We don’t admit to being cool and if for some reason you are devoted to our every word, then er… we’ll send you a special sticker or something to show you some loyalty.
Here at hecklerspray towers, we love everyone. Especially those who occasionally send us free things. Random presents are always appreciated, be it boxes of crisps or half-drunk bottles of wine.
One thing we don’t like is when big artists treat everyone else like dog doo. You may be a multi-platinum superstar, but nothing angers us more when someone pushes in front of us at the pub. That is unless you’re buying something for us. Even still, we prefer artists who firstly make great music and wouldn’t mind talking to us before/after a gig. We think David E Sugar would.
Sometimes it’s cool to like certain genres/artists. At one point, we couldn’t get to the corner shop for our fizzy pop due to a swarm of Slipknot fans. Everywhere we looked there was something to do with the naff overhyped noisy act. From belts to hoodies, lunchboxes, t-shirts and socks, no clothing garment was safe from the image of a mutilated clown.
Dance/electronic music has been helped by bands like The Klaxons and their use in Skins. But the crossover of genres has never really cemented them as firmly dance or just a group of stupid blokes with guitars and the occasional synthesiser. It has been hard to find an accessible dance-sounding artist who’s not the sound of two genres fighting together.
Messing around with all sorts of dance genres from sleazy electro to chip tune and slabs of ambiance, David E Sugar is clearly having a good time and can successfully make music of conflicting styles. Our favourite isn’t even a song on his page. Well, that’s a slight lie. If you scroll down and look on the left hand side, there are a few music videos. Click on the third one and listen to the brilliant We Weren’t Put Together. It’s a mental-sounding chip tune combining a rough techno edge with hints of guitar and lyrics that we can only assume talk about shitty times.
Whilst that particular song is a little harder then the rest, the four remaining tracks are a lot more chilled and relaxed. To Yourself is an ace electro song that just needs one play on a populist radio show to gain an insane amount of interest. Whilst we don’t like comparing people, imagine the sound of David E Sugar to Hot Chip if they lost half of their members but are still able to keep a crowd dancing in a sweaty compact club at daft o’clock in the morning.
Footage of him in action can be seen in one of his blog. It may be from a few years ago, but a man making live sounds from Gameboys, laptops and other confusing-looking instruments is more then what we could ever do.
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