Chuck Love

Om Records is proud to present the debut release from our new series Om Electrolush...The very best of minimal and electro nouveau.If heart-stopping bass lines and crunchy electro beats are your thing...look no further. This double-disc set brings together some of the biggest sounds from the minimal scene, with the hottest new electro tracks and we've added the lushness by tying it all together with the trademark Om aesthetic. Tune in, freak out with Electrolush!

Featuring MANDY, Fred Everything, Colette, Andy Caldwell, Ricardo Da Costa, The Greenskeepers, Chuck Love, Jimpster, Mylo, Freeform Five, Layo and Bushwacka, Tiefschwarz, Landshark, Trentmoller, Chicken Lips, Yoshimoto and more.

How do you pack all that soul, funk, fire, and love into one skinny white dude?

Chuck Love (AKA Charlie Erickson)Has found his calling. Behind the decks, and the microphone where the groove is musical and solid. Good vibes flow out of theHI-FI as infectious hooks float, smoky chords punch, and solos fly, in this sensitive yet effective beat-down for your head, your soul, and your rump.

Chuck was born and raised in Minneapolis Minnesota where music found him at a very early age.
he displayed the spooky ability to pick out melodies and play them back on the piano as early as age 3. His ear abilities had him correcting his second grade music teacher when her arrangements were over simplified, and encouraged her to "play this chord like they do on the record". The sixth grade band director would shake his head in disapproval, or disbelief when Chuck would fill in the "cool parts" that weren't on the page, and subsequently he never learned to read music.

The first time Chuck heard Bach, it was from the modular Moog synthesizer of Walter Carlos (Switched on Bach) And this began his fascination and love for electronic music. The 70's playlist included Yes, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Pink Floyd, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Kraftwerk, Gary Wright, as well as Andre Crouch and the Disciples, Bob Marley, and the Staples singers.

In his early teens Chuck's very supportive parents hooked him up with an arsenal of toys to keep him out of trouble.By 15 he was recording songs by playing drums, bass, guitar, and keyboards to his Teac 4 track.
He still found time to get in trouble.

As the 80's arrived the prog rock was replaced by punk rock, but another cultural phenomenon was about to drop that would change everything.

Suddenly the street found Kraftwerk, DJs found new crazy things to do with their records that nature never intended, and Chuck found himself deploying his DMX drum machine and OB-8 synth amidst, headspining break dancers, motor mouth MCs, and DJs that make the record go back and forth wikiwikiwiki.
A scene that was more creative, and more "punk" for that matter than anything the 19 year old had previously seen. An art form that could be tough as nails one minute and over the top campy the next.

find out more about Chuck Love on his Website http://www.chucklove.com/bio.html