Thursday, March 13, 2008
I Feel Love...and Pain: Hercules & Love Affair
by anglopunk
http://condemnedtorocknroll.blogspot.com/2008/03/i-feel-loveand-pain-hercules-love.htmlTracks from American disco-electro outfit Hercules & Love Affair have been snaking their way around the blogosphere for the last couple of months, but their self-titled album was only just officially released this week in the UK and will be released March 25 in North America. Comprised of DJ Andy Butler, Kim Ann Foxman, Nomi, and Antony Hegarty of Antony and the Johnsons fame, Hercules & Love Affair is one of the latest in the DFA stable of artists. The project's name supposedly references the myth of Hercules and his futile search for his boy lover, Hylas, who had been seduced and taken by river nymphs. This interesting connection to Greek mythology can't help but be appropriate for a group which defies gender and sexuality categories, including Foxman, an androgynous lesbian, Nomi, a transsexual, and Hegarty, who has expressed interest in gender-reassignment surgery. Disco, a subculture that allowed freedom for and celebration of minorities in the 70's, is a perfect genre for this particular group to contribute to.
