Tom Sharkett

city: Manchester
country: England
genre: Electronic
styles: House, Techno, Ebm, Eurodance

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ABOUT THIS ARTIST

Futuro is the debut release from Manchester producer Tom Sharkett. Having grown up playing in bands he was in his own words, ‘a little late to the party with clubbing’, and naively saw himself as someone who wasn’t a part of that world. But - after experimenting with new equipment and sounds while recording his band's (W. H. Lung) first record, he was drawn deeper into the world of electronics. This, followed by countless nights on the road trying to find the hottest post-gig happenings, helped his tastes take a definite stylistic shift towards the discotheque.

After visits to Manchester’s White Hotel for nights like Red Laser and Wet Play, he soon felt the liberation of the club experience and realised what he’d been missing. Most importantly, it wasn’t a different world at all, reminding him of the DIY scene he'd been part of in his formative years in cities like Manchester and Leeds. It became clear that the weird, wonky and disparate elements that made up the earlier music he loved, also had their place on the dancefloor.

It was in the Calder Valley that Futuro came to life. Named after the UFO shaped houses of the 70s, of which Todmorden was unlikely home to an early prototype, the EP was written with an intentionally blind use of the half-broken equipment and synthesisers Sharkett had amassed during his time in bands, creating electronic music with a punk ethos.

Source [Spotify]