Mo' Horizons
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Mo' Horizons is a duo of DJs from Hannover, Germany
. Their music can be described as a mixture of downtempo
, acid-jazz, nu jazz
, soul
, funk
, dub
, trip hop
, big beat
, bossa nova
, boogaloo
and drum'n'bass
. They first came to prominence on various compilation albums, including the Buddha Bar series. They are known for their extensive use of sampling
and modern production techniques in latin jazz. Also known for recording a Portuguese version of a classic hit Hit The Road Jack
.
Their tracks were remixed by many DJs, including Nicola Conte
, Swag
, Skeewiff, Bobby Hughes
, Only Child
and DJ Day
.
At their beginning, Mo' Horizons have been signed to the 'Stereo Deluxe' label. After releasing their fourth studio album, Mo' Horizons decided to create their own recording studio - Agogo Records. Currently apart from releasing own albums, they are looking for new talents from around the world, to help them with first releases.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. Their music can be described as a mixture of downtempo
Downtempo
Downtempo is a laid-back electronic music style similar to ambient music, but usually with a beat or groove unlike the beatless forms of Ambient music. The beat is sometimes made from loops that have a hypnotic feeling...
, acid-jazz, nu jazz
Nu jazz
Nu jazz is an umbrella term coined in the late 1990s to refer to music that blends jazz elements with other musical styles, such as funk, soul, electronic dance music, and free improvisation...
, soul
Soul
A soul in certain spiritual, philosophical, and psychological traditions is the incorporeal essence of a person or living thing or object. Many philosophical and spiritual systems teach that humans have souls, and others teach that all living things and even inanimate objects have souls. The...
, funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
, dub
Dub
Dub or dubbing may refer to:* Accolade, the conferring of knighthood-Arts and entertainment:* Dubbing , the copying of audio recordings from one medium to another...
, trip hop
Trip hop
Trip hop is a music genre consisting of downtempo electronic music which originated in the early 1990s in England, especially Bristol. Deriving from "post"-acid house, the term was first used by the British music media and press as a way to describe the more experimental variant of breakbeat which...
, big beat
Big beat
Big beat is a term employed since the mid-1990s by the British music press to describe much of the music by artists such as The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, The Crystal Method, and Propellerheads typically driven by heavy breakbeats and synthesizer-generated loops and patterns in...
, bossa nova
Bossa nova
Bossa nova is a style of Brazilian music. Bossa nova acquired a large following in the 1960s, initially consisting of young musicians and college students...
, boogaloo
Boogaloo
Boogaloo or bugalú is a genre of Latin music and dance that was popular in the United States in the 1960s. Boogaloo originated in New York City among teenage Cubans, Puerto Ricans and other groups. The style was a fusion of popular African American R&B and soul with mambo and son montuno...
and drum'n'bass
Drum and bass
Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...
. They first came to prominence on various compilation albums, including the Buddha Bar series. They are known for their extensive use of sampling
Sampling (music)
In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...
and modern production techniques in latin jazz. Also known for recording a Portuguese version of a classic hit Hit The Road Jack
Hit the Road Jack
"Hit the Road Jack" is a song written by rhythm and bluesman Percy Mayfield and first recorded in 1960 as an a capella demo sent to Art Rupe, available on the Memory Pain CD vol. 2, Specialty Records SPCD-7027-2. It became famous after it was recorded by singer-pianist Ray Charles. It hit number...
.
Their tracks were remixed by many DJs, including Nicola Conte
Nicola Conte
Nicola Conte is an Italian DJ, producer, guitarist, and bandleader, known initially for introducing an innovative style of acid jazz that incorporates bossa nova themes, melodies drawn from Italian film scores of the 1960s, easy listening themes, and ethnic Indian music...
, Swag
Swag
In Australia and New Zealand, a swag is a bundle of belongings rolled in a traditional fashion to be carried by a foot traveller in the bush. Before motor transport was common, foot travel over long distances was essential to agriculture in the Australian bush....
, Skeewiff, Bobby Hughes
Bobby Hughes
Bobby Hughes is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre. he currently plays and coaches for EHC 80 Nürnberg of the Bayernliga.-Personal information:...
, Only Child
Only child
An only child is a person with no siblings, either biological or adopted. In a family with multiple offspring, first-borns, may be briefly considered only children and have a similar early family environment, but the term only child is generally applied only to those individuals who never have...
and DJ Day
DJ Day
DJ Day is a DJ, producer and musician born 1975 in Palm Springs, California. He began DJing in 1989 and formed the Innernational Crew with DJ Rip One in 1995. He had subsequent appearances with Innernational on Return of the DJ III & Laid in Full and has also worked with Stones Throw recording...
.
At their beginning, Mo' Horizons have been signed to the 'Stereo Deluxe' label. After releasing their fourth studio album, Mo' Horizons decided to create their own recording studio - Agogo Records. Currently apart from releasing own albums, they are looking for new talents from around the world, to help them with first releases.
Studio albums
- Come Touch The Sun (1999)
- Remember Tomorrow (2001)
- ...And The New Bohemian Freedom (2003)
- Sunshine Today (2007)
- Mo' Horizons and the Banana Soundsystem (2011)
Singles
- Yes Baby Yes (1999)
- Hit The Road Jack (2000)
- Ay Y N' Ama (2007)
- Lovely Day Inside EP (2008)