YOU DON’T OFTEN SEE THE WORDS ‘EPONYMOUSLY TITLED THIRD ALBUM’ IN THE SAME SENTENCE, BUT THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO READ HERE... 'HUSKI' IS THE OUTCOME OF A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE SONGWRITING PARTNERSHIP THAT IS 'HUSKI' AND THE PRODUCTION/DJ DUO PSYCHEMAGIK.
HUSKI WERE PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES TO THEIR SECOND ALBUM ‘STRANGELOVE’ AT THE END OF 2010 WHEN THEY ASKED PSYCHEMAGIK TO DO A MIX OF THE PLANNED FIRST SINGLE ‘MAKE UP’. THE RESULT WAS A GRINDING DANCE EXTRAVAGANZA, TOPPED WITH TWINKLING KEYBOARDS AND UNDERPINNED BY A TWISTED DARK BASSLINE. WOW, THAT’S PERFECT, LET’S GET THEM TO PRODUCE ANOTHER SONG, AND ANOTHER ONE, AND ANOTHER ONE! 10 TRACKS LATER THE ALBUM WAS FINISHED; WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY HUSKI, PRODUCED BY PSYCHEMAGIK, AND WITH ALL-NEW ARTWORK AND VISUAL IMAGERY BY LONG-TERM COLLABORATOR JAM SUTTON WWW.JAMSUTTON.COM
‘HUSKI’ WAS WRITTEN AND RECORDED IN LONDON AND RE-IMAGINED IN THE PRODUCTION TEAM'S FOREST STUDIO. THE ALBUM DELIVERS A DIVERSE AND ADDICTIVE UNIVERSE OF GORGEOUS SONGS AND LUSH, DELIRIOUS, TRIPPED OUT AUDIOSONICS.
THOSE WHO HAVE HEARD HUSKI, A WELL ESTABLISHED SONGWRITING PARTNERSHIP FROM NORTH LONDON, KNOW THEM AS WRITERS OF EXQUISITELY CRAFTED SONGS EVOKING DARK RAINY CITY NIGHTS AND SPRING MORNINGS FULL OF PROMISE AND THE OPEN ROAD.
THE IMPACT OF THEIR MUSINGS IS INSISTENT, LEAVING THE LISTENER WITH AN ADDICTIVE IMPRINT OF THEIR PROCESS - DREAMLIKE AND FRAGILE WITH A HUMOUROUS PUNCH THAT SOMEHOW JUST CAN’T BE SHRUGGED OFF.
MELANIE HAS A FASCINATION FOR THE BIZARRE AND THE HUMAN CONDITION. SONGWRITING FOR HER IS BOUND UP IN CATHARSIS AND STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS - USING THE VOICE AS A MEANS OF IMPROVISATION, OPENING DOORS WITH THE HOPE OF FINDING ANSWERS.
PIKE GAINED A DEGREE IN ACOUSTICS BEFORE THROWING HIMSELF DEEP INTO THE WORLD OF WIRES, PLUG-INS AND SONGWRITING WITH MELANIE.
IBIZA FAVOURITES PSYCHEMAGIK HAVE BEEN CHAMPIONED BY THE LIKES OF ROB DA BANK, LAUREN LAVERNE, ANNIE NIGHTINGALE AND NEMONE.
AS WELL AS RELEASING EDITS ON THE SUPER CHIC HISTORY CLOCK LABEL, THEIR STALWART ‘END OF NIGHTER’ AND FESTIVAL ANTHEM (SUMMER OF LOVE EDIT OF FLEETWOOD MAC'S ‘EVERYWHERE’) HAS BEEN SUPPORTED BY DJS ALL AROUND THE WORLD INCLUDING PLAYS ON BBC RADIO 1, AND CHRIS COCO ON MELODICA RADIO.
OTHER REMIXES AND EDITS HAVE ALSO BEEN GETTING PLAYS ON BBC RADIO 6. YOU CAN HEAR MORE OF PSYCHEMAGIK'S WORK HERE HTTP://SOUNDCLOUD.COM/PSYCHEMAGIK