Husley and Gunz (H&G)

Jacob Trier aka Husley and August Jakobsen aka Gunz first met when they came to London 9 years ago. Whilst accelerating in his BA in Jazz, in his free time Gunz began to use his eclectic guitar music to produce full-length tracks with his computer, therefore fusing these to create a unique electronic sound. This sparked the creation of his jazz-electronica group, Loop ad Lip, where he solely produced almost 20 songs.
Meanwhile, following Husley’s success of playing at an array of gigs at underground DnB parties in Aarhus, he continued to infect enthusiastic crowds at a string of DnB raves on the outskirts of London. While in London, Husley began to be deeply influenced by other dance and electronic genres and started to explore, Nubreaks, Electro, Minimal Techno and Acid House. He succeeded in getting more and more gigs in pubs and bars across the capital until he secured his residency in Brick Lane’s 1001. He even succeeded in playing in Plump DJ’s (Fingerlickin’ Records) album launch VIP after-party!

Husley and Gunz first formed 4 years ago; Husley was continuing to play in London’s up and coming East, and Brick Lane and Gunz had just finished his BA in Jazz Music at Trinity College. It was then that Husley and Gunz brought their eclectic music experiences together to form Nocturnals. Within this group they each expressed their inventive musical edge & their style had no boundaries; the result was a musical journey that would take you through deep electronica & ambient sound to live breaking beats, bass lines with jazzy undertones. This was achieved using turntables spun by Husley, and laptop mastered by Gunz. Their live performances were enhanced through the presence of trumpet, live double bass, drums, keys & stunning vocals. They were then signed to Gilles Peterson’s Glenfiddich tour and played around 30 gigs in some of London’s most eminent venues such as Bar Rumba, Cargo, Salt, Canteloupe, 93 Feet East, Medicine Bar and many more. They also featured in the some of the UK’s biggest publications such as Observer Music Monthly, GQ and Time Out.

Their debut was marked with the release of their EP, Husley (ear : Eye records), and was launched at Europe’s biggest winter festival Snowbombing, Austria, where Nocturnals played alongside the likes of Soul of Man, Cuban Brothers, Grooverider and Aphex Twin.

As Nocturnals developed so did Husley’s and Gunz’s interest for techno and house music. They started to look at how they could fuse this enthusiasm with their unique style to create a distinguished, thumping techno sound - the result – a burning live set comprising of deep minimal jazzy techno. This extraordinary style is actualized by a laptop, sampler, key board and turntables. Now 3 years on, Husley and Gunz have continued to smash Britain’s most bustling capital by playing at illustrious venues such as The End, Bugged Out, The Egg,The Key, The Cross, Canvas, Retox, Penetration, Public Life, Club 54, 93 Feet East, Aquarium, Rhytm Factory and Rouge to name but a few. Many of these have turned into permanent residencies.

Not only have they made a massive impact in London, but also in many other of Europe’s most exciting cities; Copenhagen (Minisrty Of Sound/ Culture Box/), Berlin (Maria/club 25), Porto (Industria/ Antipop Festival) , Ibiza (We Love Space) Lake Of Stars Festival (Malawi) and loads more. They were signed to Rui Da Silva, label, Sixty-four Records with their EP Sonance in Oct 06. Even before its release on Rui’s label, the record became in huge demand and was played by some of the worlds greatest DJs. Other releases has come out on Global Underground, Hypercolour. and Kismet records is ready with 3 new releases planed for Jan, Feb and March in 2008.
Labels:
64 records
Global Underground
Kismet Records
EarEye records
Residency :
Wetyourself @ Club Aquarium(London), every Sunday night
T.E.M.B.A. @ The Egg Club(London), every second Friday
T.E.M.B. A @ Café 1001(London), 2nd Saturday of the month
T.E.M.B.A @ Rhythm Factory (London), 2nd Saturday of the month

www.myspace.com/husleygunz
www.myspace.com/wetyourself
www.myspace.com/tembamusic
www.kismetrecords.com