Tony
Nwachukwu is a modern day maverick.
He
is known to many as the producer, beat programmer and keyboard player of Attica
Blues; who apart from releasing two groundbreaking albums ‘blueprint’ (Mo’Wax)
and ‘Test Don’t Test (Sony/Higher Ground) are known to have extended their
talents as remixers to artists as diverse as Macy Gray, U.N.K.L.E, Robert
Owens, DJ Cam, DJ Krush, Jazzanova, Spacek, Courtney Pine, Ben Folds, and
labels Sonar Kollectiv, Mantis, Music for Speakers, Ninjatune, Earth Projects
and 679.
To
develop and release a unique blend of twisted beats, NEPA Recordings was
created. To date he has released ‘the way’ under the name of NEPA Allstar, ‘you
know what you’re supposed/need to do’ under the name of ‘WaH-cHU-kU’. Soon to
be unleashed will be the long overdue ‘So Much Stronger EP’ featuring the
vocals operatics of Imani Uzuri
A
passion for new music and artistic development led him to found burntprogress,
a production company that strives to explore the consciousness of electronic
music producers. One such activities is a regular club night held in London;
CDR
He
can be heard djing his mix of hip-hop inspired rhythms, electronic fusions,
broken beats and classic soulful electro can be heard regularly in clubs such
as plastic people, fabric, herbal, and underground parties in Shoreditch, east
London. He’s played alongside Dego, Trevor Jackson, Madlib, Phil Asher and
members of the bugz
Having
spent time writing producing and writing tracks for Wunmi and Randolph
Matthews, Tony is putting finishing touches to his own Long Player….
