HISTORY
 

Gavin Hardkiss helped pioneer the US electronic dance scene with the groundbreaking record label Hardkiss Music and releases as Hawke.  He quickly joined the ranks of the International DJ elite, jetting to raves and clubs around the world to perform his eclectic sounds.
 

Through the years, Gavin's production focus has been on recording genre defying albums  under  the alias  Hawke including NAMAQUADISCO,  HEATSTROKE, LOVE WON ANOTHER , +++, LOVE IN STARS and THE DARK ART OF LIGHT WORK.

 

In 2013, Gavin published his first novel CUBIC LUST.  Back in 2020, he published a non-fiction treatise on how the imagination creates reality titled DARK ART OF LIGHT WORK.

 

He has also released singles on Sony Africa, Dirtybird and Do Not Sit and has also produced several Afrohouse and Afropop releases with Bisi, a Nigerian singer/performer. He has remixed Youssou N’Dour, Mazzy Star, Elton John and Michael Franti, and performing alongside Africa Bambaataa, Derrick May, Snoop Dogg and The Buena Vista Social Club.

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Gavin Hardkiss delivers the third of a four part series of releases as part of the 17+ song afrohouse album titled INHERITANCE.

 

INHERITANCE tracks Gavin’s life from growing up in South Africa through the '90s Hardkiss San Francisco era to his current multi-genre tastes. The project is a Basquiat-like collage of sounds inherited along the way. Sounds heard as a boy through the second floor bedroom window in Johannesburg. Sounds heard in dusty warehouses throughout America in the '90s. Snippets of conversation with people through the years alongside Instagram grabs.

A new collaborative project with 25 year old Colin Rist named PETOKEN has already garnered support from DJs.  The single FALLING FOR U will be released in Summer 2025.

His novel CUBIC LUST is slotted to be made into a major movie in late 2025.

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