![]() ![]() ![]() What effect will Mohawke’s whirlwind past five years have on his sophomore album, expected this year via Warp-and will Kanye show up? He’s said that the album was finished a few months back, so hopefully we’ll find out soon. finalist in the prestigious DMC World DJ Championship at age 15). In short, he’s come a long way since his days as a precocious turntablist (he was the youngest-ever U.K. The duo became the poster children for the EDM-trap sound, even garnering the attention of Kanye West, who sampled their track “R U Ready” for Yeezus’ “Blood on the Leaves.” Mohawke is now signed to West’s G.O.O.D. ![]() Of course, this preceded the sudden rise of EDM-trap a few years later, a macho fusion of trappy 808s and windows-to-the-walls electronic club sounds that HudMo himself helped define in the early 2010s with TNGHT, his collaboration with Lunice. Five years ago, Glaswegian producer/DJ Hudson Mohawke was still something of an under-the-radar cult favorite his 2009 debut LP via Warp Records, Butter, felt like barely controlled chaos, with its consistently over-the-top blend of hip-hop beats, 8-bit melodies, and candy-coated synth freak-outs.
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