Tonight on Art Of Beatz Radio: No Luck Club

[Kuma]

Tonight:

Hour 1: No Luck Club (Album special) Live!

Based in Vancouver, Canada, no luck club (NLC) is an instrumental hip hop group which combines turntable improvisation with sample-based rhythms. Founded by the Chan Brothers (Matt & Trevor), no luck clubs beat-driven soundscapes have been compared to the works of DJ Shadow, Kid Koala, Cut Chemist, Coldcut and Handsome Boy Modelling School. The group started in 2000 when their mix CD and demo, Newfangled Moments, resulted in a recording contract with Dan the Automator's 75Ark Records. NLCs debut album, Happiness, was originally scheduled for an August 2001 release but unfortunately 75Ark imploded that year. Fortunately, the project was rescued by Ill Boogie Records and a revised version of Happiness was released in September 2003 to wide acclaim. In late 2004, Vancouver DMC DJ champion, Paul Belen (Pluskratch) joined the group to complement NLCs infectious live show; a continuous, instrumental mix of music styles, tempos and moods. As the groups rhythm section, Trevor incorporates an arsenal of laptops and MIDI keyboards to generate the grooves and to manipulate samples. Meanwhile, Matt and Paul are the musical improvisers; employing their turntablist skills and a variety of instrument effects units to create lead lines, additional rhythm and harmonies. No luck clubs latest release, Prosperity (2006), is a diverse, genre-smashing sonic collage comprised of four musical suites. The album is also the second chapter of a planned trilogy of recordings inspired by the Chinese deities symbolizing luck and good fortune. A self-proclaimed strange brew of hip hop, jazz-funk, scratching, tall tales and humour, no luck club is an idiosyncratic project seeking a place in todays progressive music culture.

The boys are set to tour Canada in a few weeks and will be bringing in a wee showcase of the new album to wet your appetite. Dont forget to check them opening for Kid Koala on November 5th or at their Vancouver release party with Calmalka, November 25th.

Hour 2 (or there abouts): Your Art Of Beatz DJs

Your champions against the dire and ever-circling wolves of crap music, Kuma, Motomasa and the Lady Eve will continue to provde you with the straight up sounds of the underground, overground and ground that hasn't been touched yet. With over thirty years of experience between them (that's ten years plus each kids), they deliver the goods on a weekly basis, no matter what genre they might pull out.

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[sNyx]

cool !! I'll tune in :)

[cubed]

no luck club rule.

matt's a wicked guy, him and his brother's record collection is a little nutty.