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Article: History in the making: the debut from Hercules and Love Affair recalls the golden age of '80s dance music while still marching to the beat of a fresh and original drummer.(Sound recording review)
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- The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
- Article date:
- July 1, 2008
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HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR
Hercules and Love Affair
MUTE/DFA
INSPIRED BY A HUMPY, bronzed he-man and his string of young male lovers, Hercules and Love Affair's eponymous debut CD is hedonistic, ecstatic, and gay as all get-out. Hands down, it's the best dance record of the summer, if not the whole year. And yet you probably won't hear it at circuit parties; these 10 originals opt to tease the libido and tickle the brain rather than pummel revelers into submission with relentless kick drum and diva wails.
H&LA initially sprang forth from the union of two New York City aesthetes, DJ-producer Andrew Butler ...