Born into the depths of an electronic funk era, Wolfwolf stamped a pretty crazy impression on me the first time I caught him live. Recreating the music of the 80’s with an upbeat, positive modern twist, he puts his classically trained background to good use, giving off a classy and unforgettable presence at his live showings. Having explored the depths of timeless instruments like the violin, trumpet and trombone, and also dabbled in nu-wave creation via his love of turntables, it shouldn’t of come as any surprise that he’s one of the most unique artists I’ve witnessed in a live setting.
Electro Funk by Wolfwolf Music
This diverse and eclectic taste has resulted in the very same live show I was privileged to witness a few weeks ago. A guy, previously unknown to me, jumped up on stage with a cool custom made wolf mask on, completely contradictory to the clean cut dinner suit he was wearing. He proceeded to bash out some amazing original and remix work via a MicroKORG XL, MDP Midi Controller, twin set of V-Drum pads and a sweet ass Macbook Pro. The following half an hour was a journey between energetic synth driven disco and straight up catchy breaks – with the set impressing everyone in the venue (check the video below). At the conclusion of his time in the spotlight, he left ears wanting more, and not just mine. Luckily for all, more was on it’s way.
On June 1st, the savvy Brisbane based artist utilised modern day media and enabled his debut album ‘Happy Heart Breaks’ to be downloaded free via his website (pending a email sign up). It’s everything anyone who had any idea could of hoped for. I had the chance for a few quick words with the man himself. Check the text and the tracks and throw him a shout out on his Facebook or official Website (by clicking the links). Enjoy!
8. Your Move by Wolfwolf Music
Wolfwolf on making the album…
“A lot easier than I thought it would be, it all came together really naturally and it really was the right time for me to be working on the album. I was going through a break-up and the music really made me feel good and brought light to my day, hence the name “Happy Heart Breaks”. It was a long work in progress but after a year or two of production work, it all came together in a month or two after deciding which tracks to continue working on. The album was mostly made using Acid Pro 7.0 with a MicrKORG XL but also used Ableton for a few tracks too with a few random vst synths”
Wolfwolf on his influences…
“I am a long time record collector and I always had a fascination with 1980’s electro-funk, always made me want to dance and I’d always drop it at parties. People like Raydio ALWAYS gets the party jumpin (go youtube him now!). After being through crates and crates of this music, I really wanted to work on a hiphop-funk type album similar to that of “Low Budget” from Melbourne, but after finding artists like Dam-Funk, Onra and a few others, I realised I could make it a solo project and concentrate purely on the instrumental side of things. Wolfwolf was then created!”
Wolfwolf on his plans for the future…
“Doing some hardcore touring and getting the live show to a standard that people talk about it for the next decade, I’ve also been doing remixes for bands, I really want to keep doing this and incorporate some other styles of music I make into Wolfwolf, such as Dubstep, Hiphop, Drum’n’Bass and turn myself into a one man party machine. I’ll always continue to release free music and have no real goal to sell music. As long as people continue to download and love what I do, I don’t care if its 10 people or 10,000, as long as I’m reaching out to people and evoking emotion from my music, LETS PARTY!”
Here’s an exclusive from Wolfwolf. It’s an un-mastered demo fresh from the studio titled Victory, a title that we pick to coincide with the outcome of his catchy as hell alias
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