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Manchester, United Kingdom
Homelife is a group based mostly in Manchester, signed to the Ninja Tune label.
Homelife is not a definite entity. It’s hard to pin down their sound, how many people are in the band or even which band they are in! Nearly every Homelife track has a different line up. Less of a collective, Homelife is more of a pool of musicians whose talents are marshalled by reluctant foreman Paddy Steer.
There’s a do-it-yourself ethos evident in Homelife. All material is recorded at Paddy’s house with musicians doing their bit in small groups. With 15 to 16 contributor’s on the most recent album, ‘Cho Cho’ the piecemeal approach makes sense and Paddy admits that it wouldn’t be possible for the whole band to be in the studio at the same time. “It’s not like the Monkees where we all in the room together. Ten years ago Homelife wouldn’t have been practical but advances in technology have made a project like this possible,” he states. Whilst the majority of the co-operative are Manchester based, male vocalist Faron Brooks lives on Vancouver Island, Canada and key member Simon King is based in London. Technology again lowers the height of these creative hurdles with Paddy even seeing positive aspects to Faron’s displacement. “It means we get more editorial control over his vocals,” he deadpans before likening the arrangement to that Portishead have with their vocalist.
Homelife is not a definite entity. It’s hard to pin down their sound, how many people are in the band or even which band they are in! Nearly every Homelife track has a different line up. Less of a collective, Homelife is more of a pool of musicians whose talents are marshalled by reluctant foreman Paddy Steer.
There’s a do-it-yourself ethos evident in Homelife. All material is recorded at Paddy’s house with musicians doing their bit in small groups. With 15 to 16 contributor’s on the most recent album, ‘Cho Cho’ the piecemeal approach makes sense and Paddy admits that it wouldn’t be possible for the whole band to be in the studio at the same time. “It’s not like the Monkees where we all in the room together. Ten years ago Homelife wouldn’t have been practical but advances in technology have made a project like this possible,” he states. Whilst the majority of the co-operative are Manchester based, male vocalist Faron Brooks lives on Vancouver Island, Canada and key member Simon King is based in London. Technology again lowers the height of these creative hurdles with Paddy even seeing positive aspects to Faron’s displacement. “It means we get more editorial control over his vocals,” he deadpans before likening the arrangement to that Portishead have with their vocalist.
Top Albums
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Flying Wonders
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Guru Man Hubcap Lady
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Homelife
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Cho Cho
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gh3ttokid wrote:
Buffalos! Best song by Homelife! <3 em!
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doz303 wrote:
amazing!
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2nd_face wrote:
Flying Wonders is the best one from all ninjas albums...)
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claudia_l wrote:
hotel costes group :)
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czczejded wrote:
flawless
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huachis38 wrote:
still wondering why so few listeners, great band
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nemo107 wrote:
word
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ladygeorge wrote:
oh homie!!!!!
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Nagsworth wrote:
@theofer: very true. I find a lot of Ninja Tune stuff repetitive and boring to listen to at home, stuff like Mr Scruff and Coldcut are more suited for clubs. Homelife's 'Guru Man Hubcap Lady' is sublime for listening absolutely anywhere.
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theofer wrote:
best ninja tune artist you've never heard of.
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Shtone wrote:
flying wonders is one of the best album ever.
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HealeyIsland wrote:
I wonder, how would I ever get back in touch with Simon King, seen as this page is probably run by a robot or something (watch out for its laser eyes!), and now that he's all famous and everythink. Great music. - Greg
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alfredofloyd wrote:
i can't find mp3s :(
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yagood wrote:
Interesting.
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lunacode wrote:
Yeah!
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The Miserable Rich @ Hoxton Bar and Kitchen
Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen, London, United Kingdom
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Recent Activity
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kasyafka tagged Homelife with downtempo, jazz and ninja tune. yesterday morning
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escarama tagged Homelife with ‘ninja tune’. Friday evening
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escarama, edmm68, frybot and 1 other person added Homelife to their libraries. Friday evening
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dukeman89 tagged Homelife with manchester, ninja tune, electronic and one other tag. Sunday morning
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AcsmGroup_music, oksijenlisu, ingest1 and 1 other person added Homelife to their libraries. last week
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createspark added Homelife to the lineup of The Miserable Rich + Denis Jones + Homelife @ The Red Roaster at The Red Roaster,.... last week
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vmoss, carlos_villa33, autopoetic and 1 other person added Homelife to their libraries. 13 days ago
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westgatestreet added Homelife to the lineup of Humble Soul @ The Local at Downstairs at The Kings Head. 17 days ago
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hadohy, Zescher, issabero and 2 other people added Homelife to their libraries. 17 days ago
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Sahandbe tagged Homelife with experimental, jazz, downtempo and 2 other tags. 24 days ago
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