Welcome to the new Hosey Blog + Etc.

Hello Reader,

You have found my blog. My name is Patrik Phalen. I do various musical things. You can catch me performing as one half of the duo Hosey, plus in sundry other contexts in the art world. I'm always working on new stuff. Right now, I'm in the process of starting this new blog and transferring all the old Hosey ephemera to it. You've caught it while it is still under construction, so please don't mind the mess. Otherwise, enjoy your stay.

Have fun.

HOSEY Blog Write-Up (#01) - Bucket of Rock

 

Another Hosey mention. This one comes from Cassandra Mullinix over at Bucket of Rock.

EXCLUSIVE Hosey Interview (#02)

Another interview with Hosey. This time it's one by our friend Jess over at Glasses Glasses:

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This week I had the opportunity to interview Patrik Phalen, one of two members that makes up the band Hosey. The other member, Matt Hughes plays the bass. In what is a very unique blend of hip-hop production and style, mixed with 80s post-punk–it’s easy for me to say that I haven’t heard anything quite like Hosey. Their most recent creative venture, “Goodbye Bikini Island” is available to stream online, with a very reasonable “pay as you wish” price tag. Pop-culture, sub-culture–Hosey truly offers it all.

EXCLUSIVE Hosey Interview (#01)

The Duluth News Tribune recently interviewed us! It was a lot of fun, and the reporter asked great questions! We really appreciate it. Check it out here...

...or just read it here. Reposted from The Duluth News Tribune :
 

5Q :: Hosey returns hip-hop to rap-free roots

While they’re not household names yet, the guys in Hosey are cooking up some truly exciting music out Manhattan way. Familiarize yourself now.

_Goodbye Bikini Island_ Album Review

The super cool website TheSilentBallet.com ran an awesome review of Goodbye Bikini Island. You can read it at their site...

...or check it out here, reposted from TheSilentBallet:

HOSEY - Goodbye Bikini Island  (7.5/10)

Fans of instrumental hip hop have had it tough going these past few years. The genre seems to have hit a rough patch. Many of its heroes have deserted it: DJ Shadow went hyphy, then dropped off the grid after his middling third album; The Avalanches vanished into the Australian mists from whence they came after 2000's epic Since I Left You; RJD2 jumped ship and started singing indie rock; J Dilla passed away in 2006. Only Prefuse 73, Flying Lotus, and a handful of skilled auteurs are still doing anything listenable with the form. Add New York duo Hosey to that list. Their latest album, Goodbye Bikini Island, is a love letter to the seemingly bygone era of break beat infused, sample crazed, rhyme-free boom bap.