Tussle August 2008

Revived after a shake-up in ranks following the release of 'Telescope Mind' (Smalltown Supersound, 2006), Tussle releases their follow-up, 'Cream Cuts'. 'Cream Cuts' finds Tussle expanding upon itís own unique mix of drums, bass and electronics, at times echoing the elasticity and straight forward approach of their debut, Kling Klang, but with more color and complexity, while also integrating the psychedelic pulsating punch heard of Telescope Mind. Moving above and beyond their first two releases, Tussle map out worlds upon worlds with Cream Cuts, riding songs from creation to destruction to rebirth.

Tussle is currently comprised of two of the four founding fathers, Jonathan Holland (drums & electronics) and Nathan Burazer (electronics), flanked by Warren Huegel (drums) and new addition Tomonori Yasuda (bass & electronics), began work on Cream Cuts in November 2006 with producer extraordinaire Thom Monahan, who is known for working with Vetiver, Joanna Newsom, Silver Jews, Devendra Banhart and Brightblack Morning Light. Most of Cream Cuts was recorded at Monahanís studio in Los Angeles, CA with assistance from Tussleís original bassist, Andy Cabic (aka Vetiver), who introduced the band to the producer. Thom Monahanís creative production techniques and ability to capture the sound and feel of intimate performances integrate with Tussleís krauty exploration of rhythm leading to the bands most epic and experimental release to date.

Tussle spent much of 2007 'on-the-hustle', In between recording sessions, Tussle joined forces with YACHT and Londonís combustible Hot Chip on a U.S. tour. Tussle and Hot Chip hit it off and the tour lead to impromptu collaborations on stage and later on Cream Cutsí ìTitan,î on which Hot Chipís front man, Alexis Taylor contributed. ìTitanî experiments with field recordings, ëextremeí percussion, found objects and psychic bindings resulting in an ìorgy of rhythm.î Additionally, Tussle worked with Glasgow artist David Shrigley on ìA Clash of Heads.î The resulting collaboration was included on Worried Noodles, an oddball music compilation released by Tomlab. Furthermore, Warren Huegel joined 76 other drummers to perform the now historic 77 BOADRUM on 7/7/07 under direction from Japanese music legends, Boredoms. Warren also backed up Can vocalist Damo Suzuki on drums on Damoís U.S. fall 2007 tour. Other highlights for Tussle include being recognized by the SF Weekly with the ìExcellence in Electronic Musicî Award, playing amongst North American mammals at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, teaming up with electronic music pioneers, Cluster, in San Francisco and performing with kraut legends Faust at Wire Magazineís Adventures in Modern Music Festival in Chicago later this year.

Cream Cuts will be preceded by a 12î single featuring remixes from Prins Thomas (of Linstrom and Prins Thomas) and Rory Phillips (Trash UK and Durr).

Tussle will be touring in support of 'Cream Cuts' this September, for more details check out the 'Live' section.