After a passage through different musical currents such as Nu-disco and French House, with remixes of Gregory Porter and Marvin Gaye, accumulating more than 2 million streams on the platforms each, he signed in 2015 new original tracks to the rising label of French house, De La Groove. There follows an exciting adventure alongside 7 other producers, Le Hutin Vanderkraft Chinau B.K Mik Pedro De Montélimar Larry G or Mona Bone, criss-crossing all the biggest French and European clubs like the Rex Clubs in Paris or the monkey club in Tbilisi, Georgia.
The year 2022 marks a new dynamic for Knuckle G. He comes back for a 3rd solo EP of 8 tracks, named “Tales of G”, scheduled for January 2023, exploring various underground house trends such as acid or soulful house. Armed with his synths, drums machine and his TB 03, he delivers us 8 powerful tracks oscillating between banger for clubs and deeper tracks letting see more pure emotions from the producer.
The inspirations are varied on this EP, from chords to Grant Nelson for Soleil Froid to trumpets reminiscent of Ibrahim Maalouf on Acid Lullaby, through the soulful house genre on tracks like Music is life, they are real tributes that he tries to pay to these artists and musical current that he has always admired.
Review: Although he's appeared on De La Groove on many occasions, this album - his debut full-length, fact fans - is actually Giulio Marelli AKA Knuckle G's first release for almost three years. It presents his take on deep house, which draws inspiration from the greats - including plenty of nods towards the sounds of New York, New Jersey and Chicago in the 1990s - as well as nods towards French touch, disco-house and premium Italo-house. Our picks of a very strong bunch include the disco-laced warmth of 'The Sun Is Up When I Go To Sleep' (we've all been there), the deep and jazzy loveliness of 'Whisky, No Ice', the luscious 'Music Is Life' (which features positive, soulful vocals courtesy of Nicky Prince) and the melodious and squelchy 'Acid Lullaby'.
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