Hook Shop

About Hook Shop

Hook Shop
Hook Shop’s music has been described as Reggae, Dub and Pop fused just right. Dermot Hussey describes their musical style as groove with personality. Hook Shop blends Reggae, Dub, house, techno, pop, hip hop, progressive house, & Rockers. They incorporate intricate vocal melodies and harmonies over driving, pulsating drum & bass with frequent collaborators, Sly & Robbie.  SiriusXm chief program director Pat McKay [The Joint] described their approach to music as art with loving frequencies.

Started in the mid 2000s, Hook Shop drew inspiration from Lee Scratch Perry in Jamaica. Mikey Bassie referred to Anthology by Lee Scratch Perry as the record that is “foundational in influence .In 2010, Young J named Leroy Horsemouth Wallace as one of his early influences hi-hat & snare work.
On the Black Girl with Emerald Eyes track [“Keep The Fire Burning”] Hook Shop lists musicians who influenced them, including Prilly Hamilton, Toli Nameless, producer Sly & Robbie, Dr Dre,  Garnet Silk and The Wailers. Sean “Ganja Baby” Scott said: "Their music had a tremendous impact on us. Their soundscape and productions—the compressors they used, Sly’s kick drum and Robbie’s bass, Dr Dre’s Synth & Laid back dirty drum grooves with loping flute lines, that emotion, that soul—is part of how we sound today."

Hook Shop has been integrating influences from 70s dub and 80s sweet, melancholy, edgy melodies on featured collaborations with Prilly Hamilton, Mikey Bassie, Anarahk and The Dolly Mixxtures.  
Hook Shop uses vintage equipment; API LunchBox™, Manley Vari-MU, Lexicon 480L, Sony MCI etc. blended with the latest mostly UA software to create this authentic sound.