The ever shape shifting, critically hailed Hercules & Love Affair return with brand new album In Amber, to be released on 17th June 2022 via Skint/BMG.

“Across this record, there are emotional fields I hadn’t ventured into previously with Hercules & Love Affair,” says Butler. “Destruction, rage, loss, but also redemption and journeying towards empowerment are all touchstones on the album. It has taken years to make, but I am happy to put it forward now, at a moment in time where we have all been confronted with such heightened feelings collectively and on an unprecedented scale”.

Reuniting with ANOHNI for the first time since her stellar turn on the eponymous debut in 2008 (which undeniably produced one of the most beloved dance tunes of the oughts “Blind”) proved key to this process. Both share a love and deep respect for music of a more aggressive bent, zig zagging from grindcore like Godflesh and Bolt Thrower, via electronic avant-garde like Throbbing Gristle and Cabaret Voltaire to female fronted punk and metal like Sacrilege, Fear of God and Diamanda Galas.  On the other end of the spectrum, they have an equally intense appreciation for darker ethereal acts such as This Mortal Coil and Dead Can Dance. In Amber reflects this wide swathe of emotion and sound.

  BADCAKE RECORDS is a new Independent Record Label that has been set up, by DJ and Producer Rob Hawk, as a platform to launch his own upcoming tracks along with those from other emerging like-minded artists. The other major aim for the label is to facilitate a global forum for networking within this culture.  If you are passionate about your music production, publishing and promotion and feel you have something to bring to the table, then please do get in touch.
  
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We are always looking for new material to release on the label. We are interested in anything that has big dancefloor appeal from progressive, uplifting, and tech/electro house. There are no strict rules to the style we just aim for quality! 


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