"take me away" genre: Down Tempo
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	hook captain DJ techno electronic electronica trance house mp3 music download free progressive underground experimental trip breakbeat synth vocals downtempo abstract leftfield disco ambient new age human Industrial Dub Urban.mp3 Candy-coated ear medicine This is one of the most beautiful, surrealistic and out-of-this-world pop trax you've ever heard. Trippy, funky, ambient pads and vocals, gated female vocals(simple and straightforward - elegant) ....absolutely perfect.
	MP3.com CD: red sun - buy it! MP3.com CD: Hook - The Temple EP - buy it! CD: the temple ep   Label: running in space Credits: (c) 2001 justin katz
	Story Behind the Song hook the captain breathes new life into the juxtaposition between the electronic and pop genres. Fusing elements of trance and pop, the captain works tirelessly to create a powerful blend of sleek sounds that are both underground and accessible. From the stylistic downtempo lo-fi beats and ghostly electronic soundscapes of "take me away," to the darker unstoppable house grooves of "temple," The Temple EP released on Running In Space this year, has a sound all its own. Drawing on a love for warm ambient sounds, dope disco beats, and tweaked out human voices, there is little question why this master of the hook is topping the Washington D.C. charts this month. A rising force in the progressive underground, Hook started his musical career immediately after spending 9 months playing Internet computer games and never leaving his house. At the time his act consisted of playing electronic music with sequencers, drum machines, and keyboards on St. Louis County buses in Missouri. Even though he has abandoned such gimmicks, a touch of absurdity remains in every facet of the captain's stylized persona. From the web site, to the phony fan sites, one recurring slogan, says it all. "Hook. He's the Pants."* But despite various marketing techniques, Hook remains ever-faithful to the music. He works tirelessly to create a powerful blend of unstoppable lo-fi grooves, ghostly soundscapes and splendid vocals. So will we all fall subject to the Hook. Be nice to him and you may become a lyric. Cross him and you might become two. hook has been Heralded by BASEBOG magazine as a genius and one of the best new artists this year. Burque called what's inside of us, the near perfect pop song. Misterbuster gave the temple EP 8/10 heinekens. Musicwatch reviewers loved the EP and they hate electronica. Even THE NEW UNDERGROUND agrees, hook is the pants. "Borrowing from the dancefloor and exhibiting a club friendly sensibility, this pop music is on another level entirely. Breathy vocals mix with danceable beats, but there is a strangeness to it all that is difficult to explain and yet gives the music a vaguely askew angle from the listeners point of view. " - New Underground. In his spare time, the Captain can be seen melting away the garments of unsuspecting women. He can be found on the front page of the prestigious DC City Newspaper Arts Section. He can be found writing reviews for BPM Culture Magazine and DJmixed.com. His most recent accomplishments include international FM airplay, reviews in Internationally Distributed Press like BPM Culture Magazine, Djmixed.com, Future Music Magazine(including a track on their CD for issue 119) and winning Raw42's award for best song in synch for 2002. Justin Katz, the man behind the hook has released and signed numerous tracks under various labels including Climax Records, Ovenready Productions, NPN Records, Future Music, Toryumon, Raw42, and Running In Space. Rumors are in the mill for a full length US album to be released in may on Indie Label Trifecta Records within the US. Additionally, The captain is in negotiations to release "Sun," and "What's inside of us," on Vinylholic in NY. Negotiations are also in plans for house releases on well known Chicago house labels and a potential collaboration with Fevertech, one of Madonna's esteemed house producers. Current Projects include a remix competition for Misterbuster.com and a collaboration with trance DJ micah which has been acquired by Hook Recordings. Hook is currently in the process of becoming partners with DJ Catatonic taking over the Hardcore Promo Internet Underground Circuit, which has featured some of its artists worldwide, including on the Howard Stern Show evolving out from the mp3.com world. Catatonic is Hook's agent currently promoting his material all over the world and a known writer for Lexicon Magazine which will be doing a feature on hook in the upcoming months. Hook himself has had over 250,000 downloads the more popular anthemic "take me away," which has been featured on childrens educational videos, a Japanese cell phone commercial, and the CD for Future Music Magazine. Hook has been a featured artist on nearly every major internet music site including soundgarden.com/Wearone records and has been distributed on various electronica compiliations around the world in excess of 50,000 units. Ministry of Sound DJ and Producer Moussa Clarke will be releasing Jpunch's track Liquid on 12'' worldwide early summer. The captain hasbeen hanging out as of late and is currently producing a track with David Segal, Pop critic for the Washington Post for a short film. Hook can be found hanging out at the local venues in the DC area. To find out what the press is saying about the captain, to find out about his scoring of a porno film in Manhattan, his rankings on the top of the mp3.com charts, his pissing off of the entire BPM culture Magazine Staff, his notorious mailing list, his battle with Chris Cowie, Rick Salzer and other Label Executives and Critics, his legendary I hate Hook contests which earned him numerous articles in various publications, his plans to take over the planet, his rumored identity as Josh Saviano (Paul from the Wonder Years) and the ensuing lawsuit and potential partnership that arose from these events..., his urban legendary aphex twin stunt, his hordes of groupies…or his pants…contact the captain himself or visit the rest of this website. Keep an eye out for the temple - on climax records being released under the captain's alias J punch to be released this summer. There will be multiple remixes including mixes by FaceDown, Fretwell & Paul Lancaster Mixes. Promos of this dark and dirty tribal / tech-house are being pushed by the climax team and are currently enjoying plays by John Digweed on Kiss FM, Sander Kleinenberg and the support of other high profile DJs from Balance Promote US, Yoshitoshi, Choo Choo Records, Renaissance, and Grammy winner Deep Dish etc. Stay Tuned for more information. Lyrics take me away from fears into my fantasy

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