"What is Lovewhip about? Love. Whips. Dancing. And we'll throw sex in there, too, just in case it wasn't implied by the love and whips. They're a mash up of all the world's most danceable music, from electro to Afro-beat, to reggaeton and post-punk." -Boston's Weekly Dig
Lovewhip’s new album, Love Electric, is a futuristic dance party complete with unicorns, icebots, intrigue, electronic sex toys, and rock'n'roll! Each song on the album is chock full of catchy hooks, mixing dancehall reggae with disco, pop and rock. The album was produced by Jake Zavracky (producer/composer, of the bands Cyanide Valentine and Quick Fix), and recorded in Boston and Brooklyn.
All downloads are hi-resolution 320kbps mp3s. Album downloads come with a pdf of the full album artwork.
Juicy Juju Records is proud to release LOVEWHIP's new two-song single!
Track #1 was recorded by Lovewhip and Darron Burke at Makeshift Studio in Hyde Park, MA. It features guest synth wizardry by MicL PTVN, and percussion by Luis Blanco. Erin Harpe on guitar and vocals, Jim Countryman on bass, and Dave Kocses on drums.
Track #2 is the super rad dance remix by Mark E. Moon from Compound 440/Plunge into Death/Big Digits fame.
Lovewhip's third studio album. "After getting kidnapped and reprogrammed by the city's foremost basement-party hipsters, frontwoman Erin Harpe has been reborn as a soulful electro-rock diva," says Carly Carioli of the Boston Phoenix - On the Download. With irresistable remixes by MicL PTVN (Cassette, Electrosocial), Mark E. Moon (Plunge Into Death), Reggie Hodges (Trumystic, High Fidelity Dub Sessions #3) and NYC's DJ Monk One.
Lovewhip's second CD. "This album combines reggae, afro-pop, ska, soca and something called 'world booty funk' into a celebratory, irresistible party soundtrack . . . Pure joy!" says the Boston Herald.
Erin's debut solo CD, Blues Roots, was released by Juicy Juju Records in January, 2002. The live recording featres Erin on guitar and vocals. performing her own take on songs by such blues legends as Memphis Minnie, Bessie Smith, and Tommy Johnson. 12 tracks, listed below.
Chauffeur Blues • Alligator Blues • One Thing I LIke About That Man of Mine • Bye Bye Blues • Big Bad Bill • In My Girlish Days • M & O Blues • You Gonna Quit Me Blues • Big Road Blues • Pick Poor Robin Clean • Future Blues • Stop and Listen Blues
Delta Blues Duets features Lovewhip lead singer/guitarist Erin Harpe, accompanied on vocals and guitar by her father, bluesman Neil Harpe. The duets showcase harmonized vocals and dueling finger picking acoustic guitar parts, just like Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe! The ten-song album was recorded at Mix One Studio in Boston MA and mastered at Makeshift Mastering in Hyde Park, MA.
