JONATHAN holland,
TOMO yasuda,
NATHAN burazer
past members of TUSSLE:
warren HUEGEL
ALEXIS georgopoulos
andy CABIC
Influences
Breakfast Room 103, Moondog, Prince, Bruce Connor, The Bug, Janet Jackson, Macho Man Randy Savage, Randy Cabbage, Can, C.O.C., Warsaw, hercules and love affair, Beni, Pnau, Oval, Fennesz, Munk, Thelonius Monk, Flying Lotus, Boredoms, Public Image Limited, Public Enemy, Throbbing Gristle, Kitsune, Psychic TV, Can, Journey, Art Blakey, Brice Marden, Ornette Coleman, Libba Cotton, Max Roach, KONONO N°1, J Dilla, Django Rheinhart, Marvin Gaye, Philip Guston, Curtis Mayfield, The Fat Boys, Skinny Puppy, E40, Wu Tang, Eric Dolphy, robert Irwin, Arthur Russell, Alice Coltrane, Phillip Glass, Cabaret Voltaire, Jan Hammer, Sam Tchakalian, Phil Collins, Tar Heels, Van Halen, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Stan Brakhage, Tony Allen, Jordon Belson, George Kuchar, Dario Argento, John Carpenter, Adobe Books, John Cage, all things good.
"The SF groove machine's third LP packs lessons learned from post punk and krautrock - into a rhythmic masterclass. **** four stars" - MOJO, Manish Agarwal, August 2009
"Tussle take the muscle and momentum of motorik and liberate it with a joie de vivre that makes Cream Cuts endlessly listenable" - THE WIRE, Nick Southgate, June 2009
"Re-igniting the flame of experimentalism, Californian four-piece Tussle have emerged as pioneers of a new Krautrock-infused rhythmrock hybrid. Putting a pair of drummers at the forefront of their songs, the San Francisco based band has breathed new life into postpsychedelic art rock."- SKYSCRAPER MAGAZINE
"Tussle push through the boundaries of every category they might be lumped into." - URB MAGAZINE
"Tussle turns electronic music into a living, breathing form." - EAST BAY EXPRESS
"one is welcome to drop a jaw at the rapidly developing power, versatility and un-cliched imagination of their instrumental chops." - LA WEEKLY
"The numbly throbbing bass and hard-hitting postdisco drums are so deep in the pocket they never see daylight". - CHICAGO READER
"The foursome succeeds in bridging the gap of dance-oriented connotations, welcoming a slew of world music genres into the mix and cleverly melding them together into its own brand of smart, mind-altering pop." - PERFORMER MAGAZINE
"With its undulating drums, pulsing bass lines, and evocative synth atmospheres, the disc documents a local band that has pushed its style far beyond genre. " - SF WEEKLY
"I've considered Cream Cuts one of the best albums of the year — a metamorphosis in which the band's rhythmic core becomes more sinuous, its atmospherics more expansive, and its overall sound both deeper and more party-ready." - SF GUARDIAN
"The largely successful results characterize a risky proposition that in the hands of talent and artistic focus has yielded all sorts of adventurous delights. Score: 8.5" - PREFIXMAG
"Tussle is one of the few bands to survive disco punk, and their new album Cream Cuts is a triumphant expansion of that genre's worn terrain."
- EARPLUG
"Cream Cuts unwinds like the soundtrack to a slow, casual seduction. " - REMIX MAGAZINE
"Tussle's Cream Cuts occupies a nebulous piece of real estate that lies somewhere in the neighborhood of Kraut rock, post-punk and house music." ***** Five stars." - CREATIVE LOAFING
"sounds like a patchouli-and-BO-scented hippie drum circle … if it were curated by DFA." - SELF-TITLED
"In a loud, dense set, they sifted through heavy-rhythm music with roots in the 1970s and early ’80s. Locking together and pulling apart, they variously clamped right on top of the beat, got way behind it or positioned themselves in the middle, with high-hat patterns pumping." - THE NEW YORK TIMES (SHOW REVIEW)
DISCO-GRAPHY-----------------------------------
ON FIRE label compilation (Smalltown Supersound) 2009
TITAN 12" (FrequeNC) 2009
COLETT XPRESS compilation (Colett Express) 2008
CREAM CUTS LP (Smalltown Supersound) 2008
ANIMAL COP 7" (Geographic North) 2008
NOTWAVE SAMPLER 12" (Rong/DFA) 2008
NOTWAVE COMPLILATION (Rong/DFA) 2008
THE GLIMMERS Eskimo, Vol. 5 Mixtape (Eskimo) 2008
MUTANT DISCO VOL. IV (Ze Records) 2008
TUSSLE: LIVE AT THE ECHO (Spaceland) 2007
MEH-TEH 7" (Tomlab) 2007
WORRIED NOODLES CD Compilation (Tomlab) 2007
WARNING 12" (Smalltown Supersound) 2007
WHITE COLUMNS 12" (White Columns Gallery) 2006
TELESCOPE MIND LP (Smalltown Supersound) 2006
DISCO D' ORO II 12" (Rong Music) 2005
DISCO D' ORO 12" (Rong Music) 2005
HERE IT COMES 12" (Troubleman Unlimited) 2005
KLING KLANG LP (Troubleman Unlimited) 2004
DONT STOP EP (Troubleman Unlimited) 2004
EYE CONTACT 12" (Troubleman Unlimited) 2003
FRISCO STYLES CD Compilation (Jack Hanley/Rainbow Records) 2003
These old pictures somehow remind me of the San Francisco of my youth. walking over to Jack Hanley or whatever. Going to a party in Nathan and Johnathan's basement before i knew them. I can get nostalgiac for those early 2000's.
were you dudes in paris in the huge park and somehow i just didn't see you? i guess it IS a big park. or maybe you were out eating french fries all day somewhere. or decided it was better to stay home and practice laughter yoga. either way, hope all is fun and well!
Everyone at indiecater records would like to wish you a happy summer and let you know that there is an indiepop song from the Very Most available to download FREE from our site!
Sorry to hear about Warren but I can't wait to see you all again as a three piece! It's been too long... Looking forward to both Paradise Lounge and Haight Street! :)
