Alleys to Valleys explained

Alleys to Valleys
Type:Album
Artist:Hermitude
Cover:AlleystoValleys.jpg
Released:25 August 2003
Recorded:Sound Heaven Studios
Genre:Australian hip hop
Length:57:50
Label:Elefant Traks/Inertia Distribution
Producer:Elgusto, Luke Dubs
Next Title:Tales of the Drift
Next Year:2005

Alleys to Valleys is the debut album from Australian hip-hop artists Hermitude. It was released on 25 August 2003.[1]

The album features Ozi Batla and Urthboy from The Herd and Joelistics from TZU on the title track "Alley to Valleys".[2] John Stuart, Elgusto's dad, features under the alias Mango Chutney on "Splendid Isolation" and "Damn Man", whilst Aja Stuart, Elgusto's sister, plays keys on "Drunken Dub".

Alleys to Valleys was recorded and mixed by Hermitude and John Stuart at Sound Heaven Studios in Wentworth Falls.[3]

The first single released was "Cave Styles", with the video, which was created by Broken Yellow Productions (Broken Yellow Productions is a film production duo of Brendon Doyle and Navid Bahadori),[4] receiving airplay on rage[5] and Channel V.

Track listing

All tracks written by Hermitude.[6]

  1. "Massive Passive" – 5:21
  2. "Imaginary Friends" – 4:51
  3. "Splendid Isolation" – 4:16
  4. "Alleys To Valleys" – 4:15
  5. "Section Reckin" – 1:36
  6. "Cave Styles" – 5:13
  7. "Moth Journey" – 4:33
  8. "Highway Burner" – 6:03
  9. "Space Evaders" – 6:14
  10. "Drunken Dub" – 1:26
  11. "Damn Man" – 5:12
  12. "Fire Up De Converters" – 5:27
  13. "Gusto's Theme" – 3:23

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabelCatalogue
Australia25 August 2003Elefant TraksACE010
AustraliaApril 2014ACE010V

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elefant Traks releases – Valleys to Alleys . . 7 April 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080719035914/http://www.elefanttraks.com/chooser.cfm?view=releases . 19 July 2008 .
  2. Web site: Music New – Valleys to Alleys . inthemix . 7 April 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110609100207/http://www.inthemix.com.au/music/11797/Hermitude_Alleys_To_Valleys . 9 June 2011 .
  3. http://www.soundheaven.com.au Sound Heaven Studios
  4. http://www.brokenyellow.com Broken Yellow Productions
  5. Web site: rage playlist . ABC Television . 29 August 2003 . 7 April 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071123170341/http://www.abc.net.au/rage/playlist/archive/2003/20030829.htm . 23 November 2007 . dead .
  6. Web site: Australasian Performing Right Association . . 7 April 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080505235657/http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch&switchDet=Y . 5 May 2008 . dead .