http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.16389768&rws=%2Fhercules-and-love-affair%2Fdiscography.rss<P>Disco lives -- thrives, in fact -- in the work of Hercules and Love Affair, the New York outfit helmed by the red-haired wunderkind Andrew Butler. Dedicated to the golden days of club culture, the band combines elements of the early '80s -- electronic disco and Chicago house -- with melancholy riffs and atmospheres and clever songwriting full of subtle twists and turns. As a teenager, Butler began DJing in the leather bars of his hometown, Denver; by college, he was applying his talents to contemporary composition and conceptual art. But the dance bug still lurked within. When, after moving to New York, he discovered that its dancing days were all but over, he set about working to rectify that.</P> <P>In 2007, Butler teamed up with DFA's Tim Goldsworthy to release the "Classique" single; the following year he returned with "Blind," an out-of-nowhere mind-melter featuring the voice of none other than Antony Hegarty, of Antony and the Johnsons. Shortly thereafter, Hercules and Love Affair released their eponymous debut album, with Antony's space-castrato voice the undeniable centerpiece on an album brimming with springy arpeggios, lugubrious bass lines and bright, brassy horns.</P> - Philip SherburneDiscoen720Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:28:11 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.16389768&rws=%2Fhercules-and-love-affair%2Fdiscography.rss <P>Disco lives -- thrives, in fact -- in the work of Hercules and Love Affair, the New York outfit helmed by the red-haired wunderkind Andrew Butler. Dedicated to the golden days of club culture, the band combines elements of the early '80s -- electronic disco and Chicago house -- with melancholy riffs and atmospheres and clever songwriting full of subtle twists and turns. As a teenager, Butler began DJing in the leather bars of his hometown, Denver; by college, he was applying his talents to contemporary composition and conceptual art. But the dance bug still lurked within. When, after moving to New York, he discovered that its dancing days were all but over, he set about working to rectify that.</P> <P>In 2007, Butler teamed up with DFA's Tim Goldsworthy to release the "Classique" single; the following year he returned with "Blind," an out-of-nowhere mind-melter featuring the voice of none other than Antony Hegarty, of Antony and the Johnsons. Shortly thereafter, Hercules and Love Affair released their eponymous debut album, with Antony's space-castrato voice the undeniable centerpiece on an album brimming with springy arpeggios, lugubrious bass lines and bright, brassy horns.</P> - Philip Sherburne http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.21260712&rws=%2Fhercules-and-love-affair%2Fdiscography.rss Disco Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Hercules And Love Affair Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.21260712 alb.21260712 Hercules And Love Affair art.16389768 9.99 Hercules And Love Affair alb.21260712 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/1/3/4/1274311_170x170.jpg 2008-06-24 00:00:00.0 2008-06-24 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.21260712&rws=%2Fhercules-and-love-affair%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.21260712&variant=data&rws=%2Fhercules-and-love-affair%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.20928751&rws=%2Fhercules-and-love-affair%2Fdiscography.rss Disco Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Hercules And Love Affair Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.20928751 alb.20928751 Hercules And Love Affair art.16389768 3.99 Blind alb.20928751 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/2/3/9/1249326_170x170.jpg 2008-05-27 00:00:00.0 null true false single http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.20928751&rws=%2Fhercules-and-love-affair%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.20928751&variant=data&rws=%2Fhercules-and-love-affair%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.16392284&rws=%2Fhercules-and-love-affair%2Fdiscography.rss Disco Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Hercules And Love Affair Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.16392284 alb.16392284 Hercules And Love Affair art.16389768 1.99 Classique # 2 alb.16392284 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/6/5/4/1134567_170x170.jpg 2007-09-11 00:00:00.0 null true false single http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.16392284&rws=%2Fhercules-and-love-affair%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.16392284&variant=data&rws=%2Fhercules-and-love-affair%2Fdiscography.rss