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Sleazy McQueen Ft. Anne Montone - She Was Totally My Disco Muse EP (Moodclub Music 04)
1. Sleazy McQueen Ft. Anne Montone - Anna Due (Cole's Vocal Mix)
2. Sleazy McQueen Ft. Anne Montone - Anna Due (Sleazy McQueen's Original Dub)
Anna, due, tre, quattro; that's right, get ready for Moodclub Music number four! This time, our Belgian friends teamed up with Orlando based Sleazy McQueen, Cole Medina from California and LA's Anne Montone for two pieces of sexy, slow paced basement disco. Sleazy? You said it!
Sleazy McQueen is the force behind this transglobal collaboration. His computer and keyboards have signed releases on quality labels like Bear Funk, Eight-Tracks, Morris Audio, Hairy Claw, Icon Recordings and Bananza Records, whereas his record bag has found occasion to travel to Chicago, New York, Tokyo, Florence and London. He also heads up the Brooklyn based Tres Gueros band. LA's Anne Montone has just won the Scion singing competition and is currently getting high praise by the big names in the music scene. And finally there's Cole Medina, a true underground hero and a mystery to many, although his name regularly pops up in Todd Terje or Prins Thomas playlists, to name a few. Especially known for his versatile edits, more material from him is forthcoming on Prins Thomas' Internasjional label, but first, this mindblowing original work on the Moodclub Music imprint.
Did we say original work? Well, maybe not quite. Because, as it turns out, this EP is sort of a unique three-way collaboration between the three artists. The first track of the package is Cole Medina's Vocal Mix. You see, right after Sleazy McQueen's Original Dub was written, Cole Medina remixed it into a new instrumental. It was Mr. Sleazy who came to the conclusion that Cole's great piece of spaced out, slow motion disco would shine through even more with the addition of Anne Montone's dreamy vocal, weaving it into the track himself. The result is an intense piece of contemporary disco music, for lovers and for dancers.
The second track on offer is Sleazy's Original Dub, as mentioned above. This instrumental version features a sub heavier low bottom, Ray Mang sounding percussion and an overall slightly housier feel, making this one the perfect transition between italo, disco or cosmic stuff and rougher sounds. You've guessed it, one for the more adventurous, eclectic jocks. According to the legend, Sleazy composed Anna Due on a keyboard he'd borrowed from his friend, Anna, later reporting that she was ''totally his disco muse''. We'd love to tell you more, but it's probably none of our business anyway. But then, if you just have a listen, we're pretty sure you'll get the idea right away.
Moodclub Music was created early 2008 by Moodclub founding father Pierre de la Rivière and Jonni Gratts, one of the Moodclub resident deejays.
It is meant to be an outlet to release quality house music, meaning house music in a very broad sense, much comparable to the sound that the Moodclub residents have played and loved throughout the years. This ranges from funked up house jams, more electronic or deeper affairs, proper peak time tracks as well as more subtle B-side cuts.
After many years of deejaying as well as organising events in the Belgian electronic scene, both Pierre de la Rivière and Gratts have come a long way. Pierre started organising the Moodclub events in 2004. The pair met up when they were both handing out flyers for their events in downtown Leuven and started talking. At that time, Gratts was a resident at the infamous Touché parties.
Since they joined forces, they've travelled the country to play their trademark sound in back to back deejay sets, not seldom to much acclaim.
House music heavyweights like Luke Solomon, Kenny Hawkes, Troydon, Manuel Tur, Slater Hogan, Demarkus Lewis, The Littlemen and John Larner have graced the Moodclub decks throughout the years, as well as a selection of Belgian jocks like Raoul Belmans, Red D and Massimo Dacosta. Unsurprisingly, this list reads like an ABC of quality house music producers too.
That's why, early 2008, Pierre and Gratts decided it was time they released some of the tracks that long-time friends, Moodclub guests and other regulars provided them with. With a little help from Crisp and Ivow from Bokal, they formed the Moodclub Music imprint. It will be a digital only outlet to start with, but vinyl plans are shaping up behind the horizon, so who knows where all this is going? We can only wait and see what these nice young men will have in store for us, and what the future will have in store for them.
