficiency in a membership. Bernstein insisted on launching their 1996 debut 12″, Strange Planet, by himself Pussyfoot label, as well as the group implemented up with two even more 12″s — Screaming Minds and Spacefuck 2010 — just before launching the full-length Coldharbour Stones in 1997. A singles compilation mainly, Coldharbour collected the very best from the group’s Pussyfoot result up to now and added several unreleased slashes. The trio’s live shows also escalated towards the music group level, with a complete touring ensemble getting gigs at main U.K. celebrations such as for example Tribal Gathering and Glastonbury.