Meet
AMBIVALENT
on 23rd of may...
Kevin McHugh (aka AMBIVALENT) is a native of Washington, DC and resident of New York City. His musical development began in DC where he was influenced by the broad nature of that city?s music scene. Early exposure to acid-house and industrial side-by-side with DCs homegrown go-go and hardcore punk scenes deeply influenced his music.
After a brief period in London, Kevin moved to New York in 1996. He began producing a music series inside the Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage for Creative Time. Over the next 5 years he produced events with artists such as Thomas Brinkmann, Dimbiman, Carl Craig, Ryoji Ikeda, Pole, and many more. It was during this time that he began making a connection with M-nus. He went on to produce events in New York featuring friends such as Magda, Troy Pierce and his roommate Jesse (Heartthrob) as well as Matthew Dear, Akufen and Sammy Dee.
He moves to Berlin in 2004 to help Richie Hawtin produce the Plastikman live concert. He later returns to New York and re-dedicates himself to producing music inspired by his friends. He answers an ad for an apartment, and moves in with a DJ named Camea. She later creates Clink Recordings. He DJs regularly in New York, and on his internet radio show, The Nerd Tank, with Camea.
In april 2007 his first ep on M_nus is released, R U OK? (M_nus49) in a few days it becomes the most explosive party anthem of the last months, played by djs all around the world, quickly followed in july 07 by a serie of remixes (M_nus56) by Troy Pierce and Marco Carola to name a few. He has releases and remixes (past and forthcoming) on Minus, Clink, Klickhaus, Esperanza, and Leftroom.
R U OK ?