Wamdue Project

Basically a solo project for Atlanta producer <a href="spotify:artist:6kBFC4V0fhQZ0Ntu5w59sT">Chris Brann</a> with the help of DJ cohorts Deep C and Udoh, Wamdue Productions' recordings provided one of the few convincing home/club fusions which err, if at all, on the side of the dancefloor. Unlike the large community of artists more allied to their headphones than a bassbin, Wamdue productions are easy club favorites, and though they record for the strictly mainstream label Strictly Rhythm, Wamdue marries intense warmth gained from R&B and house to the tighter rhythms and hard effects of Detroit techno.

<a href="spotify:artist:6kBFC4V0fhQZ0Ntu5w59sT">Brann</a> grew up in Atlanta, listening to soul stalwarts <a href="spotify:artist:3koiLjNrgRTNbOwViDipeA">Marvin Gaye</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:3IKV7o6WPphDB7cCWXaG3E">Isaac Hayes</a> as well as machine maestros like <a href="spotify:artist:0dmPX6ovclgOy8WWJaFEUU">Kraftwerk</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1aVONoJ0EM97BB26etc1vo">Steve Reich</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:2kS4yz85MaZlxp2VaS3BEe">Cabaret Voltaire</a>. In 1994, he hooked up with two DJ/producers, Deep C (b. <a href="spotify:artist:6dDUzy5UdYWJ9tbeZeuuJm">Chris Clark</a>) and Udoh (b. Chris Udoh). After connecting with soulful Detroit techno producer <a href="spotify:artist:0qWuk2qgRK2HNKYxqbIn5G">K Hand</a>, Wamdue debuted with the single "Higher," and released singles during 1995 for Peacefrog, Stud!o K7, Love from San Francisco, Jus' Trax and Multiply -- alternately known as <a href="spotify:artist:61hVG8HerIM65IMoRxSVIW">Wamdue Kids</a>, Wambonix and Wamdue Project. The following year, <a href="spotify:artist:61hVG8HerIM65IMoRxSVIW">Wamdue Kids</a> released a compilation on Stud!o K7 while later in the year, Wamdue Project released a proper full-length bow on Strictly Rhythm, Resource Toolbox, Vol. 1. Mostly the work of <a href="spotify:artist:6kBFC4V0fhQZ0Ntu5w59sT">Brann</a>, the album gained raves as a true intelligent dancefloor masterpiece.

<a href="spotify:artist:61hVG8HerIM65IMoRxSVIW">Wamdue Kids</a> returned in early 1997 with a full album for Peacefrog, while the Project kept up the fever-pitched release schedule later that year with Deepfall, also on Peacefrog. The year 1998 brought yet another Project album, Program Yourself, for Strictly Rhythm. ~ John Bush, Rovi