Plantlife first debuted in 2004 with The Return of Jack Splash. The sounds were wild and exotic – you couldn’t quite place them. “In the original release, there were no pictures [of me]. I just wanted it to be about the music…I figured if we just focused on the music then people would both get it and dig it or they wouldn’t…but either way it would be about the MUSIC” Jack Splash remembers.
Yet despite being released on small indie labels – The Return of Jack Splash made a serious impact, winning album of the year at Gilles Peterson’s BBC Radio 1 Awards and gaining wide critical acclaim from the artist community and press.
In the wake of The Return of Jack Splash, Jack has become a highly sought-after producer. He produced songs for Raheem DeVaughn’s “Love Behind the Melody”, John Legend’s “Once Again” and Alicia Keys’ “As I Am”. In 2008, you can find his handiwork on highly anticipated albums from Estelle, Missy Elliot, Solange Knowles, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Hudson and others. And look out for the Heart Attack, his much-publicized pairing with Cee-Lo of Goodie Mob/Gnarls Barkley fame.
On Time Traveller, set for release on Decon Records in the US and K7/Rapster in Europe, Plantlife mixes a little bit of hip-hop, electro, funk, rock and R&B into something new, bold, and daring.
“I wouldn’t call it a hip-hop project, but it’s the energy of hip-hop that gives birth to the energy of what I do,” says Jack Splash. “It’s no-holds-barred. There are no limits.”
With Time Traveller, Plantlife has officially ushered in a new era in genre-blurring music. It sways between breezy, sun-dappled anthems such as “Sun Shines through Your Love” and horny punk-funk such as “Take It Off.” Throughout Time Traveller, Jack Splash gives you everything he has. As one of its songs states, he is “Freee!” He’s unashamed to share his wildest dreams.
“When I look around and there’s mad different types of people at the shows – punk rock kids, hip-hop dudes, hot-ass girls – all different types of vibes, it’s just, like, cool. I don’t mind being the place where all these funky people can congregate.”
For the first Nerve release of 2009, we're very proud to present the debut EP from Copenhagen's Jean Doe.
It's drum n bass tinged with detroit techno and deep house, from the glitchy beats of the title track to deep rolling vibes on "Nuance" and "Fibre" before fellow Copenhagen based producer Pyro joins him for the epic and uplifting "Ambitions in A Minor".
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