Running For Hawks

Welcoming two fresh comrades into the ever growing Cadenza army, the imprint announce Viudez & Rudolf with the ‘Running For Hawks’ EP. Argentinean Rudolf has been steep in electronic music for over a decade. Playing around the globe, his infectious dj sets have been danced to and his gritty house tech releases heard on Archipel, Nervmusic, Serialism and Mean. A charmingly demure artist, Alejandro Lopez Ross has earned his reputation on artistic merit though his monikers of Rudolf, Perro Magnetico and Jane Sullivan. Not so long in the game but rapidly gaining a reputable name, Viudez made heads turn in 2011 with his ‘Heart Of Oak’ release on Safari Electronique and the refined and instrumentally fused ‘Scusas’ EP on Desolat. Joining forces throughout an inspiring summer spent on the white isle, Viudez & Rudolf now present ‘Running For Hawks’. The percussion dominated two piece kicks off with “Unamuno"; it’s concoction of raw drum beats layered with electronic texture and tone. Building the momentum of a stampeding heard, “Unamuno” gathers speed with every hissing hi-hat, cascading tambourine crash and bellowing tom drum. Kicking up an eventual dust at its mid way climax, a punchy bass melody rolls underneath, accompanied by a snarled vocal loop and simmering synth stabs. Highly infectious and rife with push and pull groove, Viudez & Rudolf focus on a minefield of elements in a desert landscape on “Unamuno". Continuing the percussive flow and all important hook of the bass on B-side “Inumano", sharp claps bite and glitchy sparks splinter over the deep and plodding b-line. Breaking the undeviating flow; metallic drum crashes and spooky sheens ascend into a sultry male vocal - “Inumano” is nudged sensually into an unforgettable bomb for the floor. The type of house track to immerse itself deep into your skin, “Inumano” closes ‘Running For Hawks’ with a distinct and determined groove coursing through its veins.