Justin Hawkes – Existential (Album)

On November 3, 2022 by ocedm

Justin Hawkes first appeared on my radar in 2017 under the name Flite with his “The Cure” EP and later in 2020 with his remix of “Secrets” by Bensley featuring Sarah Carmosino. He launched his new alias near the end of 2020 with the release of “Lift Off The Roof” from Drum&BassArena.

The Texas based DJ and producer has now put out his 15 track debut album called “Existential”. The drum and bass collections also includes a melodic dubstep single along with a surprise techno hybrid as well. The set was released from Pilot, a sublabel under the London based imprint UKF.

The album consists of “Existential”, “Better Than Gold” featuring Andrew Hellier (his uncle who has sang with the bands Modern Yesterday and Rotoglow; in addition, his dad Guy Hellier plays mandolin and acoustic guitar on the song also), “Black Bloc”, “Inheritance”, “Hold Me Down”, “Passion” featuring Kat Whitlock, “Neverafter”, and “Cadence”. Also included are “Dreambend”, “Hymn with Audioscribe, “Arbiter” featuring PAV4N (of Foreign Beggars), “Lotus Children”, “Heliocycle”, “Tragedy Humanity”, and “The End of an Empire”.

“Existential manifests as a self-portrait,” says Virginia native Justin Hellier. “It weaves between my thoughts, philosophy, and history, both within my career as a Drum & Bass artist in America and internally through the unknown future. The title itself represents the existential scenarios that have formed who I am, exploring my journey through crisis, the weight and forgotten wisdom of the past, and even the sometimes-comedic power of being an outlier.”

Justin Hawkes played a number of tunes from the album during his set at Rampage Open Air in Belgium this past July. Supporters of tracks from the set include Knife Party, Futurebound, Noisia, Netsky, Sub Focus, Wilkinson, Fred V, Delta Heavy, Metrik, Grafix, REAPER, Protostar, Kanine, Maduk, ShockOne, Cyantific, Mazare, and Blossom.

Justin Hawkes – Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / SoundCloud

Andrew Hellier – Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / SoundCloud

Kat Whitlock – Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / SoundCloud

Audioscribe – Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / SoundCloud

PAV4N – Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / SoundCloud

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Justin Hawkes – Existential (Album) Tracklist:

01. Justin Hawkes – Existential (Original Mix)
02. Justin Hawkes – Better Than Gold ft. Andrew Hellier (Original Mix)
03. Justin Hawkes – Black Bloc (Original Mix)
04. Justin Hawkes – Inheritance (Original Mix)
05. Justin Hawkes – Hold Me Down (Original Mix)
06. Justin Hawkes – Passion ft. Kat Whitlock (Original Mix)
07. Justin Hawkes – Neverafter (Original Mix)
08. Justin Hawkes – Cadence (Original Mix)
09. Justin Hawkes – Dreambend (Original Mix)
10. Justin Hawkes & Audioscribe – Hymn (Original Mix)
11. Justin Hawkes – Arbiter ft. PAV4N (Original Mix)
12. Justin Hawkes – Lotus Children (Original Mix)
13. Justin Hawkes – Heliocycle (Original Mix)
14. Justin Hawkes – Tragedy, Humanity (Original Mix)
15. Justin Hawkes – The End of an Empire (Original Mix)

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