Hatchback / Colors Of The Sun

Lo Recordings

Anyone for Californian Cosmic Krautrock Disco? After the runaway success of last year's Milky Disco compilation, Lo Recordings voyages ever deeper into the cosmic galaxy with the debut album from producer Hatchback.  Samuel Milton Grawe is a Golden State native and best buddy with Sorcerer, aka Dan Judd, whose "Surfing at Midnight" was one of the summer tunes of 2006. Sorcerer adds his delicious guitar licks to a couple of tracks on this album.  Spanning Neu-like motorik grooves, sunny disco moves, epic ambient journeys that rival Vangelis or Klaus Schulze for sheer electronic depth, and downtempo funk head-nodders with Kraftwerk keyboards, Colors of the Sun is a such a perfect summer album that it makes every day seem like summer. It is the sound of a cruise through sun-drenched landscapes, along crystalline coastlines from the Autobahn to the Pacific Coast Highway. Inspired by dashboard cassette players playing the perfect song at the perfect time, Hatchback creates soundtracks for the film unfolding through your windshield. An array of vintage synthesizers, analog drum machines, and the venerable Fender Rhodes electric piano create classic sounds with a modern twist. If Dennis Wilson was still alive, he'd be making music like this.  Colors of the Sun also includes the seminal "White Diamond" remixed by Prins Thomas, a big favorite of Ewan Pearson and Lindstrom and praised by Phonica Records as "a mind-blowing transmission of blissed out, life-affirming cosmic disco."  Other releases by Hatchback can be found on Sentrall and Thisisnotanexit. Grawe and Judd also comprise Windsurf, whose debut album will be out soon on Prins Thomas' Internasjonal label, and whose remix of LCD Soundsystem is available now on DFA.

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