Andy Butler is a musician, producer, DJ, and songwriter living in VIenna, Austria. Originally, hailing from Denver, Colorado he has written songs and produced for his own band called Hercules and Love Affair, with a couple of singles- most notably "Blind" with vocals by Antony Hegarty- garnering much attention and favor amongst fans and journalists alike.  

Butler has written songs since childhood, and in university began writing music for dance and theater, studying electronic music and art history.  He first worked in a "music for fashion" capacity shortly after moving to NYC, where he began assisting Javier Peral, and helped develop soundtracks for Vivienne Westwood, Richard Tyler, Ralph Lauren and Carolina Herrera. Realizing his interest in creating a sonic ambience for all kinds of media, he continued to pursue this passion providing music for the runway and other events,  eventually penning original scores for Chanel.

For this project Butler has teamed up with designer and store owner Peter Holzinger of Superated, making a series of selections of music for Holzinger's Vienna based Samstag, presented on uniquely crafted objects that bear USB sticks holding the choice tunes he selected.

Andrew Butler:

"The mixes for each piece are considered thoroughly in program and selection. I wanted to really make something special that most importantly created an interesting and colorful ambiance in Peter's store, reflecting the great clothing he is showcasing and selling."
 
"I have taken a lot of inspiration- in both aesthetic and intention- from the infamous Smylonylon tapes sold at the cult dead stock clothing store of the same name in NYC.  But Peter also emphasized a desire to personalize the musical narrative on the sticks, and encouraged me to choose things based on my own interests whether they fit in as a traditional 'dj oriented' cut or not. So the music is diverse…""

"In a sense, it will be hard to expect much of one thing or another on them. It is more of an opportunity to share the very personal relationship to the music being put on there. It in some ways could maybe feel like an old mix tape you made for someone you really like." 

https://www.facebook.com/herculesandloveaffair?fref=ts
www.samstag-shop.com
https://www.facebook.com/samstagshop

pre samstag-shopmix by andy butler

Sebastian Meyer for the performance of Lady Nutjob and Samstag-Shop on 12th of Dezember 2020

https://soundcloud.com/sebastian-meyer

ARGON