Travis Blaque: The Bachelors
The Bachelors is the second single released on Altered Vibes label of Travis Blaques on 7th of August 2000. It has a nice swing-your-booty-in-the-summertime
groove. Sadly this year the native London rockers and the peeps from The Netherlands have one frustrated question in common: "Which summer?!".
Travis Blaque
Run Down
The production has been taken care of by Ollie Teeba (Herbaliser). This time Travis brought some friends MCs: Mac and Future. With punchy lyrics they run down the count from bachelors and
their every way down to earth dealings with the ladies.
On the b-side you can find remixes by RJD2 who adds stunning depth and extra funk with thick brass overlays
and guitar that retrain the tracks original essence and inject
lift for the friendly feel.
These guys
At the editorial office we were pleased with this new 12". Memories
popped up putting a smile on our faces. A year ago DTF and I did an interview with Travis, Nick-the-record-label and T's girlfriend. First time we did in an interview where we
couldn't follow anymore what was said, halfway the interview.
Getting too drunk. Do not go with the flow, with English and drinking,
if you don't want to loose track.
Travis and Nick-the-record-label.
With these guys you can have a laugh, where artists from across
the ocean still have a big culture gap to cross with you, the
peeps on the other end of the Channel Tunnel have more in common
with you than you might think. Blaque adopts a slant on HipHop
that refuses the scenes all-to-often outlandish and counterfeit
face preferring to grounds it's feet firmly in day to day relevance
of common experiences.
More to HipHop
As Travis writes, he writes for everyone. Trying to found a common
ground, pooling experiences and discovering new ways to connect.
"There's more to HipHop than gangster rap and bitches. That faces
of the movement can crush new talent by demanding attention through
controversy. It's time HipHop swapped back from falsehood to the
neighborhood and returned the conscious experience. You can't
relate to 'an all about the money' gangster image." But you can relate to Travis.
His record label, Altered Vibes from London, U.K., teamed up with Battersa Park Music from the U.S. putting their heads, money and power together to promote their
releases.
For more information check out their web sites. And of course
when ART12 gets back in London we're going to check out Travis and Nick.
Travis Blaque makes what traveling is, fun meeting people and
fun coming back.
AQ
Altered Vibes (U.K.)
Tel: +44-(0)20-87859652
nlawrence@aleredvibes.com
Battersea Park Music (U.S.A.)
Tel: +001-614-2996681
batterseapm@xoommail.com
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