Every now and again an artist like Mr No Hands comes along breathing fresh air into proceedings with an unconventional approach to production and performance. Dave Clough aka Mr No Hands, a name inspired by his love for BMX tricks, is fast emerging as a creative force to be reckoned with through his ever popular video series which have accompanied his last few releases and seen his creative vision compared to the likes of Mr Scruff and Lemon Jelly.
He likes to make songs that go Pow! and Whop! and has released several of these on labels including Diverted Traffic, Envision and Sound Of Habib. ’Adrenaline Ltd’, his mighty collaboration with the Bassbin Twins, was awarded ’Tune of the Month’ in DJ Magazine and Mixmag rated his electrophonic smash ’Hit and Hope’, the same. His remix of Nuboy’s ’U Cant’ was widely hailed as one of the finest remixes of 2007 with support coming from DJs Ali B, Tayo and The Stanton Warriors. Meanwhile he’s been wowing crowds with his trademark ’exo-funk’ sound through his monthly residency at Air, Cargo, London, alongside fellow resident DJ Janette Slack and resident house band Diverted.
2008 sees the launch of Mr No Hands’ new forward thinking video-MP3 label, No Handed Music, a division of Ali B’s Air Recordings label with each release accompanied by one of his trademark animated films. Through his Youtube channel he has already enlisted an army of fans who regularly look forward to viewing his latest capers, which are typically crafted in a modernist lo-fi Lowry style, without the bad weather and the drab colours. He has also caught the attention of Myspace who have regularly featured him on their front page as a hotly tipped artist.
The first release for the label is Boingy Boingy Zappy Wap, which combines Daves’s two loves, old skool arcade games and his drum kit which he’s been playing since he was 13. This and his other full stereo productions were all constructed using one speaker due to a sincere lack of finance. Now, though he’s not exactly high rolling, he’s at last using two.