Like hot oil on a stripper pole, like KY Jelly on a Whiffle ball bat, like that mystery residue inside your leather hot pants, Chow Nasty is the musical lube that keeps San Francisco slippery. For years the electro-sexual trio has riled up clubs, galleries, warehouses, and garages across the city, honing their punk-funk party rock to dangerously debauched levels. As they became legendary for their crowd- swimming live shows, fans clamored for something more than enhanced libidos and ringing ears to take home with them. Hot on the heels of an exciting EP Chow Nasty delivers their debut full length, "Super (Electrical) Recordings."
The boys began work on the record in the Spring of '06 with recent devotee, Stones Throw Records prez,, beat aficianado, and production wiz Peanut Butter Wolf at the helm. He had seen the band play with neo-funksters Chromeo in is home town of Los Angeles. Unaware of the impression that they had made Chow Nasty was surprised when they received a call from Wolf, months later, asking if they would perform with his new artist, fabled electro-soul hero, Gary Wilson. Shortly after he signed on to produce the band's debut album: The hip-hop legend's maiden voyage as producer of a rock 'n' roll record.
The project would take place at various California locations including famed Studio C at Prairie Sun Studios in rural Cotati. The room where Tom Waits had made many a masterpiece. The game plan was simple: Anything goes. This approach led to such incorporations as congas, horn sections, full blown percussion parties, and a visit from Pep Love of Hieroglyphics. These aspects, and then some, you'll find, work in perfect funked up harmony with Chow Nasty's party starting grooves and Peanut Butter Wolf's prowess and guidance in the beat department.
"Super (Electrical) Recordings" is equal parts musical, fun, and soulful. The result is a highly ambitious record that refreshingly wants nothing more than for listeners to get down.
Chow Nasty continues to share stages with a diverse cast of artists ranging from Morris Day and the Time, Cameo and The Ohio players to The Eagles of Death Metal and Louis XIV. The band is excited t translate their antics to record and to carry on as they have been, nice and nasty. An expansive exploration of sound and perfomance is a constant driving force for them, and they'd love for everyone to come along for the ride.
