SAM HUBER
From his secret sonic lab in downtown Helsinki, Finland, Sam Huber has built a career cross-pollinating musical touchstones from the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s with modern elements like hip-hop rhythms, trap beats, loops and more to create what he calls 'Future Funk' and 'Future Soul,' both best exemplified on his recent albums UP and DOWN.
With over a dozen releases in the past five years, featuring collaborations with everyone from dancehall legend Hawkman to hiphop icon Bazerk and many more from all corners of the music spectrum, Huber is nothing if not prolific. A powerhouse songwriter with eyes and ears always open, the one common thread that runs through his entire catalog is a relentless, undeniably funky groove. “It’s all about the groove,” he relates. “That subconscious funk that hits you on a primal level and gets into your soul. I’ve always tried to have that, in some aspect, embedded in the DNA of every record I’ve ever made." Huber distills essences of everything from Berlin-era Bowie and vintage Philly soul to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Prince and even Tom Jones into his own genre-defying style, and the results are stellar every time.
“Huber mashes up funk, rap, and soul into a fresh sound that you probably don’t have on your playlist yet”
— Impose Magazine
“The first time you experience Helsinki-born Sam Huber’s music, you hear nostalgic references to legends like Bowie and Prince mixed with the contemporary beats of hip-hop, soul and funk—it’s a modern urban hybrid that refuses to fit neatly into any box.”
— Vents Magazine
VIDEOS
SAM HUBER DISCOGRAPHY
FAMILY TREE (1998)
NO FUNK ABOUT IT (2000)
ON TOP (2005)
ON TOUR (2006)
ELKTRONIC (2008)
AULANKO (2008)
ANGELS AND BANDITS (2009)
IT’S EASY (2014)
SYNTHESIZE (2016)
CONFUSED (2017)
TURN AROUND - (EP, 2017)
BRIGHT LIFE - KALLE KOIVISTO REMIX ( EP, 2018)
RADIO FRIENDLY ENEMY: THE BILL LASWELL DUB MIX TRANSLATIONS (EP, 2018)
TOP OF THE WORLD (2018)
NY#1: THE KEITH SHOCKLEE REMIX PROJECT (EP, 2018)
ACOUSTIC SESSIONS – (2018)