mr.intl present a tasty two tracker from andy butler, as hes joined by seattles dj nark for the debut of their hexxy project, and runs solo on the flip with the mighty bewm chawqk.

quriky icelandic four-piece sisy ey, debut on andy butler from hercules & love affairs mr.intl label with a huge summer anthem. do it good is released in with remixes from neville watson, citizenn, and andy butler and is gearing up to be this year hot ticket!

hercules & love affair frontman andy butler resurrects his revered debut solo ep, reworked by arttu & dan beaumont & luke solomon. originally released on butlers own mr intl imprint earlier this year, the impassioned vocals of rising nyc star richard kennedy are infused with grandiose charm in this unique new alchemic explosion.

nice price deal !!! after three groundbreaking albums as hercules & love affair, andy butler, the driving force behind the retro-futurist disco house kingpins

hercules & love affairs main man andy butler delivers another killer single for his relaunched mr.intl label.

in this day and age vinyl releases are getting rare in drum & bass but still we at demand cherish them. requisites our brand new 6 part 33 rpm series is an ode to the vinyl culture. every release symbolizes one particular requisite that you’d evidently need to rock the so called black gold. here served by, what else could it be, a butler we start of with the headphones...
musically that includes the ever magnificent phil tangent who contributes misgivings, a roller that effortlessly switches from euphoria to dark tones. the legend big bud in collaboration with austria’s finest roygreen, protone & dual on gospodi. a smooth liquid outing that we just fell in love. the ever surprising eastcolors with naked skin that brings in low slung tempo with the vocal wonder tiiu and last but not least demand’s own nurtured talent phase who rounds of the first part with abundance. as the name suggests it is absolutely rich in form of vibes!
the statement that is pressed on the vinyl label couldn’t be more clear... listen to it and we’re sure you’ll fall in love.

incl lipelis&andy butler,eternal love,yu su,bendek

after the lost tapes, the found tapes and the hidden tapes, electronic emergencies releases the closet tapes - a compilation of queer electronic music on pink vinyl. spacemaker and leather e have rounded up an unorthodox and fierce combination of queer legends, contemporary queer heroes and future queer stars. these include andy butler from hercules & love affair, eddy de clercq, bezier from the honey soundsystem and hard ton together with our own popsimonova. we are proud to be queer and this is what we love.

rediscovered 80’s british acid house gem ‘cortina kidz’ recently made a serious impact on andy butler’s mr. intl with remixes from factory floor and juan maclean & tim sweeney. hot on the heels, moscow’s lipelis’ steps in to remix with striking results. pitchfork enthused of the recent reissue being “a chilly acid-house track operating the influence of both soft cell and the specials,’ xlr8r as “drenched in dark and sleazy overtones, the track encapsulates a downtrodden time in london”, while ransom note noted “cortina kidz is more than just an old skool oddity- it s a banger that s stood the test of time”. originally recorded on london’s stoke newington road in 1987, produced by a young tim brinkhurst ahead of his imminent record deal with virgin records with his band soho, and long before his current role as manager of mercury prize winners, young fathers, ‘cortina kidz’ remained undiscovered and the eccentric spoken word overlay and weird lead vocal made it very unlike the prevailing dance music sound of the time. leonid lipelis explains that “since it’s a reissue of a relatively unknown record it gave me a certain freedom of expression (when it’s something well known and classic you re likely to produce something more serious). i came up with more of a pop song, structured with a vocoder for the main version and had fun playing with vocal samples for the dub mix, paying homage to the 80s sound in both.- lipelis’ recent release on lies records has gained him support from four tet to dimitri from paris. he also runs a side project for hardware jams called tmo and co-runs low budget family records.

in flagranti/craig yamey/andy butler/wolfram/dinamo azari. in flagranti prove once again that their knowledge for quality disco grooves is consummate, showing off top notch use of reminiscent samples and funky synths in new single double talk.

on this special compilation celebrating bis 15th anniversary we are treated to three discs of stellar picks from tim s record bag. this vinyl version containins a host of exclusive tracks and edits from azari & iii, edwin starr, dukes of chutney & secret circuit. long live beats in space!

ende mai meldet sich das allseits beliebte elektro-kollektiv hercules and love affair mit einem neuen album zurück. -the feast of the broken heart- ist das dritte werk der fahrenden disco um mastermind andy butler. schon beim debütalbum führte butler einen reigen voller talentierter musiker und djs zusammen, die mit singles wie -blind- die szene nachhaltig prägten. auf -the feast of the broken heart- finden sich abermals namhafte gastmusiker, darunter john grant, rouge mary, gustaph oder krystle warren.

wolfram says: i started to record the track cant remember when i was in africa and some riots happened in egypt in 2013. it was a weird time so it turned out to be a dark tune with robotic vocals. i recorded the vocals for the track talking to you when i was on tour with andy butler in the hotel room on my macbook air. basically its him saying this beat is talking to you and i recorded some burp sounds on the flight and train home. i invited him to my home studio to change the demo vocals, but he felt asleep on the chair next to me. so, i thought maybe i should just the use the demo macbook vocals.

die new yorker hercules & love affair unter der regie von andy butler verarbeiten auf ihrer dj kicks klassischen house und disco zu einem clubsound, der mit einen fuß in der vergangenheit und mit dem anderen auf den dancefloors des hier und jetzt steht. mit einem sehr guten gespür für einen emotionalen roten faden und einem meisterhaft ausgewogenem gleichgewicht spannen sie den bogen von proto-house, über die goldenen jahre des new york der 90er jahre und chicagos jack-tracks zu einem modernen blick auf die glücksmomente von house. die doppelvinyl featured mit >a bit of redemption< von haze factory und >release me< von hercules & love affair auch zwei exclusive unreleased tracks...

for another record store day release, british singer-songwriter victoria christina hesketh (little boots) teamed up with historic chicago house label trax to release the 12 inch for >every night i say a prayer<. she wrote this one with hercules & love affairs andy butler and it is better than anything on his groups sophomore dud blue songs. (it is also better than pretty much everything on little boots own spotty debut, 2009s hands.) the housey original version of >every night< incorporates a sort of cleaned-up old-school chicago aesthetic (dig the claps), but tensnakes posh freestyle rerub is the vinyls real winner. you can never go wrong with clinking 808s and pretty female vocals. fact.

the kid is back... august darnell a.k.a. kid creole returns in style with his first studio album in over 10 years this autumn, i wake up screaming, an epic comeback recorded for strut at kid creoles sweden hq and mixed by brennan green (chinatown records).
in anticipation of this all-new creolian odyssey, strut unleash the opening single, i do believe, a trippy disco stream of consciousness straight from the mind of darnell touching on greek mythology and other fantastical snapshots. alongside the original album with its unmistakeable double harmonies and infectious slap bass groove, the 12 inch features some mouth-watering mixes: brennan green draws on some todd terry techniques for a hypnotic dub, san francisco dj collective 40 thieves (responsible for dance anthem >dont turn it off< on permanent vacation) take the track into chugging electro funk territory, and nu disco pioneers faze action deliver a smacking 4x4 version with an anthemic piano line. the digital release features extra tracks - the faze action dub and the original radio edit of the track co-produced by august darnell and andy butler (of hercules & love affair) and mixed by brennan green.

jeremy glenns >new life ep< is filled will sun-drenched euphoria, it comes bearing soul, embraces jeremys natural pop sensibilities and celebrates the underground scene thats shaped him as a dj. the title track takes us down to the beach with its 90s pads and thumping bass line to hang out with mitch buchanan, >found a love< reminds us of a rare vintage cut that the revenge or jacques renault dig up (check that acid line!) while >overtime oozes of prince. alex barck of jazzanova also rolled out a cheeky feel good remix of new life. its sure to make you grab a partner, throw them into a twirl or two and play an air bass guitar. already jeremy glenn has shared the decks with james murphy, tensnake and andy butler as well as performing live alongside dam-funk, aeroplane, and alexander robotnick. check the video by dakota of >new life< and take in all 80s boobs, 90s muscle, yachts and tiger fades

one of the standout tracks from the 2nd album by andy butler & co. gets the rework treatment from the legendary derrick carter, man of the moment tensnake, andy does his own club mix and stopmaking me...

>fireworks< ist die erste single aus dem fantastischen debüt-album von wolfram aus wien. der hinreißende disco-song mit kapitalem pop-appeal wird von niemand geringerem als andy butler und kim ann foxman von hercules & love affair gesungen - einmal im ohr, für immer im herzen! mit andy butler verbindet den wiener eine langjährige freundschaft. die remixe kommen allesamt aus schweden, nämlich von axel moman (pampa records) sowie tiedeye (italians do it better), die >fireworks< auch gleich noch in balearic rock-manie gecovert haben.

3 cds incl. soul clap, audion, moff & tarkin, terrence parker, guti, kings of tomorrow and more

ende mai meldet sich das allseits beliebte elektro-kollektiv hercules and love affair mit einem neuen album zurŸck. -the feast of the broken heart- ist das dritte werk der fahrenden disco um mastermind andy butler. schon beim debŸtalbum fŸhrte butler einen reigen voller talentierter musiker und djs zusammen, die mit singles wie -blind- die szene nachhaltig prŠgten. auf -the feast of the broken heart- finden sich abermals namhafte gastmusiker, darunter john grant, rouge mary, gustaph oder krystle warren.

its all too easy for nostalgia to tip into something negative. at its best its a celebration of the best the past has to offer while putting it into a contemporary context, at its worst its moaning that things arent as good as they used to be. hercules & love affair have always been firmly in the first category. main man andy butler takes classic house and disco sounds and uses them to craft dance music that has one foot in the past, the other cutting a rug on dancefloors right now. its a well-judged and expertly executed balance.

nun endlich erscheint >arabxilla< - ein album voll Ÿberraschender post-popsongs, die irgendwo zwischen techno, house und elektronik tanzen und zu denen aŽrea negrot variantenreich auf deutsch, sowie gelegentlich auf englisch und spanisch geschichten aus ihrem abenteuerlichen zigeunerleben erzŠhlt. ihre stimme nutzt sie dabei je nach lust und laune - mal klassisch operettenhaft, mal in kesser spoken word manier oder einfach so, wie sie frei nach schnauze redet. >i really enjoy hearing a twist in music, like the music of yma sumac who used her classical voice to sing mambo.< seit 2010 leiht aŽrea negrot dem disco-house-projekt hercules & love affair ihre stimme und nahm mit der band um den us-produzenten andy butler das album >blue songs< auf und tourte durch die welt

hercules and love affair Ð the name itself combines images of strength and vulnerability, masculinity and femininity, as well as a classic disco troupe. their music on their self-titled album debut followed suit. strident beats but sweetness at the core. music with a plan of attack but an identity as fluid as that of its creators. a gloriously burnished fusion of three decades of dance, from disco to house, acid to synth-pop, derrick may to giorgio moroder (and lets not forget yazoo), but sounding like no other dance record before Ð or since. and now theyve gone and done it again. the troupes second album blue songs represents the best that dance music can get Ð still bursting with freshness while in touch with its roots. as mainman andy butler says, >its a softer record in some ways, and at other moments a more aggressive record too.< the album also reveals more about his world and his songwriting, resulting in a more honest, and yet more universal, record