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Melk

Sports

Released April 4th, 2005

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No newcomers to the electronic scene, producer duo Rasmus Møbius & Anders Christophersen have been well-known faces in the Danish electronic scene for several years, both releasing solo works on various labels. Their collaborative work as Melk sees them emphasizing their dub and hip-hop influences, combined with soulful samples and a range of vocal and instrumental collaborators: Melk add plenty of real acoustic instruments like trumpet and Hammond organ to their own sample-based rhythms. This forms the music side of Melk, the vocals are part MC’ing (by various guest MCs), and part soul’ish singing by Ane Trolle, reminiscent of 70ies Motown lightness. In brief, a mix of Prefuse 73 and Wackies.

Prominent guests from the Danish hiphop scene dropped by Melks studio, showing prime cuts and scratches from Malk De Koijn vet Tue Track and vocal performance from Nobody Beats The Beats’ Context and former Prince Po collaborator Gisli. On the more dubby side, Bahamas rooted Tuco contributed the song ‘Like Rock & Roll’, and Ane Trolle feature on two of the albums tracks.

Press

"Det er hele albummet igennem behageligt at være i selskabs med Melks varme og udadvendte lyd, og produktionerne er af usædvanlig høj standart."
Soundvenue (DK) 5/6

 

"Duoen Melks debut 'Sports' er et smukt eksempel på, hvor hamrende dygtige, kunstfærdige og internationalt mindede, danske dub- og hiphop- producere er blevet."
Politiken (DK) 4/6

 

"Who knew a Scandinavian country could pack this kind of heat?"
PopMatters (US) 7/10

"Møbius and Christophersen maintain strong musical continuity throughout while maximizing the contributions of their vocal and instrumental collaborators"
Textura (US)

"Das hier ist wesentlich oldschooliger als Deadbeat, rougher als Meteosound und so sympathisch ungebürstet, irgendwie."
Intro (D)

"Ist es voreilig, bereits Ende März die Lieblingsplatte 2005 zu küren? Wohl - aber Sports gehört zweifellos zum Schönsten, das ich seit Jahren hören durfte."
Laut.de (D) 5/5