Haptics by The Cactus Channel
Hear that sound? Raw, loose and nasty funk, recorded straight to analog tape. It’s just like the old days, but so new it’s sporting a badass teenage moustache. Now that Melbourne funk sensation The Cactus Channel have graduated high school, they’re taking their own brand of high-octane, instrumental car chase funk and smooth soundtrack soul to the people with their debut, Haptics. On the road and on the airwaves, 2012 is the year The Cactus Channel come of age.
Back in 2009, the founding members of The Cactus Channel were already jamming on some classic soul feels, tripping on Eddie Bo, James Brown and their contemporaries, and using words like “Boss” and “Cat” while trying make it through year 10 in 21st Century Australia. What began as experimentation in Junior Stage Band developed into outright insubordination in Senior Jazz Ensemble and by 2011 The Cactus Channel were an out of control ten piece funk orchestra with the momentum of a runaway train who could count The Dap Kings’ Tom Brenneck and soul legend Charles Walker as fans.
Tracklist
| 1. | Emanuel Ciccolini | 3:21 |
| 2. | The Colour of Don Don | 4:04 |
| 3. | Dirty D's Thang | 3:28 |
| 4. | Budokan | 3:51 |
| 5. | Tom Has Ideas | 4:15 |
| 6. | Level Up | 3:23 |
| 7. | Boss Cat | 4:03 |
| 8. | Jungle Run | 3:12 |
| 9. | Under The Birdcage | 3:56 |
| 10. | Hot Teeth | 3:33 |
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The Cactus Channel take equal cues from hip-hop instrumentals and golden era Soul — counting the sounds of frequent hip hop collaborators BADBADNOTGOOD and the tight arrangement and production style of Stax Records as influences. No longer purely instrumental, the band will release their 3rd studio album this November.