Philly Duo Wax Future and Jesse Miller of Lotus Collaborate on BeesWax EP
Philly duo Wax Future (Connor Hansell, Keith Wadsworth) and Beard-o-Bees (Jesse Miller of Lotus, Octave Cat) have teamed up on BeesWax, a four-song EP out now. The musicians will perform together live at the Sensorium and SummerDance festivals later this month. The music blends Wax Future's instrumental hip-hop and the psychedelic, analog production of Beard-o-Bees. Think Ratatat, DJ Shadow, Boards of Canada with guitar, bass and vintage synthesizers.
“I met Connor and Keith when we played a show together last year,” explains Miller. “I helped Connor get started building a modular synth rack. That introduction led to this recording project as we found our production styles complimented each other. I usually lean more toward house and techno tempos with Beard-o-Bees so it was a nice change of pace to bring my approach to funk and hip-hop grooves.” “Working with Jesse on this record was a fun and enlightening experience,” says Hansell. “He has a lot of dope analog gear in his studio so the record is packed with modular synths, tape delays and vintage effects. It adds up to a funky-psychedelic journey slapped with our Wax Future hip-hop goodness. We are really stoked to release this into the wild."
Catch BeesWax at the upcoming Sensorium Festival this Saturday night 8/24 (afterparty) and again at Lotus's SummerDance Festival in Garrettsville, OH next weekend 8/30-9/1. Give a listen to BeesWax below
Bandcamp: https://beard-o-bees.bandcamp.com/album/beeswax
Spotify: http://bit.ly/beeswaxep
“I met Connor and Keith when we played a show together last year,” explains Miller. “I helped Connor get started building a modular synth rack. That introduction led to this recording project as we found our production styles complimented each other. I usually lean more toward house and techno tempos with Beard-o-Bees so it was a nice change of pace to bring my approach to funk and hip-hop grooves.” “Working with Jesse on this record was a fun and enlightening experience,” says Hansell. “He has a lot of dope analog gear in his studio so the record is packed with modular synths, tape delays and vintage effects. It adds up to a funky-psychedelic journey slapped with our Wax Future hip-hop goodness. We are really stoked to release this into the wild."
Catch BeesWax at the upcoming Sensorium Festival this Saturday night 8/24 (afterparty) and again at Lotus's SummerDance Festival in Garrettsville, OH next weekend 8/30-9/1. Give a listen to BeesWax below
Bandcamp: https://beard-o-bees.bandcamp.com/album/beeswax
Spotify: http://bit.ly/beeswaxep
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