DJ, author and historian Bill Brewster will front the first mix of Late Night Tales’ new compilation strand After Dark.
After Dark promises greater dancefloor momentum than its parent brand but without compromise to style or quality. Brewster explains: “After Dark is dance music for people who know how to make love. It’s New York at 4am with the lights off and strobes flaring. It’s a Dalston basement with slow chugging bass-lines propelling a dancefloor. It’s a starlit night on the coast of Croatia with glittery girls and burnished boys grooving to 110bpm anthems. It’s great dance music with the Bosh-O-Meter turned to 0. If you want pounding trance, Lance, you’ve come to the wrong place. If you want a drop, break or explosion every 16 bars, then Swedish House Mafia is that way. This is music for dancers who know to move. It’s slow release carbs, with a startlingly high pleasure count. We’re starting slow and staying that way. Groove is in the art.”
As such, Brewster includes everything from Francois K’s dark, atmospheric remix of Herbest Moon (Blow Your Body) to Jamiroquai’s sultry synth-groove Alright via off-the-wall Frenchies TBS, disco ‘diva comic’ and former Brit TV personality Marti Caine and Linus Loves. There are further offerings from Zed Bias, I:Cube and Cassius’ Philippe Zdar, as well as an exclusive remix of the Doves’ Compulsion by goth disco-rockers Padded Cell.
After Dark by Bill Brewster is released by Late Night Tales on May 5; the CD release will be accompanied by a four-track vinyl sampler.
