Thursday, August 19, 2010

Pocket 808 is the work of Sydney producers Sameer Sengupta and Ken Cloud, formerly known as Poxymusic. They'll drop their debut album Proximo next week.

You've already heard a couple of tracks from it on triple j - 'Ghostship' featuring Nathan Hudson from Faker and 'Monster (Babe)' showcasing the vocal talents of Grinspoon's Phil Jamieson.

Sameer Sengupta told Nina Las Vegas from triple j Mix Up that 'Monster (Babe)' is his favourite tune on the album thanks to the special shine that Jamieson added.

"Because the beat is actually quite aggressive and a rock tempo I don't think it was too much of a jump. He really just went with it. He's just a magnificent performer, I love him."

According to Sengupta, the Grinspoon frontman was right at home working on a club track.

"The funny thing about Phil is he's really well-read on electronic music. He may be known for just doing rock but you have a conversation with him about dance music and he knows exactly what he's talking about. He's always been immersed in it as far as I know."

Other collaborators on the album include Jamie Lloyd, Aya Larkin (Skunkhour), Ali Omar and Gina Mitchell. It'll be out next Friday August 27.