Published: June 16th, 2006
Fuckpony is the latest project by US producer in Berlin Jay Haze and Samim, his Swiss collaborator. The duo is best known for its stripped back, quirky techno on Haze's Contexterrior and Tuning Spork labels, but for Fuckpony, they wanted to try something different. The fruit of this project is “Children Of Love”, an album inspired by dance music's evocative, emotional past - Detroit techno, deep, Chicago and acid house.
We're in an era of robots and machines, so we're trying to step back in time and go back to dance music's roots, Jay explains. There’s a whole new generation out there who have no idea about old school techno and house, and we want them to discover where electronic music came from, Samim agrees.
We have our ears on the future, but the real inspiration is old house music, Jay says, while Samim sees the release as a break from the norm. It's like a retreat, a holiday from making minimal music. Parts of it are minimal, but Fuckpony allows us to show something different of ourselves.
“Children Of Love” isn't solely about house music: listen to the nagging bass on the deep fried acid of 'Freaky Story Of Earth' and it's clear that Funkedelic's psychedelic groove left a big impression on the pair.
You could play this music to fucked up people at an after party or you could listen to it at home. Jay says. “We'd love to perform it live at Body & Soul in New York. It may sound superficial, but we believe in the power of love and its power to bring people together."
Fuckpony's need to reach out could be due to Jay and Samim's troubled pasts. Samim, of Iranian descent, was a dotcom entrepreneur who lost a lot of money when the bubble burst and more recently, he overcame cancer. Jay, meanwhile, comes from a poor part of Pennsylvania, 'where no one escaped from'. On his journey to Berlin, he sold LSD while touring with The Grateful Dead, became a respected glass blower and sculptor and even ended up living homeless on the streets of San Francisco for a few months before he ran into Samim as he backpacked across Europe. I was walking around Zurich looking to buy some weed and by chance I asked Samim and his friends. Next thing I know, we're off having a beer together and I end up staying there for three months, Jay recalls.
Featuring vocals from Big Bully, Shaniqua and Lil Dirrty Ghetto Bastard, Jay and Samim believe that they have created something that is not just 'tracky and for the dance floor', but a lasting body of work that their friends and family can appreciate. We just hope that people feel it's great music. One of the biggest mistakes that people make about me is that I'm serious, but nothing could be further from the truth. All my music is done with a smile because that's how I interact with people and build relationships, Jay explains.
Now is the time to share the love with Fuckpony.
The album comes out on July 21st on Get Physical Music.
The tracklisting
01 intro
02 children of love
03 ride the pony
04 silence
05 cellphone hit
06 it's only music
07 freaky story of earth
08 93 n 4am
09 get pony
10 make money, ho
11 bongo porn
12 mafalda
13 draft
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