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'Shot At Dawn' b​/​w 'Warm Your Love' double​​​​​-​​​​​A​​​​​-​​​​​side + Leonidas & Hobbes Remixes + 6 bonus mixes on DL (HM010) [VOCAL HOUSE, DEEP HOUSE, ELECTRO]

by The Off Key Hat

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Shot At Dawn 06:10
It's a visible fiction they've been making it up for years Take it to task they'll say "it was always this way here" A harmless roll in the grass brings to mind Better days But don't get caught by the snake it's one size fits all of you gaze... Not quite a sonic sculpture but still Dew eyed Dalston Dalston rose with overtones of throb n thrill Walking worn and wild clothes Yesterday we hung the moon Danced it on back down to earth Got our heads down into the gloom and you treat my Love just like a curse I guess my I guess my Well I guess my back is first against the wall This revolution has me running to a crawl I'll take that blindfold because it's just begun and Superman will have me shot... have me Shot at Dawn. When benefactors talk revolution just make sure you can walk a tightline His habits is for you and your peculiar class that cries havoc into.... into a dream just like mine.
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You got to warm your love. Or we just ain't never coming back I'd rather dance with myself Than spend a moment with you In this empty space The swelter attacks Don't you dare tell me I've had much to much too soon.
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'Shot At Dawn' VIDEO:
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DJ FEEDBACK & REVIEWS:
Played by Steve Lamacq on BBC 6Music
‘Uplifting electronic pop that takes the best bits of the 90s... a strong sound that is definitely overdue a revival. 8/10’ MIXMAG
'I love these tracks!' ALFREDO FIORITO (‘FATHER OF BALEARIC BEAT' & ORIGINAL AMNESIA RESIDENT)
'I played it on my last podcast. I like it. Thanks for sending.' BILL BREWSTER (DJ HISTORY)
'Absolutely love the Off Key Hat’s new EP with the original Shot At Dawn vocal and dub mixes being my faves. Watch out folks, dirty edgy dancing pop is coming to your town!' ASHLEY BEEDLE
''The (OKH) dub mix is doing it for me' TIM SWEENEY (BEATS IN SPACE)
'Good stuff!' JD TWITCH/OPTIMO
'Warm Your Love is great - has a Yazoo vibe' LUKE SOLOMON
'Yeah I like it...' NANCY NOISE
'Lovely… digging the (L&H deep house) instrumental particularly' THE REVENGE
'Digging the (L&H deep house) dub mix the best, nice and deep' OOFT
'Not one dud (here). The vocal cuts rule!!!! Warm Your Love is sublime.' CHRISTOPHER ORR (San Fran/L, USA)
'I really like the L&H Deep House Instrumental - lovely work! I reckon radio DJs etc would lap up the original mix' SEAN JOHNSTON (A LOVE FROM OUTER SPACE)
‘Good music. I think the instrumental of Warm Your Love and your wonky off kilter Electro Dub are going to be the ones for me’ DICKY TRISCO
'I really love "Warm Your Love" brilliantly hooky lead line that automatically draws you in with really nice production' JAGZ KOONER
‘Sounding lovely’ JOE MORRIS (CLANDESTINO)
‘Love the whole package!!!’ PATHAAN
'Leonidas & Hobbes turn out a perfectly pitched ('Deep House Instrumental') remix and transform the original into something of timeless beauty, easily the best version by far' MARK GILBERT (STUPID HUMAN/HUGH MANE)
‘Loving Warm Your Love (Instrumental)!! Will playlist this on Radio 1 Prague’ JON KENNEDY
‘Full support, will be playing on my radio show tonight (funky.sx 103.7FM)’ TONY PONTIUS/SPATIAL AWARENESS (HOTTWERK)
‘Loving it – a little leftfield from most of the stuff out there and all the better for it. Loving the original and deep house remixes both vocals and dubs. Warm Your Love is nice too. Great package!’ DAVID ELDERS (CABARET VOLTAIRE, EDIN)
‘Deep House Instrumental is lovely, thanks for sending. Will be using this one in warm-ups, love the groove and that little nod to Orbital in the synth line :-)’ GEOFF TICEHURST (THE PLUG, SHEFFIELD/LEEDS UNI)
‘A lovely record’ DAVIE MILLER (FINIFLEX / FINITRIBE)

The Off Key Hat is a trio, originally from London. Each of them brings his/her own, finely tuned skills to the table for results greater than the sum of their parts.

Originally picked up by Andy Blake’s legendary, vinyl-only label, Dissident, for a trio of limited edition, one-sided 12”s (2008-9) and consequently Yam Who’s ISM, for an album (2011), they ploughed a crossover Nu Disco/Electronica furrow and were elevated to cult status, not least via international club hit, Emergency Calling (still highly rated by the Discogs mafia et al, and quite rightly so), collaborating with DJ trailblazers Daniel Baldelli, Ashley Beedle and Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy via a series of re-mixes of their material.

Shot At Dawn is a scintillating return for a band who have been collectively quiet (but individually busy - see below) for a few years, and (once again) sounds like the music of tomorrow. Lyricist Leon Mayes wills the real revolution to come (see below), Morris's uneasy keys and driving, bittersweet production embodies the UK's collective anxiety/apathy coupled with an impending sense of doom, as we all obediently troop off the cliff like lemmings, while vocalist Michelle Manetti's melancholy delivery is the perfect foil both, recalling Tracey Thorn (Everything But The Girl, Massive Attack) at her best.

It's a genuine wake-up call for the dance floor that's dropping well with club DJs but clearly has the potential to shine fully on radio. Flip side Warm Your Love is an equally forward-facing slice of sci-fi dance music sonically and already turbo-charging the dance floor with its futuristic feel.

The remixes come from Edinburgh/London duo Leonidas & Hobbes and are the first productions they've released since 2017's summer anthem and Release Of The Year as voted by some 400+ DJs on Bill Brewster's DJ History podcast (January '18). Their Electro mixes doff a cap to Vince Clarke (Depeche Mode, Yazoo) and Daft Punk/Thomas Bangalter, with some Compass Point era Grace Jones/Sly & Robbie thrown in for good measure on the electro dub, while the Deep House variations are more Pepe Braddock’s Deep Burnt meets Frankie Knuckles/Jamie Principle’s Your Love and Orbital…

LYRICS

Shot At Dawn:
It's a visible fiction they've been making it up for years
Take it to task they'll say "it was always this way here"
A harmless roll in the grass brings to mind Better days
But don't get caught by the snake it's one size fits all of you gaze...

Not quite a sonic sculpture but still
Dew eyed Dalston Dalston rose with overtones of throb n thrill
Walking worn and wild clothes
Yesterday we hung the moon
Danced it on back down to earth
Got our heads down into the gloom
and you treat my Love just like a curse

I guess my
I guess my
Well I guess my back is first against the wall
This revolution has me running to a crawl
I'll take that blindfold because it's just begun
and Superman will have me shot... have me Shot at Dawn.

When benefactors talk revolution just make sure you can walk a tightline
His habits is for you and your peculiar class that cries havoc into.... into a dream just like mine.

Warm your love:
You got to warm your love.
Or we just ain't never coming back
I'd rather dance with myself
Than spend a moment with you
In this empty space
The swelter attacks
Don't you dare tell me
I've had much too much too soon.
(Leon Mayes)

credits

released October 12, 2018

Written by Morris/Mayes/Manetti
Produced by Darren Morris, Leon Mayes
Keyboards, programming and mixed by Darren Morris
Vocals by Michelle Manetti

Leonidas & Hobbes Electro Vocal, Electro Dub & Deep House Dub mixes: Written by Darren Morris, Leon Mayes, Michelle Manetti, Leonidas Stavropoulos, Andrew Richardson; Produced by Leonidas Stavropoulos, Andrew Richardson

Shot At Dawn (Leonidas & Hobbes Deep House Dub Instrumental Mix): Written by Leonidas Stavropoulos, Andrew Richardson; Produced by
Leonidas Stavropoulos, Andrew Richardson

Mastered by Keith ‘Radioactive Man’ Tenniswood at Curve Pusher
Artwork by Sayori Wada
Logo by Jaco Justice
International Distribution by Above Board.
P & C Hobbes Music & Westbury Music 2018

Publishing:
Westbury Music Ltd
w/Copyright Control by Leonidas & Hobbes on their mixes
except Leonidas & Hobbes Deep House Instrumental (owned exclusively by Leonidas & Hobbes)

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