From Beatportal…
Andy Butler—best known as the force behind DFA’s disco-loving Hercules and Love Affair—keeps the old-school spirit alive with his new label, Mr. International.
The label is all about staying true to a distant era in house and techno. “I don’t want anything that sounds pre-’85 or post-’94″, specifies Butler, laying out the parameters of his retro-minded project.
The first release is a collaboration between Butler and Jason Kendig, an original resident at Detroit’s Family party and current member of San Francisco’s Honeysoundsystem crew. ‘And I’m (So In Love With You)’, which was produced entirely on period-appropriate analog technology, harks back to the glory days of KMS, Strictly Rhythm, Nu Groove, and other icons of house and techno’s restless glory days.
“I want to evoke strictly that sound on this label, so I’ve been pretty hard-ass with people in terms of what the output is”, says Butler.
The track comes with remixes from KiNK and Deetron, two artists who are well familiar with raw period sounds.
To celebrate the label’s launch, Butler schooled us on some of the go-to tunes in his set.
