The Hardkiss Brothers

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Thu, 23/02/2012 - 02:03

I spent a small amount of time in San Francisco in the late 90's and these guys seemed to be local dance music royalty (much like Farrna on the west coast generally) but I never really came across much of their music or heard any of them play.....

Presumably they produced some great records and had some good residencies ?

Scott seemed to garner more attention.....

Any pointers ?

ps: Presumably they played 1015 a bit but by the time I got to SF (97) they were but posters on the walls of the Western Addition carraige apts we plagued.......

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Thu, 23/02/2012 - 12:14

Scott and Gavin are both still active, I'm in touch with Gav on a semi-regular basis. He is coming to the UK in July for the Stone Roses gig in MCR if anyone fancies having him DJ?

This is Gavin's bolg

http://lovewonanother.com/

Scott has had some health issues and had to undergo an eye transplant some months ago but he's on the mend. He's doing movie soundtracks and DJ'ing a bit

https://twitter.com/#!/scotthardkiss

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Thu, 23/02/2012 - 14:40

This was a really interesting release at the time, while we're on the subject. Havent listened in a while... http://www.discogs.com/Various-San-Francisco-The-Magick-Sounds-Of-The-Un...

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Thu, 23/02/2012 - 17:05

I have this one on vinyl somewhere...killed it in the late 90s...

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Thu, 23/02/2012 - 17:19

This was massive for us up in Nottingham at parties - Alex Traska had a copy of it and it used to KILL IT when this dropped in. I miss those days!

http://www.last.fm/music/Boozy%2B%252B%2BSwan/_/Champagne+Beat+Boogie

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Thu, 23/02/2012 - 19:26

i've never stopped playing this. gets an airing at least once or twice a year. far out!

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Thu, 23/02/2012 - 20:14

They did have a night called Pure Space that ran for a while.
There is a mix from Robbie Hardkiss here.

http://ezeskankin.com/

I do remember Scott playing Phil Collins on a boat party once, which seemed to really bother a lot of people at the time

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Fri, 24/02/2012 - 21:20

They of course released this fine bit of wax on their label

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Sat, 25/02/2012 - 01:37

ttauri wrote:

They of course released this fine bit of wax on their label

Peece,
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Love that one. I first heard it on the Electric Manor mix by Charlotte the Baroness that I used to rinse back then.

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Sun, 26/02/2012 - 21:27

Thankee... I had forgotten that this mix was on that comp too (alongside Gavin's mix).

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Tue, 28/02/2012 - 22:44

Ultraviolet Catastrophe, though not them, but on the label, was a huuuge west coast jam. As was, God Within - Raincry. Very west coast outdoor party type vibes (or at least the strongest memories for me).

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Tue, 28/02/2012 - 23:17

Brad V wrote:

Ultraviolet Catastrophe, though not them, but on the label, was a huuuge west coast jam. As was, God Within - Raincry. Very west coast outdoor party type vibes (or at least the strongest memories for me).

Raincry is one of my fave all time tunes...great great track!

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Tue, 28/02/2012 - 23:46

http://www.discogs.com/Grid-Texas-CowboysGolden-Dawn/release/2893955
Their mix on this is brilliant, but the cloth ears who upload to Youtube have everything but this on there.

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Wed, 29/02/2012 - 11:55

Live From Room Zero, Brooklyn, Chapter 3 "Balearic Incarnation" (NYC, 2011)

http://soundcloud.com/scotthardkiss/scott-hardkiss-balearic

balearic frisco...????

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Wed, 29/02/2012 - 17:59

Brad V wrote:

God Within - Raincry

Forgot this was them.

I have a friend (that has basically stopped DJing at this point), a schtick of his was to layer the raincry "cry" over mixes. I used to hear him do it at least once every time I heard him play.

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Thu, 01/03/2012 - 20:29

dROpS wrote:

ttauri wrote:
They of course released this fine bit of wax on their label

Peece,
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Love that one. I first heard it on the Electric Manor mix by Charlotte the Baroness that I used to rinse back then.

Great record - Jose Padilla used to play this a lot too.....

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Thu, 01/03/2012 - 20:48

ace!

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Sun, 04/03/2012 - 03:08

Frantic wrote:

I have this one on vinyl somewhere...killed it in the late 90s...

YES YES YES.

BOMB.

deffo a nod to the above.

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Mon, 05/03/2012 - 15:40

The Hardkiss (label) compilation 'Delusions of Grandeur' is a tremendous thing...

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Tue, 26/03/2013 - 10:27

RIP Scott Hardkiss.

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Tue, 26/03/2013 - 11:17

Wut?! : (

Anyone know the circumstances?

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Tue, 26/03/2013 - 12:33

I got a message overnight from a friend in SF. No news on the circumstances other than "unexpected".

Really sad news.

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Tue, 26/03/2013 - 13:22

Sad news indeed.

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Tue, 26/03/2013 - 15:03

gutting... way to young.... thoughts go to his family and friends... sad loss.

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Tue, 26/03/2013 - 17:16

manlike wrote:

They did have a night called Pure Space that ran for a while.
There is a mix from Robbie Hardkiss here.

http://ezeskankin.com/

Talk about a brilliant mixtape!

Anyone hear them at Ministry? They played my alltime fave Funkadelic track (Brettinos Bounce) which I never thought I'd hear out, and then blew up the system with The Clash Top night

Scott could write a decent pop/house tune too, if you ask me

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Tue, 26/03/2013 - 18:12

sad news. RIP.

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Tue, 26/03/2013 - 20:12

Touchingly beautiful tribute from RITM:

https://soundcloud.com/rabbitinthemoon/raincry-ascension-mix

Cookie - I saw some mention of a possible aneurism earlier today somewhere; not sure if that might be related to his eye condition. Tragic in any case...

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Tue, 26/03/2013 - 20:28

bgpz wrote:

Cookie - I saw some mention of a possible aneurism earlier today somewhere; not sure if that might be related to his eye condition. Tragic in any case...

Yeah, I saw that too but didn't want to spread an unqualified rumour. Just the one comment suggesting it.

Yeah, really sad.

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Wed, 27/03/2013 - 14:43

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rN4m57l7zV0

Legendary track in Wisconsin USA

RIP

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Wed, 27/03/2013 - 14:52

bgpz wrote:

Touchingly beautiful tribute from RITM:

https://soundcloud.com/rabbitinthemoon/raincry-ascension-mix

They fucking nailed that...

*clears lump in throat*

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Fri, 26/04/2013 - 16:23

This is something I wrote a few years ago (unreleased), and happened to rediscover today, which owed a big debt to the time when I knew the Hardkiss Brothers, and to Scott's work specifically. Seemed like something I should share in his memory:

Peece,
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