{"title":"Harvey Sutherland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarvey Sutherland is a talented producer and live artist hailing from Melbourne, Australia. With his unique blend of electronic music, he has captivated audiences around the world. Inspired by artists such as Fouk, Duke Hugh, and Hidden Spheres, Harvey's sound is a fusion of soulful melodies and infectious beats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKnown for his captivating live performances, Harvey Sutherland has established himself as a force to be reckoned with in the music industry. His tracks have gained recognition from renowned artists like HNNY, Max Graef, and Moomin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith releases on labels such as Laurence Guy's \"Church\" imprint and Black Loops' \"Neovinyl Recordings,\" Harvey Sutherland continues to push boundaries and create music that resonates with listeners. Whether it's his collaborations with Cody Currie or O'Flynn, or his solo work under aliases like Dan Kye, Harvey consistently delivers high-quality productions.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"boy","title":"Boy","description":"\u003cp\u003eMelbourne-based producer, DJ and instrumentalist, Harvey Sutherland releases his stunning debut album, \u003ci\u003eBoy\u003c\/i\u003e via House Anxiety. Drop the needle on \u003ci\u003eBoy\u003c\/i\u003e and find yourself transported to a hypermodern take on funk music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecorded between London, Los Angeles and Katz’s own Swimming Pool studios with a host of hotshot Melbourne session musicians and a string of guests, tracks like “Age Of Acceleration” and “Michael Was Right About You” take the base elements of funk and fire them through a prism of influences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe hyper-produced studio pop of Todd Rundgren, the lush synth groove of New York boogie and the harsh snap of coldwave. Early Harvey Sutherland 12-inches like “Bermuda” and “Priestess” (handpicked by Paul Woolford aka Special Request for his recent DJ Kicks compilation) were electronic dance records in love with the sound of soul, funk and disco music. But \u003ci\u003eBoy\u003c\/i\u003e is every bit the real deal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoy\u003c\/i\u003e has been a couple of years in the works, taking shape in between tours with Khruangbin and Hot Chip as well as a busy studio schedule that include production and killer remixes for Disclosure, Genesis Owusu and Hiatus Kaiyote. In this time, Katz also spread his wings as a bandleader, touring internationally with his live ensemble and directing an 11-piece band for the New York boogie icon Leroy Burgess on his Australian tour.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"House Anxiety","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50459093565771,"sku":"1144991","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50459092910411,"sku":"1149937","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/bc4fb9bb-b1fb-4a5b-8c6c-a0acc15aafaa_thumbnail_4096.png?v=1727217252"},{"product_id":"debt","title":"Debt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDebt\u003c\/em\u003e is a new album by Harvey Sutherland about the cost of doing business in the meme economy. In his first LP since the 2022 debut, \u003cem\u003eBoy\u003c\/em\u003e, the Australian artist reduces his fusiony disco repertoire to ten microhoused funk essentials. This is minimalism not so much as aesthetic conceit than pressurised container, shaken in the Escherised time and space unique to our overdriven, red-lining present. The album's title nods to the financial contortions necessary to strive\/survive\/thrive as an independent artist. But \u003cem\u003eDebt\u003c\/em\u003e is better understood as the ledger of what we owe, and to whom, in the course of a creative life. What's the ROI on being an artist, a son, a friend, a partner, a father? Have we been worth our loved ones' own investments? If that sounds transactional, this is merely the lingua franca of our overwhelmingly digital culture, a grifter's bazaar in which Bob Dylan tunes up over Salt Bae, and Wordsworth's pitch is opposite the Rizzler.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDebt\u003c\/em\u003e came to life when Harvey Sutherland acquired a freightload of Y2K minimal cargo from Akufen, Ricardo and Baby Ford—courtesy of local Melbourne hero Martin L—which bent the album towards a moreish pointillism. The resulting music's eyes-down minimal gestures within expressive pop shapes feels apt for the apparently contradictory things we can't help craving: immediacy and craft, on-tap \"authenticity,\" life lessons drawn from Reel nonsense. A few years after the \"neurotic funk\" of Boy, a thorough excavation of interiority that comprised Harvey Sutherland's first LP proper, \u003cem\u003eDebt\u003c\/em\u003e is his to-the-point response to pressures that manifest outside the self. But in its own way it remains a reflection of Harvey Sutherland's musical innerscapes, which stretch across the grit and glitter of private-press disco and the sensual grids of Metro Area.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clarity Recordings","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":52908257608011,"sku":"R0022-1840","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/CRCLP2-1024x1024.jpg?v=1752586351"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_e5636b8d_thumbnail_4096_1bbbb851-f315-4895-879a-103bdb5762d7.jpg?v=1727217221","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/harvey-sutherland.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}