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Andy Butler znany na świecie przede wszystkim jako HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR zajmuje się sztuką selekcji i miksowania muzyki od ponad 20 lat. Niepodrabialny gust muzyczny (prezentowany choćby w regularnych audycjach w radiu NTS) sprawia, że czuje się tak samo komfortowo grając techno i house, jak i epickie disco szlagiery.

Butler od dekad zaangażowany jest w życie nocne, począwszy od amerykańskiego podziemia lat 90-tych. Regularnie grywa w takich miejscach jak Panorama Bar w Berlinie, czy londyński Fabric. Butler jest chyba najbardziej znany z hymnu disco „Blind”, który zremiksował ojciec chrzestny house'u Frankie Knuckles. Jego autorska muzyka wielokrotnie służyła m.in ścieżka dźwiękowa do pokazów na wybiegach Chanel, Dior, Versace, Cartier czy Yves St. Laurent.

Oprócz twórczości pod szyldem Hercules & Love Affair Andy jest znanym twórcą remiksów m.in. dla takich legend jak Yazoo czy Blondie. Zróżnicowana produkcja odzwierciedla naturę DJ-skiego podejścia Andy’ego, które można streścić w dwóch słowach: eklektyczne i energetyczne.

Jego intensywna praktyka twórcza sprawia, że jest zajęty w studiu, a występy na żywo stają coraz rzadszym doświadczeniem.

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Andy Butler has been engaged in the art of selecting and mixing music for over 20 years. Applying an impeccable filter and playful eclecticism (as is evidenced by his NTS radio residency), he is as comfortable playing driving techno and house as he is an epic disco tune. Butler has long been involved in nightlife, starting with beginnings in the 90s American underground. He has been a regular at places like Berlin’s Panorama Bar, the NYC Downlow and London’s Fabric.

Butler is perhaps most known for the evergreen disco anthem “Blind”, which was famously remixed by the godfather of house music, Frankie Knuckles. His original music has repeatedly served as the soundtrack for the runways shows of Chanel, Dior, Versace, Cartier, Yves St. Laurent and more. Similarly, he has provided the score as a DJ to many events for fashion brands and art happenings, including the MOMA, the Yerba Buena Arts Center in SF and the Art Gallery of Ontario and more. His fifth full length album will be released in 2022, truly a feat for an artist working in the realm of electronic dance music. His intensive creative practice keeps him busy in the studio, with performance becoming an increasingly rarefied experience. Whether you are just joining him at this point on the journey with Hercules & Love Affair or have been there “from the beginning”, be sure to catch him in a city near you for a night of music like no other. Aside from Hercules and Love Affair, Andy is a renowned remixer having remixed dance floor legends like Yazoo and Blondie and released many tracks with collaborators on underground labels such as Permanent Vacation, and L.I.E.S. The varied output reflects the nature of Andy’s DJ-ing approach in two words: eclectic and energetic. Pitchfork “...if vintage disco, classic house, and gurning Euro house are up your street, this is as happy-making as it gets.” Ransom Note “...he’s also a bloody talented DJ – from his teenage years playing underground leather nights in his native Denver, right through to the present day and being booked for pretty much every major club around the world.”

The Guardian “ Butler takes to the decks, conjuring a sleek and urbane DJ set that pays further homage to the vintage dance music that informs his own tracks. He tips his cap to 70s big band-influenced funk, the deep grooves of Chicago house and voguish Italo disco, and though this makes more for a scholarly take on the evolution of disco and US house than a wildly eclectic mix, there's plenty to ensnare dance anoraks and casual listeners alike.” Stereogum “...gives you a glimpse of how propulsive and transformative

Andy Butler’s DJ sets are.” KEXP- “it's only right that Butler gets to join the list of great DJs on ‘the already phenomenal DJ-Kicks roster.