Hugo Race (ex-The Bad Seeds, leader of The Wreckery and The True Spirit, Hugo Race Fatalists, Dirtmusic) performs his only Melbourne show for this year with Michelangelo Russo for the album launch of their new opus, 100 Years, at George Lane, St Kilda, Thursday October 24th, 7pm – 10.45pm, with special guests JP Shilo and TK Howden (Hungry Ghosts). LP & CD available on the night.
Ticket link: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1225191
100 Years is the new album by Hugo Race and Michelangelo Russo, fusing blues, ambient and electronica, inspired and unclassifiable.
In 2017, the duo released John Lee Hooker’s World Today (Glitterhouse/Gusstaff Records), a tribute to the blues legend’s delta legacy reinvented in a swirling mix of analog grit and deep trance pulses.
Recorded in a two day live studio session, 100 Years focuses the duo’s sonic alchemy on Race’s evocative songwriting. Electric harmonica, echoing guitars, smoky vocals and primal beats in a hypnotic wall of sound suspended in time and space celebrating endurance and redemption, hand-made from ancient roots.
“Tradition does not mean passing the ashes, but the fire.”
Album & Single Digital Release:
Digital single Japanese Car / Poison Apples, August 9, 2024
Pre-order now: https://ffm.to/japanesecars-poisonapples
100 Years Digital Release thru Helixed/MGM, September 13, 2024
Pre-order now: https://ffm.to/hr100years
100 Years LP / CD on Gusstaff Records, October 11, 2024
