Al Green, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye,The Meters, Soulful Strings,Cymande, Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, The 5th Dimension, B.T.Express, The Beatles, Neil Young and Barry White.
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REVIEWS FOR SECOND TO NONE. Radio play by Gilles Peterson on BBC Radio1.
This may well be one of the best UK soul LPs in many years. Jellyjazz.com
Hardkandys new album is made up of strong Sly/The Meters/Mayfield 60/70s soul influenced tracks in a similar way to Nicole Willis or Sharon Jones. Fly Magazine
A beautiful album which was perfect listening when the sun came out. Simon Harrisson (Basic Soul)
The best I have heard on the label so far! DJ Griff (Jelly Jazz)
Never mind Madonna, heres where the real Hardkandy is! Soul, folk and blues, its all here in the third album by musician and producer Tim Bidwell. I really like the soulful quality of this album, it reminds me of taking out my Curtis Mayfield albums and listening to them once again. The Second to None album is just that, second to none, and it brings soulful treats for the warm days ahead. Johan Edlund (Supasoul, Malmo, Sweden)
Hardkandy. Pure gold! Tom Wieland (7 Samurai, Vienna)
Radio play on the Jelly Jazz Radio Show on Phonic FM
Hardkandy earn themselves a place in funk nirvana with the likes of the Meters and Sly Stone. Uncut
Loveable, dancefloor savvy modern Soul. MixMag
A Slow Burning Surprise. HipHop Mag.
Smooth like peanut butter theyll set your heart a flutter. Knowledge
Another Classic. DJ
Hardkandy deserve the recognition that the likes of Zero 7 gained back at the start of the millennium. Blowback
Radio play for The Good & The Band by Menno Jager (Sound of Swound), Steve Nickolls (Kiss 101, Bristol), and from Sammy Goulbourne (The Other Side Radio Show, Birmingham).
Chilled, yet complex and mature. Brilliant! Domu (BBC Radio 1Xtra)
Dunks is very me. Played on Worldwide and in clubs. Gilles Peterson (BBC Radio 1)
I have been killing Dunks on my radio show, and the other track is a great soulful nugget too! Sammy Goulbourne (The Other Side Radio Show, Birmingham)
Radio play on the Jelly Jazz Radio Show on Phonic FM, Kev Beadle on Solar Radio, Sammy Goulbourne (The Other Side Radio Show, Birmingham). and Nick Luscombe on NME Radio.
Second to none’ the much anticipated third album from Hardkandy is now ready for release.The 12 track album features guest vocals from some of the most talented soul/blues artists in the uk such as Martin Harley, Laura Vane and Sean Clarke and also musical contributions from ‘FINK’ (Ninja tune) and Si Little (Bonobo,Quantic Soul Orchestra). Hardkandy aka Musician/Producer Tim Bidwell has had a busy year producing many artists including Peggy Sue and the pirates, Jono McCleery, Jessie Banks and Charlot Webster. All this production work has been achieved since the huge success of ‘Tim’s house’ (released in March 07) an album Tim produced for singer songwriter Kate Walsh which went to number 1 in the i-tunes chart across most of the world, and has since been licensed to Mercury records in europe and Verve in the U.S. Tim also runs an indie folk label ‘Folklaw’ with Fin Greenall (Fink). All this and he still found time to write and produce ‘second to none’!
The new album is a well crafted journey into soul, blues and funk. Tim says - ‘I wanted to create something that tips a hat to all my influences like 60’s and 70’s soul but also explores the blues elements of these genre. At the root of all my work is a need to create great songs with great melody and it’s something, I feel, I’ve really achieved with this album.’ Also – ‘It was a real joy and honour working with these great artists. It was important for me to collaborate with the right people that could bring a certain sound and feeling to the project.’
Hardkandy have previously released 2 albums with Catskills records. 2002’s critically acclaimed ‘How do you do nothing’ and 2006’s very well received ‘Last to leave’. They feature such artists as Terry Callier, Jess Banks (Chungking) Russ Porter (Limp Twins) and Will Holland (Quantic). As a live band they have graced The Big chill, Shephards Bush Empire, 93Ft East and Cargo. WahWah 45 have just signed 'Second to none' So look out for a single release in April 08, and the album in May 08. We are well happy to be part of the wahwah family! Nicely! .............................................................................................................................. LIVE BOOKINGS GO TO www.futureboogie.com/agency........................GO TO I-TUNES to download ALBUM.
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Ciao , how's life ? Hope all is great there. Just wanted to let you know that we have a new release out on Sweetleaf Recordings that is actually #52 on the BEATPORT's Deep House CHART, feel free to listen to it on our page and eventually send us your feedback if you like... Cheers
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