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A background wound around MC skills and a side hustle DJ’ing disco, Dunbar first tried his fingers at programming hip hop beats, eventually introducing his rogue breed of house music to the dance world via 2010’s \u003cem\u003eCool Water\u003c\/em\u003e. Crafted with skeletal kick patterns and dark, head nodding beats, the album and surrounding 12s simmered under sparsely placed, shadowy samples.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHOW\u003c\/em\u003e counters \u003cem\u003eCool Water’s\u003c\/em\u003e darkness with shimmering, dazzling light. \u003cem\u003eHOW\u003c\/em\u003e is a pure blast of bliss inspired by Dunbar’s deeply rooted relationship with his girlfriend. Themes of their devotion never appear lyrically on \u003cem\u003eHOW\u003c\/em\u003e, but they ebb in the album’s emotional flow. The couple even collaborated on the \u003cem\u003eWoo\u003c\/em\u003e 12\" b-side \"Shampoo,” the last track recorded after two months of sessions at their home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSays Dunbar, “My girlfriend and I would listen to the tracks in the studio at our old place, laying back in chairs and letting them play over and over for hours.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile star-crossing coats \u003cem\u003eHOW\u003c\/em\u003e in a newly born, warm glow, Dunbar’s signature slam takes the album out of the domestic setting and onto the dance floor. Aligned with a community of dance deconstructionists including Beautiful Swimmers label mates \u003cb\u003eProtect-U\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eL.I.E.S.\u003c\/b\u003e institution \u003cb\u003eRon Morelli\u003c\/b\u003e, and Dutch compatriots \u003cb\u003eJuJu and Jordash\u003c\/b\u003e, Dunbar abstracts his tracks rather than grinding them into grids.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I make a lot of tracks by sticking on a loop forever, letting it live and breathe as long as it needs to,” says Dunbar. “I keep all of the pieces I’m working on balanced, floating in the air. 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Dunbar deviates even further from his blueprint on \"For Mozy\" and \"Kangaroo,” pieces that haunt \u003cem\u003eHouse of Woo\u003c\/em\u003e with their spectral, synthetic wash outs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether showing respect and love for his influences, his peers, or those even nearer and dearer, Dunbar stands in the doorway waiting with a warm invitation to anyone ready to dance, embrace, and inhabit forever the \u003cem\u003eHouse of Woo\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaxmillion Dunbar’s House of Woo will be released on February 19th, 2013 on RVNG Intl. as a double LP, CD, and in digital format.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/scti2ywZysI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RVNGNL17","offers":[{"title":"DIGITAL - $10","offer_id":13980282650693,"sku":"RVNGNL17DIGI","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"DBL LP - $32","offer_id":13130884317253,"sku":"RVNGNL17LP","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD - $15","offer_id":13130884350021,"sku":"RVNGNL17CD","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0026\/6993\/6709\/products\/p-5715-rvngnl17.jpg?v=1535219087"},{"product_id":"rvngnl17b","title":"Woo Daps - Maxmillion Dunbar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCAT #: RVNGNL17B\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRelease Date: November 19, 2013\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaxmillion Dunbar’s\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eWoo Daps\u003c\/i\u003e reimagines the lavish loveletting of this year’s \u003ci\u003eHouse of Woo\u003c\/i\u003e as an almost hour long, free mixtape. An unfurling, dizzy whisp of new tracks, album remixes and studio \/ live collaborations, Dunbar’s Daps tools together live dubs, quick edits and spontaneous segues to raise the roof of Woo to extra life levels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDaps’s details include a Dunbar remix of Woo waster “Inca Tags” featuring \u003cb\u003ePeter Zummo\u003c\/b\u003e, the NYC composer behind the dome-cracked Zummo With an X and undeniable trombone voice on many \u003cb\u003eArthur Russell\u003c\/b\u003e joints, plunderphonic freak \u003cb\u003eCo La\u003c\/b\u003e and flutist \u003cb\u003eSami Yenigun\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElsewhere in Daps, a \u003cb\u003eTtam Renat\u003c\/b\u003e remix of “Loving the Drift” which shrouds the original in a signature \u003cb\u003eMood Hut\u003c\/b\u003e ambient house sheen and a live synth lid-flipper of Woo’s “Kangaroo” with \u003cb\u003eFuture Times\u003c\/b\u003e labelmates \u003cb\u003eProtect-U\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eAaron Coyes\u003c\/b\u003e of \u003cb\u003ePeaking Lights\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDaps also features three unreleased tracks not far from the Woo universe, but forecasting the future space that Dunbar will inevitably occupy. 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