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If you want a loudmouth, don’t ask Tony Simon aka Blockhead. If you want someone to sing their own praises, give him a miss. If you want someone to posture and preen, take unsuitable drugs and wear bad clothes, he ain’t your man. But if you want someone who can effortlessly hook up a beat that sounds utterly distinctive, funky and emotive, well then you’ve got the right man. Because this New Yorker is letting his fingers do the talking…

Blockhead produced nine tracks on Aesop Rock's critically acclaimed album Labor Days. Additionally he produced half the tracks on Aesop's follow up EP, Daylight. He has also worked with other indie giants such as Slug of Atmosphere, Murs, Mike Ladd and SA Smash. In between, he found time to complete a break beat album entitled ‘Blockhead's Broke Beats,’ with ten hard-hitting instrumental tracks, which was released on Mush Records, the US home of cLOUDDEAD. And just to prove that he ain't about art-rap, Blockhead produced two tracks on the newly crowned Skribble Jam Battle Champ, MacLethal's full-length album. He has also contributed three tracks (including the first single) for Cage’s new album on Def Jux. The other producers on the project are DJ Shadow, El-P and RJD2.

All this in addition to his debut album on Ninja Tune, ‘Music By Cavelight,’ described as ‘one of the most fantastically good albums you’re going to hear this year’ (Sunday Telegraph) and ‘a beautfiul record’ (Metro), with Blockhead himself tipped as ‘definitely one to watch’ (Touch). The quiet man’s hour has come…

“Duke of Hazzard”
Performed by Blockhead
Courtesy of Ninja Tune Records
Written by James Anthony Simon
Published by Just Isn’t Music
(P) 2007 Ninja Tune Records
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