Codebreaker celebrates the arrival of summer with a new 12" called "Follow Me," on its own Disco Demolition Records.
The disc is the first in what front man Steven Hawley promises will be a "whole host of collaborations, remixes from and for some of dance music's most exciting, tasteful artists."
The band (unlike a lot of dance music outfits, Codebreaker is actually a highly qualified live band) played the track at its South by Southwest showcase in March and the tune has been remixed by The Juan MacLean, Bottin and The Outrunners.
Hawley himself calls the tune, "Shamelessly anthemic, warmly futurist, exciting and magical."
Order the record here. It is also available on most digital outlets, including iTunes, Amazon.com, Juno and Verizon.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
