Hudson Mohawke - Very First Breath review • DIY Magazine

Since releasing his debut album six years ago, Hudson Mohawke’s made the biggest name for himself with… well, everything but his solo material. Producing for the likes of Drake and Kanye West has been at the top of his agenda in recent years, along with TNGHT; the trappy pandora’s box of dance stormers that he opened with fellow producer Lunice.

Hudson Mohawke’s varied excursions into the epicentre of cutting-edge pop have served him well, though, and his solo return ‘Very First Breath’ is a straight-up electronic banger; all teethy synths and no filling. Enlisting French singer Irfane - who’s best known for lending his vocals to Breakbot’s stand-out single ‘Baby I’m Yours’ - acts as the ideal counterpoint to HudMo’s thudding bass drums and saw-tooth synthesizers. “Bring us back, to our very first breath,” sings Irfane over a rolling percussive drive, and however brilliant Hudson Mohawke’s work with TNGHT was, his solo material finds new sincerity in the massive hooks.

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