As the lines between cool underground electronic music and savvy, accessible pop continue to blur, a trio from Southern California arrive to strike while the iron’s hot and capitalise on the slick, engrossing electro pop that they’ve been honing over the last few years.
Human Life
are made up of veteran house music producer Joshua Collins, and musicans and singers Matt Wesley (a producer of solo work for the likes of Bedrock and Nettwerk and of several rock bands) and Rachel Starr (of Till There Was You fame) and cut a fine life in cool, catchy, potent electro with pop vocals and strong songwriting. Citing influences including classic French and Chicago house and pop music as diverse as Genesis, Toto and Depeche Mode along with Prince and Happy Mondays, theirs is a sound which combines the best of the underground and the overground without contriteness or awkwardness – and it’s one that’s already been catching the attention of French legend Alan Braxe and Radio 1’s Jaymo.
Primarily a live act (they will bring their acclaimed live show to the UK later this year), this week’s Podcast sees them show us a few of their favourite club bangers, and what a tasty mix it is – from funked-up disco house through to electro bangers and bassy thumpers, it’s edge-of-the-seat stuff. Keep your eyes on this lot, we predict big things!
Buy their new single In It Together in the player below - all mixes featured.
Sum up this podcast in 10 words...
This mix represents a hot summer DJ set made for clubbing!
What’s your personal favourite track on it?
The last track: Gil and Wil – Funk Train (Gant Man Juke Remix). It’s a track from one of our Chicago Juke house hero’s… Gant Man!
What’s the special ingredient in this mix?
Chicago house and French flavour blended up under California sunshine.
What’s the best gig you’ve played recently?
The “Control” party at Avalon in LA. It’s LA’s best club and the crowd is just amazing!
What have you got coming up?
Our first single on LIFEX Recordings just came out June 7th! Check it out in the player below. We have amazing remixes from Kris Menace, Acid Girls, Jaymo & Andy George, Louis La Roche and more!
And finally, do you have a special message for our readers?
Thank you so much for checking out our podcast. Stay rad everyone!
Tracklist:
1. Human Life – In It Together (Louis La Roche Feeling Remix)
2. Acid Washed – Acid Washed (Lazy Flow Disco Remix)
3. Lee Marrow – Da Da Da (Dance To The House)
4. Carte Blanche – Do! Do! Do!
5. Surkin – Fan Out
6. Traxmen – Outta My Way
7. Cassius – Cassius 99 (Reset! Remix)
8. Kenneth Bager – I Can’t Wait (Alex Metric’s Back To ’99 Remix)
9. Poka – Believe
10. High Powered Boys – Highway
11. Les Petits Pilous – Goog
12. Night Drugs & Oh Shit! – Everybody Needs (The Phantom’s Revenge Remix)
13. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Dipper
14. Hot City – No More (Sharkslayer Nassau Edit)
15. Dirty Super Car – Get A Grip (The Loops Of Fury Remix)
16. Girl Unit – IRL (French Fries Remix)
17. Momma’s Boy – At Night
18. Uffie feat. Pharrel Williams – ADD SUV (Armand Van Helden Club Remix)
19. Gil and Wil – Funk Train (Gant Man Juke Remix)
