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The Secret Handshake
Posted by Steven Robertshaw on 13-Feb-08 @ 05:16 PM|
HQ: Dallas, TX NOW PLAYING: One Full Year (TRIPLE CROWN: triplecrownrecords.com) THE STORY SO FAR: Believe it or not, Luis Dubuc of the experimental, electronic-infused outfit the Secret Handshake, used to be a metal drummer. "I was always the guy in the back, and I always liked being in front," he says. "At the time, everything really started to sound the same, so I really wanted to do something different." After a short stint as an acoustic solo act, Dubuc took to writing slick piano licks and R&B-like choruses. Soon enough, his bedroom side project grew, and just last year he added a live drummer. "A lot of what I do is obviously me on keyboards, but there are a lot of the keyboard parts that I can't really replicate live," he says. "So having the drums there make certain songs now almost completely different." WHY YOU SHOULD KNOW 'EM: Playing live is nice, but Dubuc says he prefers staying home where, armed with an old PowerBook and some midi keyboards, he can do what he enjoys most: create. "I love writing and recording-that is my favorite thing ever," he says. All that reclusiveness paid off this September when the Secret Handshake released their debut full-length, One Full Year, an album Dubuc believes breaks the all-too-typical electro-pop mold. "Without sounding too ridiculous, I think [my music] is just next-level shit," he says. "It definitely has a [few] more influences than a lot of other electronic dudes out there still just trying to do the Postal Service." -Chris French YOU LIKE? YOU'LL LIKE: THE NEPTUNES / APHEX TWIN / RJD2 |
