Hardkandy
General Info
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Genre: Funk / Nu-Jazz / Soul
Location Brighton, South, UK
Profile Views: 69736
Last Login: 6/14/2010
Member Since 11/22/2005
Website http://www.kudosrecords.co.uk/wahwah
Record Label WahWah 45
Type of Label Indie
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Bio
.. ............Myspace Layouts.. - ..Myspace Editor.. - ..Image Hosting.... 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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Influences
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.
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10 of 475MoreWhat do you think about the 47% Hardkandy?
"JACKSON'S LOVE - FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD" - MY BRAND NEW CD - HAS JUST BEEN RECORDED - WATCH FOR IT SOON @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT 47% of America ...
Who are the 47% of Americans that pay no federal taxes?
> 70% are workers who pay payroll taxes
> 17% are the elderly who receive social security
> 13% are students, active members of the military,
the disabled, and the working poor
> They are ordinary hard working Americans who deserve
RESPECT
With Love, Respect, and Peace, my dear friend
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Have a GREAT WEEK Hardkandy!
I AM RECORDING A NEW ALBUM THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT HAPPINESS ...
“HAPPINESS comes of the capacity
to FEEL DEEPLY,
to enjoy SIMPLY,
to THINK FREELY,
to RISK LIFE,
to be NEEDED.”
~ Storm Jameson
THE GREATEST HAPPINESS IN LIFE IS TO LOVE
AND TO BE LOVED IN RETURN!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
What Becomes of the BROKEN HEARTED Hardkandy?
I AM RECORDING A NEW ALBUM THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS HOW TO MEND A BROKEN HEART ...
"I can think of younger days when living for my life
Was everything a man could want to do
I could never see TOMORROW,
but I was never told about the SORROW
And how can you mend a BROKEN HEART?
How can you stop the RAIN from falling down?
How can you stop the SUN from SHINING?
What makes the world go round?
How can you mend this BROKEN MAN?
How can a LOSER ever WIN?
Please help me mend my BROKEN HEART
and let me LIVE AGAIN."
~ Barry and Robin Gibb
YOU WILL NEVER KNOW TRUE HAPPINESS UNTIL
YOU HAVE TRULY LOVED, AND YOU WILL NEVER
UNDERSTAND WHAT PAIN REALLY IS UNTIL YOU
HAVE LOST IT!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Groove to some SWEET MUSIC Hardkandy!
Jazz Legend Miles Davis
I AM RECORDING A NEW ALBUM THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS FROM MILES DAVIS ...
"Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself."
"I don't care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing."
"Do not fear mistakes, there are none."
"Don't play what's there, play what's not there."
“It's always been a gift with me, hearing music the way I do. I don't know where it comes from, it's just there and I don't question it.”
~ Miles Davis
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Don't let precious TIME SLIP THRU YOUR FINGERS Hardkandy!
I AM RECORDING A NEW ALBUM THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT TIME ...
My Dear Friend Hardkandy,
“TIME is FREE, but it's PRICELESS.
You can't OWN it, but you can USE it.
You can't KEEP it, but you can SPEND it.
ONCE YOU'VE LOST IT
you can NEVER GET IT BACK.”
~ Harvey MacKay
THE GREAT PARADOX OF TIME ~
NONE OF US SEEM TO HAVE ENOUGH OF IT
YET EACH OF US HAVE ALL THERE IS!
USE YOUR TIME WISELY MY FRIEND!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Are You UP For the WEEKEND Hardkandy?
I AM RECORDING A BRAND NEW CD THIS SUMMER! WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT WEEKENDS ...
"There are NOT ENOUGH DAYS
in the WEEKEND."
~ Rod Schmidt
OLD TIMERS, WEEKENDS, AND AIRPLANE LANDINGS
ARE ALL ALIKE ~ IF YOU CAN WALK AWAY FROM
THEM THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.myspace.com/richardharrislive
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Live LIFE With A PASSION Hardkandy!
Violinist Joshua Bell
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT EMOTIONS ...
"The question is figuring out the EMOTIONS
of the COMPOSER, where he's COMING FROM,
and then TAPPING INTO IT the same way an actor
would in approaching a role."
~ Joshua Bell
MUSIC BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER. IT ALLOWS
US TO EXPERIENCE THE SAME EMOTIONS. PEOPLE
EVERYWHERE ARE THE SAME IN HEART AND SPIRIT!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.myspace.com/richardharrislive
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Sending SUNDAY LOVE Hardkandy!
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT THE SOUL ...
"TRUE INTIMACY is the opening of ONE SOUL to
another. No GIFT ON EARTH could COMPARE with it,
for it TOUCHES US MORE PROFOUNDLY than our
imagination can envision. When two people SHARE
THEIR LIVES, FREELY, OPENLY, WITHOUT
RESERVATION, it is as if EACH had BECOME
COMPLETE ..."
~ Robert Sexton.
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.myspace.com/richardharrislive
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
To LOVE is to TRULY LIVE Hardkandy!
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT LOVE ...
"LOVE is EVERYTHING it's cracked up to be …
It really is WORTH FIGHTING FOR,
being BRAVE FOR,
RISKING EVERYTHING FOR."
~ Erica Jong
TO LOVE AND BE LOVED IS TO FEEL THE SUN
FROM BOTH SIDES!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.myspace.com/richardharrislive
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
A LOVING FAMILY is EVERYTHING Hardkandy!
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT FAMILY ...
“NO MATTER WHAT you've done for yourself or for humanity,
if you can't look back on having given LOVE AND ATTENTION
to YOUR OWN FAMILY, what have you really accomplished?”
~ Elbert Hubbard
THE LOVE OF A FAMILY IS LIFE'S GREATEST BLESSING!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.myspace.com/richardharrislive
Please give my music a listen!
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