[b]Press Release: FABRICLIVE.26 - The Herbaliser[/b]
Jake Wherry and Ollie Teeba have worked together for over a decade. They heard about each other at college: Jake was getting a rep with various bands and Ollie was busy collecting records and trainers. Years passed before they started making tracks, but within months of doing so they had been signed to Ninja Tune, just as the hip hop/jazz breaks sound was about to explode. Since then, in a career of consistent creation, The Herbaliser have toured the world, become a headlining festival act, produced artist albums, contributed to film soundtracks (Guy Ritchie?s Snatch), written theme tunes (ESPN?s prime time Sunday Night Football) and worked with some of the most talented artists in the UK, Europe and America.
[i]?We felt that the Fabric CDs, after having listened to some of the others, are very much more like a dancefloor mix, the kind of set that you would do if you were playing in Fabric. This Fabric mix is very much something you could put on at a party and that?s the nature of the Fabric CD series. We didn?t want to make a chill-out CD, this is a real party mix.? ? Ollie, The Herbaliser[/i]
?Fabric Live 26? flies by in a hip hop heat haze. Ollie and Jake perform turntable gymnastics, throwing down bumping rhythms and energetic joints and mixing up the rare, the obscure, the loved and the lost. This is an irresistible, addictive and infectious mix, blending the past, present and future of body rocking, dancefloor sounds.
[i]?We don?t get the most publicity. We very rarely get covers of magazines. Because of this, we know that our fanbase is due to word of mouth, so it?s a really strong core audience. As long as you keep the quality of the work consistent, people will stick with you. If you?ve got big flashy videos on the TV, then you can attract a crossover audience, which is a wider audience but also a very fickle group that, in a year?s time, may not be interested in you anymore. We?ve got a great core of people who?ll go out and buy the CD every time. So we just need to keep up the work good.? ? Ollie, The Herbaliser[/i]
[b]Tracklisting[/b]
01 - Million Dan - Dogz N Sledgez - Gut Records 02 - J-Sands of the Lone Catalysts - Southern Lady - B.U.K.A. Entertainment 03 - Rjd2 - Ghostwriter - Definitive Jux Records ** - Dynamic Syncopation ft. Mass Influence Ground Zero - Ninja Tune 04 - Blufoot Ft. Yungun - Alphabet Man - Scenario Records 05 - Hurby?s Machine Ft. Antoinette I Got An Attitude - Next Plateau 06 - Harry Love Ft. Verb.T, Yungun, Mystro - Surprize - Medication Records 07 - The Herbaliser Ft. Cappo - None Other - Ninja Tune ** - DJ Format Ft. Abdominal & D-Sisive - 3 Feet Deep [Instrumental] - PIAS Recordings08 - James Brown - Talkin? Loud and Sayin? Nothing UMG Recordings Inc. 09 - Lefties Soul Connection - Welly Wanging - Melting Pot Music 10 - J Rocc - Play This (One) - Stones Throw Records 11 - Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full [Seven Minutes of Madness - The Coldcut Remix] - UMG Recordings Inc. 12 - Demon Boyz - Glimity Glamity - Million Dappa Records 13 - Cappo - I.D.S.T. - Zebra Traffic 14 - Nextmen Ft. Dynamite MC - Spin It Round - Fat City Recordings 15 - Jackson 5 - It?s Great To Be Here UMG Recordings Inc. 16 - Breakestra Ft. Chali 2NA, Soup, Double K, Wolf & Munyungo Jackson - Family Rap - Ubiquity Recordings 17 - Apathy Ft. Emilio Lopez - It Takes a Seven Nation? Demigodz 18 - The Herbaliser - Gadget Funk - Ninja Tune 19 - Flying Fish - Mr Matatwe (Keep It Up) - Skyline Recordings 20 - Hero No.7 - Keeping it Real? - Hero Records 21 - The Roots - Boom! - Geffen Records 22 - Dynamix 2 - Just Give the DJ a Break [12? Club Version] - Chrysalis Record 23 - Diplo Ft. Sandra Melody - Newsflash - Big Dada 24 - Bugz in the Attic - Booty La La - V2 Music
[b]Release Dates[/b] Fabric First Members: 6/2/06 UK/Europe retail: 13/2/06 USA/R.O.W.: 13/3/06