Butter

Butter is the debut studio album by Hudson Mohawke, the alias of Scottish musician Ross Birchard. It was released on Warp Records on 26 October 2009, to positive reviews from critics. Background In 2009, Hudson Mohawke signed to Warp Records, despite a very limited track record of official releases; in fact, the bulk of his releases were unofficial tracks and DJ mixes circulated on the Internet, as well as his 2006 Hudson's Heeters mixtape. Butter is his debut album and second release on Warp following the 2008 Polyfolk Dance EP. The album’s artwork was designed by Birchard’s friend Tom Scholefield (a.k.a. Konx-Om-Pax), with both working from a folder of influences they wanted to incorporate, including "the '80s t-shirts Ross and Dom [Flannigan] liked with wolves and bad airbrush animal art." The album features collaborations with Dâm-Funk, Nadsroic, and Olivier Daysoul, the latter an American singer who contributes to two tracks. Birchard described his recording setup as "very simple," explaining "I’m more interested in the equipment being usable and immediate, rather than spending loads of time tweaking things." Most of the album was made in the audio program FruityLoops using free plug-ins. Mohawke also used hardware such as an Ensoniq VFX and Roland W30 "for lots of vintage dancey sounds" as well as a Korg M50, and sampled his own MIDI programming. He premiered the material at LA's Low End Theory, where it was received positively, although some feedback from the more purist hip-hop DJs was less positive. Reception