Eugene Ward (Dro Carey / Tuff Sherm) Paint en Pointe

Paint en Pointe' is a compilation of selected compositions by Eugene Ward, otherwise known to most as Dro Carey / Tuff Sherm. The tracks have been taken from a series of performance collaborations with choreographer Patric Kuo over a 5 month period.

Best known for his club music productions in his Tuff Sherm and Dro Carey guises, the compilation offers an exploration of a different side of Ward’s music. Paint en Pointe showcases Ward the composer, synthesising his characteristic textures and percussion with structures that allow in some instances more formal approaches (informed by his study of composition at the Australian Film, Television & Radio school), while in others, even greater experimentation than in his – already quite singular - solo music work.

'Paint en Pointe' Explores that tantalising and ultra-modern dance ethos of contrasting double & half time feels to create a juxtaposition of fast and slow rhythms that echoes the sound palette of styles such as trap, juke and footwork without aping them or even directly referring to them. Add to this Ward’s uncannily attuned ear for ‘wacky’ and almost comical sounds and you get a playful yet muscular interpretation of music for movement; one that’s stripped back enough to allow the listener to focus on the intrinsic character of each separate musical detail.