PillowTalk are a fresh new group comprising of Sammy D, Ryan Williams and Michael Tello, based in the California Bay Area. Their sound blends classic R&B, motown, boogie and disco, with modern underground house and techno resulting in some seriously beautiful and inspiring music. Drawing inspiration from such a diverse array of musical experiences and backgrounds, trying to pin down the Pillow Talk's sound is notoriously difficulty. This combined with their borrowed motto of ‘D.A.G’ (Destroy All Genres - a term borrowed from a famed underground San Francisco DJ) has created a pretty impressive increase in demand, from labels such as Visionquest, Wolf + Lamb and Life & Death.
Their debut single, 'Love Makes Parks' was released on Visionquest Beach Collection, alongside two of 2011 big hitters Tale Of Us and Maceo Plex and gained a respectable plays and props from the likes of Soul Clap to Justin Martin...
The next move for PillowTalk was to release their massive debut EP 'The Come Back EP' on italian label Life And Death Records. The four track EP features a Life & Death remix of 'Soft,' with co-founder Manfredi Romano teaming up with Tale Of Us, to produce one of may favourite tracks of the year. This track alone gaining over 100,00 hits on youtube. Here's a preview of the whole EP...
With a growing reputation, the pressure was on when it came to working on their second EP for Gadi and Zev at Wolf + Lamb Music. The label renowned for supporting some of the finest emerging producers, such as Seth Troxler, No Regular Play, Nico Jaar and Soul Clap. With the danger of spreading themselves thin and falling behind the previous W+L artists, PillowTalk have not disappointed the hype. The 'Far From Heaven EP' is available at Juno, forthcoming 28th December.
Check out all four tracks below...
Check out all four tracks below...
In a recent interview for the Miami blog mybeatFix, Sammy D casually illustrates the current demand for Pillow Talk's unique sound...
"Life and Death really wanted to put out 'Love Makes Parks' but I had promised it to Seth [Troxler] a year back. I just sent over a new batch of tunes and Manfredi and Greg [of Life and Death] were really into them. That’s how the Life and Death EP happened. We are also really excited for the Wolf+Lamb EP, which should be out by the end of year."
Whats coming up for Pillow Talk? Not much...
"We have been working with Gadi and Zev from Wolf + Lamb and have releases coming out on their Double Standard imprint, as well as their Black Label and Wolf + Lamb label. We have collab releases slated for early next year with Deniz Kurtel and Tanner Ross and a Life and Death all-stars EP. An EP on Bang The Box is in the works as well. We are definitely thinking album next year."
Without a doubt, big things expected for Pillow Talk in 2012.. I can't wait!
