RELEASE OF THE YEAR (2017) on BILL BREWSTER's DJHistory 'Furtive 50' podcast (a poll of 400+ international DJs), Jan '18
'Shines with moments of brilliance and fluff-free dance floor functionality. 8.5/10' DJ MAGAZINE
Featured in 7 TRACKS THAT TURNED LOVE INTERNATIONAL INTO PURE BLISS ON THE CROATIAN COAST' - MIXMAG
'Finds itself equally at home in warm up sets or being dropped peak time; infectious smile inducing results will still be the same.' IBIZA VOICE
'Hobbes Music comes up trumps with this classy piece... Web Of Intrigue sounds like the soundtrack to a Tarantino film set in the Balearics. Heavy Weather is available in a number of guises and we'd happily listen to them all on repeat. 9/10 Tune Of The Month' MIXMAG
`It's going to be massive' ANDREW WEATHERALL
`Great both for club and radio. Like it!' JUSTIN ROBERTSON
'Reminds me of Chic' TONY HUMPHRIES
`My summer anthem' LEO MAS (Balearic legend)
`Yes, I like it.' ALFREDO FIORITO ('Father of Balearic Beat')
`I like it' GREG WILSON
Full support also from NICK THE RECORD , JIM STANTON & HORSE MEAT DISCO, NANCY NOISE, THE REVENGE, TOM FINDLAY/GROOVE ARMADA, TIM SWEENEY/BEATS IN SPACE, KENNETH BAGER (Hot Track Of The Week - Music For Dreams, Denmark) all of CRAZY P and many more.
Also featured on: Les Yeux Oranges, The Ransom Note and Stamp The Wax (blogs), Bondi Radio, Sydney and many more...
For their third EP (the label's eighth), Leonidas & Hobbes have honed a mutual love of soundtracks, disco, jazz, house, techno, acid, psychedelic, African and dub sounds.
A side Web Of Intrigue is one part tribute to lost 70s soundtracks, when music was created on the finest analogue hardware, featuring full bands, session players and lush orchestrations, one part tribute to 70s disco gods Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards (Chic) and one part mid-tempo but nonetheless cosmic house. The three parts fuse to form an instrumental track sounding as fresh as a whole meadow of daisies in 2017 and one that's gone down extremely well with international DJs who have road-tested the material.
AA side Heavy Weather flips the script for a deeper workout in a 3/4 time signature - more of a cosmic waltz. Taking its main cue from 70s jazz fusion heroes Weather Report and The Doors' Ray Manzarek, it incorporates rich African percussion, spaced-out flourishes exhibiting the duo's love for the dubs of Lee Perry, King Tubby et al, and a good old fashioned arpeggio of an acid line - definitely a more esoteric number, all told.
The bonus 'Dawn' and 'Acid Rain' mixes push different buttons for the heads, as suits the mood. It all adds up to a very Balearic confection, fitting snugly in with the burgeoning revival for this somewhat ineffable sound - a trend that seems to be getting bigger every year, popping up every time the sun gets his hat on and we all remember how to party like the lucky residents of that infamous White Isle....
'Shines with moments of brilliance and fluff-free dance floor functionality. 8.5/10' DJ MAGAZINE
Featured in 7 TRACKS THAT TURNED LOVE INTERNATIONAL INTO PURE BLISS ON THE CROATIAN COAST' - MIXMAG
'Finds itself equally at home in warm up sets or being dropped peak time; infectious smile inducing results will still be the same.' IBIZA VOICE
'Hobbes Music comes up trumps with this classy piece... Web Of Intrigue sounds like the soundtrack to a Tarantino film set in the Balearics. Heavy Weather is available in a number of guises and we'd happily listen to them all on repeat. 9/10 Tune Of The Month' MIXMAG
`It's going to be massive' ANDREW WEATHERALL
`Great both for club and radio. Like it!' JUSTIN ROBERTSON
'Reminds me of Chic' TONY HUMPHRIES
`My summer anthem' LEO MAS (Balearic legend)
`Yes, I like it.' ALFREDO FIORITO ('Father of Balearic Beat')
`I like it' GREG WILSON
Full support also from NICK THE RECORD , JIM STANTON & HORSE MEAT DISCO, NANCY NOISE, THE REVENGE, TOM FINDLAY/GROOVE ARMADA, TIM SWEENEY/BEATS IN SPACE, KENNETH BAGER (Hot Track Of The Week - Music For Dreams, Denmark) all of CRAZY P and many more.
Also featured on: Les Yeux Oranges, The Ransom Note and Stamp The Wax (blogs), Bondi Radio, Sydney and many more...
For their third EP (the label's eighth), Leonidas & Hobbes have honed a mutual love of soundtracks, disco, jazz, house, techno, acid, psychedelic, African and dub sounds.
A side Web Of Intrigue is one part tribute to lost 70s soundtracks, when music was created on the finest analogue hardware, featuring full bands, session players and lush orchestrations, one part tribute to 70s disco gods Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards (Chic) and one part mid-tempo but nonetheless cosmic house. The three parts fuse to form an instrumental track sounding as fresh as a whole meadow of daisies in 2017 and one that's gone down extremely well with international DJs who have road-tested the material.
AA side Heavy Weather flips the script for a deeper workout in a 3/4 time signature - more of a cosmic waltz. Taking its main cue from 70s jazz fusion heroes Weather Report and The Doors' Ray Manzarek, it incorporates rich African percussion, spaced-out flourishes exhibiting the duo's love for the dubs of Lee Perry, King Tubby et al, and a good old fashioned arpeggio of an acid line - definitely a more esoteric number, all told.
The bonus 'Dawn' and 'Acid Rain' mixes push different buttons for the heads, as suits the mood. It all adds up to a very Balearic confection, fitting snugly in with the burgeoning revival for this somewhat ineffable sound - a trend that seems to be getting bigger every year, popping up every time the sun gets his hat on and we all remember how to party like the lucky residents of that infamous White Isle....
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