Hercules and Love Affair

Also, his set of "Secretary Disco" on BeatsinSpace (March 20th show), is great. http://www.beatsinspace.net/playlists2007.html

That was why I was slightly surprised by how classic house classique#2 was. The clue's in the name (der).

I haven't heard the Blind remixes yet, and my computer at home is broken!

Nice article and interview here: http://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/702

There's also a link there that takes you to a free mp3 of Hercules Theme, which is a horn-led instrumental stomp.

Yes Yes Yes! Blind is just. Whoa! I went to the record store right away to try and get it, and I never really buy new vinyl releases, they hadn't even gotten it in yet :(

i know im just jockin but that frankie knuckles remix with antony makes me want to go down on dudes, in a good way

andy is lovely. i'm glad everyone is so hyped for this and i can't wait to see the live incarnation and hear the whole record.

a couple other articles:

now article

xtra article

i think saam is making the video for blind.

yep I love this stuff

this is not the live set, but coming up at studio b in new york:

Friday, February 9

Modular Records and People Don't Dance No More Present

JOAKIM AND HIS ECTOPLASMIC BAND (LIVE)
JUAN MACLEAN DJ set (DFA)
ANDY BUTLER (HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR, DFA)
ROBOT BLAIR (MUSIC FOR ROBOTS)

I dj'd at Cazzo Pazzo, with Simonetti, probably their worst turnout ever. At the low point I thought it'd be a good chance to play Fingers Inc "Never No More Lonely", my first time playing such sounds to a gay crowd (of 8). I think Andy was upset I didn't stick with disco/italo.

Xxpost: What! How did I miss that! (truth be told I didn't know who hercules and love affair were a month ago)

p.s. Benjamin Boles is an Awful writer.

dan, seriously don't understand how that fingers inc track isn't gay or disco

maybe I played more house after that, I don't remember. Morgan Geist played that party as did Derrick Carter, who played for free to a small packed room, and I think opened with I.C. Love Affair.

"Blind" is shaping up to be the new "Lazy", innit. Love that Knuckles remix.

kind of s atrange place for the vid to debut:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/music/article723099.ece

uh, i mean "a strange"

wait, i'm listening to the video and it's not what i thought was the original. i've been listening to (Hercules Club Mix). in the dfa i claimed the original was 10 times better than the frankie knuckles version, i guess i'm claiming this one is.

"in the dfa thread"

thats my favorite fingers inc. track

I hope they don't completely abandon the acid-ity of "Classique #2" on the full length cause it's my favorite thing from them so far.

Goldfrapp - A&E (Hercules and love affair remix)

:D

^^^ yeah

Yes Yes Yes! Blind is just. Whoa! I went to the record store right away to try and get it, and I never really buy new vinyl releases, they hadn't even gotten it in yet :(

-- mehlt, Thursday, January 24, 2008 4:42 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Link

not out till march ;[

That video!

it's The Sun wot wun it

TS: Original vs Knuckles remix. I'm generationally pre-disposed to side with the smoooooth dad-house of the latter...

im gonna go ahead and big up that golfrapp rmx too cause its baaaaller

I like the Knuckles more than I like any of their proper solo stuff, but there's something compellingly cohesive about all the H&LA tracks I've heard so far. I get the feeling that it's going to be one of those albums I can just set to repeat and leave it be, which is a v. exciting thing.

Classique#3 is still my favourite Hercules track. Hope it sees a release sometime soon...

Hey, is Classique #3 similar to #2? And let's not forget the Hercules Club Mix of "Blind", although it is my least favorite of the three versions I've heard. There is apparently a Serge Santiago mix of "Blind" as well.

No, its quite a bit sparser than #2. Tim Sweeney's played it quite a bit, so check the BiS archives if you want to hear it.

The club mix of Blind is great! Those bass eruptions just kill me. Saw stir drop it last saturday and it was the highlight of the night!

I'll have to find it over at BIS. Thanks for the info jng.

I keep expecting to hear "Girls and Boys" after the intro bassline drops! I'm digging the album version, haven't been inspired by any of the rmxs so far though.

I like the Knuckles more than I like any of their proper solo stuff, but there's something compellingly cohesive about all the H&LA tracks I've heard so far. I get the feeling that it's going to be one of those albums I can just set to repeat and leave it be, which is a v. exciting thing.

-- jamescobo, Monday, 28 January 2008 17:33 (2 days ago) Link

pretty much agree with this, herc&love affair stuff i've heard has all been pretty strong

this stuff is great.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Fsb6pk-0L._SS500_.jpg

they are very good.

super jealous of anyone who has already heard this album. can't wait for vinyl release!!

it's really, really good.

Hercules' Theme.
Fucking hell.
Amazing.

http://www.ci.grandjct.co.us/CityDeptWebPages/AdministrativeServices/CustomerServices/Images/LEAK.jpg

god damn did this album turn out better than I could have ever hoped, even if it's as frontloaded as that Midlake album

so looking fwd to listening to this when i get home

Lovin' that cover art too. This is pretty fantastic.

Great cover. Good album w/a couple of IDM duffers in the second half.

This is awesome. Every Arthur Russell fan needs this.

best album of 2008

so stoked antony is on more than half of it.

It's pretty good. Not sure how good, but I've had it on repeat since last night, so that must count for something.

this is all kinds of good

the 7 minute mp3 i have of athene the = extended version i guess? its only 4 miuntes on the record?

idk deej, i just always figure you as being one of the most receptive ppl to this kind of languid moody house. Dont really get what you mean by halfassed trax tributes, i mean i think it definitely leans more towards boogie and levan than that.

FAO Lex:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxodGkgnIa8

4th person to tell me that. no doubt there are plenty in the guardian comments too! i had no idea.

the moral of the story is that familiarity isn't always a good thing for writers! (in my case with the PSB version, which i'd never had cause to question whether it was an original or not.)

also i've never actually liked the song

Ha, sorry, I was trying to do it as subtly as possible.

You're right on the most crucial point though, namely that the H&LA version is feeble.

nah i don't mind, it's kinda funny! miraculously i think it's the first time i've got something like this actually WRONG - i usually check but the album didn't come with credits/familiarity meant i thought i knew. ah well.

also, i'm glad i got the album so far in advance - if i'd had to turn it around within a week of hearing i'd probably have given the songs the benefit of the doubt and given it 3 stars, but after a month i was pretty sure that it wasn't that they weren't immediate, it was that they were weak.

maybe i'll give this a pass then. love this though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF3yAQUO4cc

you gave me 77 reasons to love you that night

wait, that's not originally a Pet Shop Boys song????? My world is imploding

lex offtm: some great tunes here (incl but def not limited to Leonora (aka "77 reasons"), Boy Blue, and Falling) that are not totally immediate but pretty much gorgeous.

on a couple of the more bangin trax the bassline seems to obscure the song that IS there, however (see My House, Step Up). Step Up is almost a total anthem.

http://soundcloud.com/campari_safari/01-wolfram-feat-hercules-love

This has been up on Luisterpaal for a little while now.

(The album, that is.)

This album doesn't bang.

yeah i like that abt it?

I'm really enjoying this. It's kind of sloppy and unfocused but the debut was also kind of one-note and overconsistent. "Falling" is as good or better than anything they have ever done.

yeah "falling" is my favorite one on this, I also like "leonora," "answers come in dreams," the title track... the songs are a lot less structured than on the debut and do seem sort of aimless at first but it's definitely not a bad album.

Very Good but not Great.

But still, screw the haters.

It doesn't really work as an album, but there are some fantastic tracks here. My personal favourite is "Blue Songs" even if it's the least typically H&LA cut here. "My House" is the worst imo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq_8jGHWWlU >>>> Blue Songs

^Been jammin' to that for a year. Nomi is riding maximum slutwaves in that clip. Werk!

xx cover

http://soundcloud.com/moshimoshimusic/shelter-xx-cover

more like zz cover, amirite?

lol i like it

really like the Jessica 6 track - much better than Kim-Ann Foxman's imo. i only recently heard the 'Blind' b-side 'Shadows' and love it, bit of a 'Deeper And Deeper' vibe here and there

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H70XeBvIKHQ

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhg9e0hfEh1qzw3gpo1_500.jpg

xp that's funny because i can't stand that jessica 6 thing and i love the kim ann foxman

Both of those are good and better than anything on the new H&LA.

old guy in the black t-shirt looks way out of place xxp

is that munch

luv gay house; they better than indie tho.

xx cover roxx!!! but needs extended version.

Listening for the first time in a couple of months, and this is better than I remembered. If nothing else, "Painted Eyes" and "Leonora" are both excellent.

Weirdly, I never noticed that "Boy Blue" cuts out 1:45 into the song on the version I have. If anyone wants to e-mail me the full mp3, I'd appreciate it!

don't have mp3, but this album is great!!

what's the deal with no release in north america??

it's alright is corny as hell but i really like it

sorta see where you hear corny... earnest, definitely

"see where you hear" haha

New single: https://soundcloud.com/hercules-and-love-affair/do-you-feel-the-same-released/s-mPHkQ

I love it.

Great new song featuring John Grant !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTFf8jqPNu0

Oh, that's gorgeous; lovely video, too.

John Grant is an inspired vocalist choice.

No one's talking about it, eh? Too bad. I love it.

I don't have much to say about it but I am feeling it too. Still not as good as the debut but the John Grant tracks and "Do You Feel The Same" are some of the best stuff that he's (collectively?) done. The lyrics of "My Offence" feel a bit clunky but it stands out and I appreciate the sentiment if not the execution.

Kinda front-loaded but yeah, love it.

Man I need to give this another chance. I thought the second album was generally better than it was given credit for being -- and was surprised at the positive notices for the new one, which barely left an impression.

I have really enjoyed the new one while listening but it has a very generic feel. The beats and overall sound are repetitive over the course of an album.

New track. Gloomy indie is not what I expected.. Album coming in June.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmbDJFHqpoQ

Strange song.

new record is wonderfully goth