July 11, 2009 · 12:16 PM
Disco no-no
Andy Butler, aka Hercules and Love Affair, spins real vinyl! Though he looks a bit miffed.
Photo: Mikey McNulty / mikeymcnulty.com
Songs with “disco” in the lyrics can be fun (for example, we hate that we like remixes of Lady Gaga’s “Love Game”). Songs that actually sound like disco? Not so much fun.
The news Hercules and Love Affair (aka Andy Butler) would be in Vegas was puzzling. Even seasoned clubbers and electronic dance music fans were like “Wha-? Who’s that?” *Google. Google. Google.* Uh…okaaay.”
Listening to a few tracks prior to the gig at Body English for Godskitchen last Wednesday, one glaring thing was obvious: Hercules and Love Affair sounds like disco. Ew.
So how would the notoriously picky regulars at Godskitchen receive this New Yorker? Would he spin different for our crowd as so many visiting DJs admit they do?
Butler gets cool points for spinning on actually vinyl. No, not those things that look like records but are used with computer programs. This dude had real vinyl records, which he used in addition to CDJs. Sadly, that was the most exciting aspect of his set.
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It’s not that Butler was particularly awful, his set just wasn’t all that interesting. Butler did spin a bit more on the electro side, but that distinctive disco sound permeated the duration of the time he was behind the tables.
Lucky for Butler, by the time he went on after a lengthy delay due to setting up the aforementioned turntables, the dance floor was already packed thanks to an opening set by local DJ Jordan Stevens. Butler basically held the crowd on the dance floor, though there was a steady trickle for the exit from folks gathered at the club’s two bars. The only time this reporter’s ears perked up was where a couple noticeable train wrecks occurred.
Apparently it wasn’t Butler’s night and he knew when to cut his losses. Butler ended earlier than most Godskitchen headliners and Stevens closed out the night, much to the delight of the crowd.
Fortunately, it looks like disco isn’t making a comeback, at least not in Vegas. Sorry, Andy. Studio 54 might be a more appropriate venue next time.
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I've had a chance to hear Andy play records and have never been disappointed. He spins great underground disco that didn't get airplay even back in the 70's. He doesn't play the likes of The Village People or your typical radio disco that the musically ignorant cherish and love so much. No, he plays music that you can only get on real vinyl and could only hear at underground clubs like Better Days and Paradise Garage in cities of culture such as NYC. So, it's no wonder then that the progressive trance DJ Tostada (Tiesto) worshipers at Godskitchen didn't groove to his set. It's music for the discerning not the mindless shiny shirts and t backs that fill those floors. In short I agree with the writer on one point, it was a mistake to bring such a tasteful Dj to Las Vegas, but maybe it's time to hand out some pink slips in upper management there while Andy laughs in his first class seat headed home. I think the Hercules and Love Affair album is phenomenal and I suggest that you run out to your nearest Itunes portal and make up your own mind.
P.S. to the writer of this article. "The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn't require any."
Posted by: W9000 on 7/11/09 at 11:03 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Hey buddy if you have such strong opinions why dont you post your real name and stop using an alias? Your man enough to come on here and talk it up, so why don't you introduce your self?
Posted by: Jordan_Stevens on 7/14/09 at 4:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)
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