| What We Think: | "Elektric Milk are what Gorillaz would have sounded like if they’d been real people from Manchester, rather than the dreams of an art school fool. Using their considerable experience to stay vibrantly fresh, they’re tight in their looseness and rocking in their dancefloor thrill, and their mighty Thousand Pound Man could well become a Manc classic."
Chris Long |
Their story is one of twists and turns. Wayne and Darell formed dbreez in early 90’s (along with friend DB), signed to Peermusic Publishing and then to Polygram Publishing, which led to various sessions, gigging, TV, writing, arranging, producing and the rest. The pair went on to form Ooblo, an eclectic mix of electronics, downbeats and film samples (which went on to be released, much later, on Happy Mondays drummer Gary Whelan’s Littlebigman label), before joining Large, an experimental groove unit in early ‘97 where they met beat poet Dennis Bourne. That group led the three into Brahma, where they worked with A Certain Ratio’s Martin Moscrop. Just as the 20th Century closed, they formed Buffalo 66, along with Gaz Whelan and Lea Mullen, recruited Johnny Evans, toured with Ian Brown and released two EPs. Their album remains unfinished. The group went their separate ways. Wayne, for example, went on to co-produce the second Proud Mary album and session on various gigs, while Johnny joined The Seers with Bonehead and Mike Joyce (and recorded another unfinished LP). But what they’d glimpsed still burned in them and so Electric Milk formed, thanks to a group idea from Wayne, Gaz and Johnny, which resulted in the recruitment of Dennis Bourne, Darell Fitton and former Oasis guitarist Bonehead. What they’ll do remains to be seen, but given their pedigree, it’ll definitely be interesting. |
