Tuxedo sounds like it has come through a time warp and returned as futuristic funk from the '80s, a groovy trip of your dreams that brings to mind names like Chic, Salamar, Zapp, One Way, D-Train and Earth, Wind & Fire. It is the moniker of duo Mayer Hawthorne and rap producer Jake One (who has worked with Rick Ross, Drake and Snoop Dogg); both established musicians in their own right. Released on Stones Throw Records (the Californian label on which Hawthorne previously released his first album A Strange Arrangement in 2009), their first self-titled album began life way back in 2006 when the duo began to exchange mixtapes. Three tracks were born from this encounter, posted on the internet over the following years. These three singles became an album, mixed by one of disco's biggest names, John Morales, in the South Plainfield studio, New Jersey. The result is an exhilarating rollercoaster through hedonistic retro-funk where a disco trance lights up the dancefloor. It's a perfect antidote to last year's overdose of Daft Punk's Get Lucky, to listen to beneath the mirrorball in a pink silk dressing gown with w glass of champagne in one hand...
On a recent flying visit to Paris, Mayer Hawthorne and Jake One stopped by to talk about how their dreamy funk concoction came about.
Tuxedo (Mayer Hawthorne & Jake One): interview vidéo Qobuz
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