Spadework is Ontario Williams and Peter Bartsocas. Spadework refers to the preparatory work necessary to begin a project or activity. "This project was the groundwork for our current paths," says Peter, about how Fortune took him from loud-driving-rock to hip-hop-engineering and a pro-tools apprenticeship. Ontario's initial experience was that of being on a "new musical frontier... on a personal level. I started a new growth-phase when Spadework started." The two met through mutual friends years back, but the connection was made when the aspiring beat-maker showed some material to the unique and seasoned MC who was in search of something different; something other than dirty south crunk music or the commercial hip-hop which permeates the radio and the brains of many local beat-heads.
Coming from seemingly-opposite styles, the two had a lot more in common than they first realized. It was a match made in Lo-Fi heaven that the both would hone-in on over the several ensuing months. The first album captures that fresh energy; The indie rock / punk influences can be heard, and the wide minded ryhmes tastefully reach beyond the 'cars bitches and money' of commercial hip hop. Them spades call this an exercise of abandon; musically and lyrically.
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