Hercules & Love Affair

Hercules And Love Affair Is A Musical Project From New York Formed In 2007 By DJ Andy Butler. From 2007 Through 2010 Members Included Nomi Ruiz Kim Ann Foxman And Guest Singer Antony Hegarty From The Band Antony And The Johnsons. They Are Signed To DFA Records. Their Single “Blind” Was Released On March 3rd 2008 And Their Debut Self-Titled Album Produced By Butler And Tim Goldsworthy Was Released On March 10th 2008. The Album Has Been Critically Well-Received And Charted In The Top 40 In Several Countries. In January 2011 Andy Butler Came Back With A Brand New Crew And Released “Blue Songs” Hercules And Love Affair’s Sophomore Effort Mainly Influenced By Nineties House And Electro Music. Aside From Kim Ann Foxman Band Members Now Includes Mark Pistel Aerea Negrot Shaun Wright. A New Album Released In 2014 'The Feast Of The Broken Heart' Butler Enlisted Four New Vocalists To Join Him And His Blue Songs Collaborator Mark Pistel John Grant Krystie Warren Rouge Mary And Gustaph The Band’s Central Figure Andrew Butler Began His Musical Career At 15 DJing In A Denver Leather Bar Run By A Hostess Called Chocolate Thunder Pussy. He Then Moved To Brooklyn In Order To Attend Sarah Lawrence College. According To Butler “I’ve Been Writing Songs Since Childhood. I Made Music For Dance Performances In College Where He Studied Under Martin Goldray Like A Remake Of Gino Soccio’s ‘Runaway’ Done In The Style Of Kraftwerk.” Http //emichrysalis.Co.Uk/herculesandloveaffair/ read less