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1. Lafoque
2. A Badger's North
3. Stun Phlogiston

Label: Red Deer Club

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Quirky beat-led instrumental feast from the surrealist master.

Paddy is a Zelig-like character along the timeline of Manchester's musical activity. It's a testament to his musicality that he has played with such a wide range of music and artists over the years, be it as a bass player, drummer, Hawaiian guitarist etc. or all these roles at the same time.
His own Homelife project released five albums in recent years, Homelife's sound  was intricate but with a warm sense of wonder, a balance of songs and instrumentals. Many musicians contributed to the Homelife project, brewed slowly by Paddy in his attic before being taken out as a small orchestra for some very unique concerts.
Never one to blow his own trumpet, Paddy quietly gets on with developing his craft. There is something of the fairy-tale cobbler working late into the night in order to make the finest shoes in the kingdom, or maybe the musical elves strike up while he's in bed.

"Dragons Breath" oozes with cartoon-like music with parallels to the Looney Tunes genius of Carl Stalling; dense with events, textures and the colours of children's paintings. "Lafoque" is a choppy, synthesized, hectic walk through an enchanted forest, with a hook that creeps inside your head and refuses to leave! "A Stun Pholistan" has an almost Chinese feel from the start, but it soon hitch-hikes to Africa before eventually landing on the Clanger's  moon. "A Badger's North" drops us off in Hawaii with a surfboard, a Mai Tai, and a bucketload of quirky grooves...

Releases we represent:

• Dragon's Breath | Album | Red Deer Club | 2009

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Tracks included on the following sampler:

• Laidback Tracks For Summer Download sampler here