Hercules and Love Affair Resurrect Disco Sounds

Recently released Hercules and Love Affair by DFA Records has been getting lots of international attention popping up on top 40’s charts around the world. Centering around DJ Andy Butler, the Hercules and Love Affair members have managed to put together potentially one of the more significant dance albums of the last decade… if last decade was the 1970’s. Drawing on traditional disco sounds and 80’s spunk, the self-titled album interlaces melancholic vocal melodies with groovy beats that would be worthy of making the playlist at Studio 54. Songs like “Hercules Theme”, “Athene”, and “Blind” would have John Travolta dancing like it was 1977… click here.

While I appreciate the retro disco grooves, and wouldn’t mind hearing a few of the tracks at the club, this album will not transform dance music as we know it. What the album does do, is remind us of what dance music was originally about. This album does not involve complex mixing or mash-ups, but at it’s foundation are sound house beats with disco-like sounds layered on top. While Hercules and Love Affair is no ground-breaking, it will get people onto the dance floor.

 ~TJK

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