The release of Heatstroke celebrates the world-wide signing of Producer/DJ/composer Gavin Hardkiss a.k.a. Hawke to San Francisco indie Six Degrees Records. Gavin has come to be indelibly linked with a mystical form of electronic dance music that globally represents San Francisco. As one-third of the famed Hardkiss trio (with "brothers" Scott and Robbie Hardkiss), Gavin helped to create and encourage a spirited, psychedelic approach to music and life with genre-defying songs and DJ sets. The Hardkiss label released various singles and one stunning compilation, Delusions of Grandeur, in the mid-90s, serves as a veritable blueprint for its predecessors, one that continues to be referenced and admired by artists and fans throughout the world.
Of the three Hardkiss brothers, it is Gavin who has stuck closest to home in San Francisco, where he is releasing his second album, Heatstroke. It's been nearly four years since Hawke's debut album, Namaquadisco came out on Sunburn. and in that time Gavin Hardkiss has taken quite a trip, both personally and professionally. He's become a husband and father, a more weathered and wise businessman and a more confident producer and performer.
Discerning UK dance magazine Muzik called the Hawke debut Namaquadisco "Mind-humpingly awesome... ostensibly electronic." They elaborated that, "[Namaquadisco] achieves the magic trick of sounding like all the best bits of your favorite records while simultaneously being so individual." The San Francisco Chronicle called Namaquadisco "An essential, emotional journey through club styles." Heatstroke has a similar affinity for funk and genre defiance plus it's executed with a heightened sense of a globally groove-conscious society.
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