What ever happened to New York Disco compliment, Hercules and Love Affair? After their seminal album launch on DFA and a host of their remixes that appeared scattered over the Internet and in turn, remixes coming from the likes of Frankie Knuckles, taking full advantage of their homo-erotically charged sound, Andy Butler and company seemed to have taken a break from invading our ears... Not quite.
Having been lucky enough to catch Hercules and Love Affair at the height of their hype, way up north in Manchester a few years back - not long after the first time I found myself stepping out on my apartment floor to 'Athene', Hercules and Love Affair are gracing our shores once more, much to my delight. With some confirmed dates in London throughout January, I was ecstatic to see that Bristol Based night, Club Cosmique had manged to lure these sleek and slender New Yorkers to a Wednesday night performance at Metropolis in March. Only one word necessary... There.
However, aside from Hercules and Love Affair and other side projects - the out and out flamboyancy and unique sound of Andy Butler and Kim Ann Foxman is very much alive and kicking in the form of dancefloor stromer, 'Creature' (Mr INTL records)
'Creature' is a perfect example of high octane, sleaze driven house full of sexual wanting and desire. Complete with a devastatingly floor smashing remix from Simon and Robin Luke, aka Faze Action, this is one record that is completely off the hook, bringing more heat than Ra the Sun-God on E.
The name itself holds a sexually charged rhetoric and from the first time the bass line drops, desire and passion radiates throughout Kim Ann Foxmans seductive, knowing voice. She certainly knows how to push all my buttons simultaneously for this is a record that makes me want to be in a dark sweaty basement club at 4am, with the scent of amyl nitrate thick in the air and pure sex running through my veins... It really is a horny record, in all the good and bad ways a record such as this should be.
This House stormer is guaranteed to make any dance floor explode in an orgy of sexual tension, the perfect soundtrack to get sleazy with that leopard skin legging / high heeled sporting bird that your mother would hate.
Creature certainly invokes a dark side in the mindset of it's consumer... I feel shamefully dirty whenever I listen to it, but then I guess that's what makes it so good... Because after all, deep down, we all want to be someones creature... Right?
Enjoy....
Saul Wilks.
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