For those already familiar with their records, the name Wamdue is synonymous with lush, deep, quality house music; for those yet to experience Wamdue, the album, "Program Yourself" will come as a revelation.
Eruption's first album release is the outstanding "Program Yourself" from Wamdue Project. Surely a contender for album of the year and a record which shows the versatility of Atlanta's finest house man Chris Brann. "Program Yourself" is an album
of tunes which are rich, deep and warm with New York vocalist Gaelle augmenting the anthemic "King Of My Castle" and the dub-heavy "You're The Reason" amongst other cuts. Atmospheric in the extreme, Wamdue Project see their music as an exploration
of genres such as deep house, drum and bass, dub and r'n'b presented from their distinctive 'house perspective'. Chris Brann (a.k.a Wamdue Project) has previously released records under the Wamdue Kids monicker, including the highly acclaimed
"Resource Toolbook Volume One" on Strictly Rhythm and various 12"s on labels such as Acacia and K7. Two singles have been taken from "Program Yourself"- the drum and bass influenced "Where Do We Go?" (with a remix by Armand Van Helden) and
"King Of My Castle" - 'future soul in the truest sense'.
Bio
Basically a solo project for Atlanta producer Chris Brann with the help of DJ cohorts Deep C and Udoh, Wamdue Productions' recordings provided one of the few convincing home/club fusions which err, if at all, on the side of the dancefloor. Unlike the large community of artists more allied to their headphones than a bassbin, Wamdue productions are easy club favorites, and though they record for the strictly mainstream label Strictly Rhythm, Wamdue marries intense warmth gained from R&B and house to the tighter rhythms and hard effects of Detroit techno.
Brann grew up in Atlanta, listening to soul stalwarts Marvin Gaye and Isaac Hayes as well as machine maestros like Kraftwerk, Steve Reich and Cabaret Voltaire. In 1994, he hooked up with two DJ/producers, Deep C (Chris Clark) and Udoh (Chris Udoh). After connecting with soulful Detroit techno producer K Hand, Wamdue debuted with the single "Higher," and released singles during 1995 for Peacefrog, Stud!o K7, Love from San Francisco, Jus' Trax and Multiply -- alternately known as Wamdue Kids, Wambonix and Wamdue Project. The following year, Wamdue Kids released a compilation on Stud!o K7 while later in the year, Wamdue Project released a proper full-length bow on Strictly Rhythm, Resource Toolbook, Vol. 1. Mostly the work of Brann, the album gained raves as a true intelligent dancefloor masterpiece.
Wamdue Kids returned in early 1997 with a full album for Peacefrog, while the Project kept up the fever-pitched release schedule later that year with Deepfall, also on Peacefrog. The year 1998 brought yet another Project album, Program Yourself, for Strictly Rhythm.
King of My Castle Lyrics
