Label: Strut / !K7
Catalogue No: STRUT046CD/LP
Format: 2xCD / 2xLP / digital
Release date: 3rd August
2009
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Following the label’s acclaimed ‘Disco Not Disco’ and
‘Disco Italia’ releases during 2008-9, Strut teams up with one of London’s
leading disco collectives, Horse Meat Disco, for their hotly anticipated debut
compilation release.....
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Inspired by the halcyon days of New York nightlife
including Mancuso’s Loft, Nicky Siano’s Gallery and late lamented DJ Adam
Goldstone, Horse Meat Disco was started in 2003 by DJs James Hillard and Jim
Stanton. From early parties in London’s Chinatown, Horse Meat took up their
famed weekly residency in Eagle London in Vauxhall and, joined by DJs Filthy
Luka (Luke Howard, ex- Queer Nation) and Severino (CODEX), quickly built a
reputation for fantastic parties and high quality disco sets. ....
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Horse Meat Disco has since attracted a discerning mix
of old time disco heads, club kids, bears and naturists and has become renowned
as a space where heterosexual disco fans can party at a gay disco club without
feeling out of place. The club's open-minded ethos has secured them bookings
worldwide with international crowds keen to sample the Horse Meat Disco party
energy.....
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Over the last two years, Horse Meat highlights include
their NYC Downlow parties which took The Glastonbury Festival and Lovebox
Weekender by storm. At both festivals, HMD created a full film set, a
backstreet New York scene featuring an alley filled with trannies, hookers and
leather boys alongside the best music and performances by the cream of London’s
alternative gay performers. HMD's reputation for creating one of the most
unique and underground parties around was cemented.....
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The club has also become an essential fixture for many
of the world’s A-list DJ talent. Past guests have included Dimitri From Paris,
Derrick Carter, Daniele Baldelli, James Murphy, Prins Thomas, Todd Terje, Tim
Sweeney, Lady Miss Kier, Luke Unabomber, Maurice Fulton and Rub 'n' Tug.....
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The debut Horse Meat Disco compilation digs deep for
70 minutes of unadulterated disco nuggets. Styles range from mid-tempo, funky
rarities (Empire Projecting Penny, Laura Greene) and percussive Afro grooves
(Eddie Drennon, K.I.D.) to more electro and Italo-based productions (Gino
Soccio, Sheryl Lee Ralph). ....
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The 2CD format features CD 1 mixed by club residents
James Hillard, Jim Stanton, Severino and Luke Howard with CD 2 unmixed. The
package includes a full sleeve note detailing the history of the club by David
Peschek of The Guardian. The album will also be available digitally and as a
2LP set. ....