I'm republishing here a series of articles and interviews originally written for Faith zine. This is an interview I did with Hercules and Love Affair's Andy Butler for his album In Amber. There is a disarming ingenuousness to Andy Butler that sits incongruently with the queer underground he both grew out of and came to be recognised by. Having put out consistently well-received records steeped in the history and culture of house and disco for nearly a decade and a half, his e

Ahead of his set at Handsome this Saturday, I had the pleasure of speaking with the NYC house legend and songwriter producer. For old househeads like me, Lem Springsteen and John Ciafione are up there with Kenny Gonzalez and Louie Vega and Farley and Heller when it comes to production duos. As Mood II Swing, they put out some of the slickest New York sounds for the dance floor as well as being behind era-defining tracks such as Barbara Tucker’s ‘Beautiful People’ and Ultra Na