Thugfucker

House / Psychedelic / Powerpop

Paris - NYC

Billboard

Former international aid worker teams up with Icelandic security specialist and former top model to create an international DJ supergroup. Certainly not what you'd expect from a group called Thugfucker -- but then Greg Oreck and Holmar Filipsson often do tend to defy expectations.

One a New Yorker transplanted to Paris, the other an Icelander transplanted to New York. Both from a strong musical background with an almost obsessive dedication to the art of wild party instigation.

Growing up on an Icelandic commune full of some of the country's finest political thinkers, Holmar eschewed his past and all the heady philosophy of his childhood to move to New York and search out more physical and visceral methods of bringing happiness to the masses.

Meanwhile Greg was in the midst of a successful (if short-lived) political career in America when he too became disillusioned with the duplicity and self serving interest of those around him. Disturbed by the void he saw in most people's lives, it was in the dark depths of the New York underground club scene that he finally found his true calling.

Unbeknownst to each other, Holmar and Greg then propelled themselves along similar paths, Holmar throwing the fabled 'N'Ice' parties in New York (which brought in some of the finest European DJs to New York for some of their very first bookings there) and Greg throwing the underground 'Tight' parties (with Shelter/Wave artist Kalim Shabazz) whose influence and reputation managed to stretch as far as the distant shores of Japan.

Then one late night, in a cloudy alcohol fueled discussion about the plight of the genetically Rhythm-Blind, Holmar and Greg recognized the depth of their shared passions. Thugfucker was born.

Individually, these gentleman managed to keep themselves quite busy. Holmar co-founded Crack & Speed Recordings with Parisian Jef K releasing a string of quality dance music that can only be described as "music for the tuesday morning after party". In addition Holmar has put out quality releases as a solo artist as well as part of the groups Mr. Negative and The Spencer Filipsson Experience.

Greg has spent the last 10 years DJing around New York and around the globe. He welcomed the millennium in New Zealand with an epic 8 hour set and held the enviable position of official DJ for the prestigious Amsterdam Cannabis Cup. He has also done various productions under his own name as well as the Aksum and A65 monikers. And he recently won the prestigious X-Dance award for Best Soundtrack at Sundance for his work on the extreme sports film "Adrenaline Hunters".

Together however, they have created a new musical palette. With "Pocket Rocket" they created a sexually charged anthem for straights, gays and lesbians everywhere. With "The Dance" they invented a new macarena for the house music world. And with all of their music they manage to bring a sense of twisted fun to the dancefloor. Making the party a mad crazy place to escape the bullshit problems of the world.