ROGUE AUDIO
HAPHAZARD
RELEASED 7 APRIL
GLOBAL UNDERGROUND
Rogue Audio’s Haphazard is the kind of openyourearsandturnupthevolume collection of tracks that will inspire from the first listen; a life-affirming aural journey that shows that truly great electronica albums are far more than the sum of their parts.
Rogue Audio aka Cass, is one half of the infamous Deadset (celebrated by house music lovers and the likes of the NME), and has been a much-vaunted provider of fantastically cerebral dance-floor fare for the most part of a decade. He’s also worked with a variety of people you’ve probably heard of: Danny Tenaglia, Scissor Sisters and some pop-type guys called Justin Timberlake and Jason Donovan.
With the main body of the album being done with Sam Evans (aka Vandal) at the musical enclave known as Rogue Audio HQ,
Haphazard features a raft of other collaborators, fellow knob tweakers, and musical ne’er-do-wells, including Aidan Lavelle from UNKLE, Luke Chable, MC Rizla from New Zealand’s Salmonella Dub and Dennis and Jamie from Infusion.
Like an itch that can’t be scratched or a monkey on your back that won’t budge, for Rogue Audio, the road to Haphazard has been the musical equivalent of that nagging thought at the back of one’s mind. Now the cat is finally out of the bag – we promise neither it nor the monkey were hurt in the making of this album – what’s been a gradual collection of ideas, sounds, samples, and pieces of music is now delivered as one unto the world.
The album happily traverses the rugged ground from ambient, through hip-hop, drum and bass to live broken beats. Featuring Cass on vocals on various tracks, this is the natural and impressive evolution of an already illustrious production career.
The equally impressive - and distinctively edgy – album artwork is the joint creation of Cass, and the genius artist and scribbler, Jon Burgerman; you can see more of his supreme noodles and work at www.jonburgerman.com
For further information on Rogue Audio and Global Underground please contact:
Matt Learmouth @ Alchemy PR on: 020 8822 3405 / or email Matt @ Alchemy / matt@alchemypr.com
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