Behind the wheel of Private Pleasure ⛵️
(party series / edit label / radio show)

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Harvey Sutherland, the Melbourne-born record producer, keyboard player, club DJ and bandleader, made a name amongst his hometown’s electronic underground with a string of cult dance singles. Early 12-inches like ‘Bermuda’ and ‘Priestess’ were records in love with classic soul and disco, but his debut album ‘Boy’ was guided by his obsessional traits and habits, ending up in a place he describes as “Neurotic Funk”. 

Boy has seen widespread acclaim since its release, with Resident Advisor noting “[his] sense of musicality has always been head and shoulders above his peers...his songs are full-blooded and fleshed-out…” His latest material is an exercise in techno minimalism — laser-focused club jams like ‘Hummingbird’ and ‘Nobody Like U’ set the stage for Harvey’s next chapter. 

His machine grooves are fired through a prism of crate-digging influences, from Todd Rundgren to Basic Channel and back again. His distinctive synthesiser tones have graced remixes and production for Disclosure, Khruangbin, Genesis Owusu and BadBadNotGood. A seasoned performer, he’s taken his live band to Glastonbury, dragged his Juno-60 into Berghain and turned the Melbourne Recital Centre into a full-fledged nightclub. Eclectic and groovy, Harvey Sutherland is Neurotic Funk.

Junior Aspirin Records is an independent record label run by Andy Cooke (London), Dan Fox (New York), Ashley Marlowe (Brighton) and Nathaniel Mellors (Los Angeles). Founded in London in 2002, the label releases music by a diverse range of artists, and produces an occasional series of podcasts and videos. 

With feet in both the visual arts and music, the label has taken part in several exhibitions, including Nought to Sixty (ICA, London, 2007), Fun Palace (Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2010), Performa 11 (New York, 2011), Nathaniel Mellors’s 'Ourhouse' (ICA, London, 2011) and Dexter Sinister's 'Identity' (Artists Space, New York, 2011). A short film about the label's tour to northern China is currently being made by London-based director Marcus Werner Hed.

First 2020 release: "Small Country Eclipse", a new album by The God In Hackney, to be available on digital and limited colored vinyl. 

http://junioraspirin.bandcamp.com

Records from Århus.

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