TAG: Andy Butler

Jul20

HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR: Podcast Selections

H&LA's Andy Butler discusses the track selection for his URB Podcast 

Ever since the soulful and epic hit “Blind” secured proto-house as the rival sound set to kill off grinding electro for aging hipsters, Hercules and Love Affair mastermind Andy Butler has become a pied-piper for the disco children. Butler picks some of his favorite “heavy handed” disco-house crossover cuts for a new podcast on URB.com.

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Jun16

Get Sidetracked With Andy Butler

Andy Butler and Hercules and Love Affair know exactly how to shake a room into an earthquake. This summer, Butler’s letting us in on some of the house and disco magic that’s turned him on at the club in his day, as well as new tracks by some of his favorite artists, like Flagranti and Daniel Wang, and a fresh cut by Hercules And Love Affair. Case in point: everything on compilation Sidetracked awakens the ants in Butler’s pants. He says, “So, one moment you might imagine me sitting on top of a speaker at a 90’s warehouse party with legs dangling and fist in the air, or another in a various state of undress dancing in my living room (daydream at your own risk…).” Cool, because I want some payback for all the shameless distraction “Blind” …

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Jun03

Hercules and Love Affair’s Andy Butler To Release Mix CD

Andy Butler, the musical mind behind Hercules and Love Affair, will release his first mix CD under the H&LA for the UKs Renaissance label, titled Sidetracked on Jul 13th. This marks the launch of the label’s Sidetracked series, meaning dance music from DJs outside of the usual mainstream UK club fodder. In this case, that means lot sof underground house, old and new, along with a new H&LA cut, “I Can’t Wait.”

CD ONE – MIXED
1. WestBam – And Party
2. Sax – No Pares (Don’t Stop)
3. Hercules & Love Affair – …

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