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  • "In The Raw"

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    Artist: Slideshaker

    Label: Bad Afro Records

    Slideshaker was formed in 2000 by three Kuopio natives - Arttu Keski-Orvola, Jani Korhonen & Heikki Savolainen - and took their name from an interview with some old blues cat which name now escapes them. Very much influenced by blues but with limited skills, Slideshaker started to play it in a trashy way with punk attitude like Bob Log III, The Gories and Pussy Galore had done before them. The first 7-inch "Jail Bait Blues" (2002, Legal Records) is proof of that.

    After several furious gigs they got an opportunity to do a full length album. The result was "Hotwired Soul" (2003, DBS Records) - an album that some people really liked, but some were a little bit disappointed about the polished sound. Nevertheless it was their first try to widen their musical palette. The first tour outside Finland and 7-inch "No Time To Lose" (Weera
    Records) were the highpoints of year 2004. After the tour the slideshakin' boys started to figure out the next album. One thing was for sure - no more punkblues.

    Around July 2005 Slideshaker sent a rough mix of the album to Bad Afro Records. Bad Afro liked the new direction of Slideshaker and wanted to release their second album. The first taste of the upcoming album was the single "Bones". With synth bass, a droning beat, funky percussion and soul horns it's nothing like they've done before. But the album "In The Raw" was to be much more than you could expect after listening to "Bones". Music wise it was an ill-tempered mix of fuzzy R&B, sou...

  • Bones (7"/cd single)

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    Artist: Slideshaker

    Label: Bad Afro Records

    Slideshaker are a trio from Kuopio in Finland who formed in 2000 and since then have released 7”s on Legal Records and Weera and the debut album Hotwired Soul on DBS in 2003. Music wise we are talking about an ill-tempered mix of garage punk, fuzzy R&B, soul and country put together in an original fashion. Originally released on 7” vinyl and CD-single as the first single for their Bad Afro album “In The Raw”.