Following on from the spooky disco of Mash’s “Somebody’s Property” is a four-track ep of straight-up house action from Kevin McKay.
As one half of Muzique Tropique Kevin was behind some of the 90s deepest house music with releases on the Muzique Tropique label, Glasgow Underground, Jus’ Trax and remixes for the likes of Larry Heard, Two Lone Swordsmen, Trevor Lovey’s House of 909 and 16B.
His solo remixes include a stand-out mix of Mateo & Matos’ “The Real Thing” which Matthias Tanzmann was such a fan of he’s recently asked us for the files to do a re-rub for 2011.
In 2002 he discovered Mylo and set up the Breastfed label. As well as mixing all the Mylo tracks released on the label including all of the UK platinum selling album “Destroy Rock & Roll” he co-produced much of Mylo’s noughties classic. And as the writer/producer half of Linus Loves he was also responsible for “Night Music”, “The Terrace” and the Linus Loves album “Stage Invader”. To keep in with the mysterious, slightly mischievous nature of Breastfed all this work was done under his Kevin Kennedy pseudonym.
In 2008 he signed Grum and set up the Heartbeats label.
The “Club World EP” is his first production work since 2009 and his first solo single in nearly 10 years. Inspired by his regular visits to Moscow’s Propaganda club he decided to create an anthem for the legendary Russian club. “Propaganda” is the result – a blend of bass pulses and hooked-in synth riffs that lifted the roof of the place on its debut in November last year. Fuelled by that success, he created “Body Talk” a track inspired by Glasgow’s Voodoo Room (where he was resident dj in the early 90s), the piano-house madness of “Atlantis [Piano Mix]” and the rolling, hypnotic groove of “Atlantis [Deep Mix]” dedicated to Harri & Slam’s early 90s Saturday night residency @ Glasgow’s Sub Club.
Web coverage
http://www.mixmag.net/2011/04/07/glasgow-underground-relaunch/
http://www.harderbloggerfaster.com/house-is-back-glasgow-underground-returns/
http://oheasytiger.blogspot.com/2011/04/let-me-hear-your-body-talk.html
http://soundcloud.com/russchimes/expressway-mix-pt-3
Radio plays
10/04/11 – Mash – Capital FM [Atlantis Deep Mix]
03/04/11 – Mash – Capital FM [Atlantis Piano Mix]
27/03/11 – Mash – Capital FM [Atlantis Deep Mix]
25/03/11 – David Dunne & Andy Daniels – Triple D Radio [Atlantis Piano Mix]
24/03/11 – Christian Davies – in Demand Radio [Body Talk]
20/03/11 – Mash – Capital FM [Atlantis Deep Mix]
DJ Reactions
Steve Mac “lets get physical, lol. could do really well for ya”
Junior Sanchez “wicked stuff mate!!! all dope body talk is tight!!!”
Omid 16B “fukin awesome mate …killa… could you please send this to me as a wav im playing dubai tomrw to 4000 people this will kill it !!!”
Neil Aline “Proper chi-house! Thanks a lot Kevin , you’ll get my full support”
Frank Klein (Dabruck + Klein) “i really love the bodytalk!”
Tom Flynn “Liking Atlantis.”
Grum “I think this all sounds bloody awesome, really strong release! Especially liking the deep mix of Atlantis! That one surprised me. Body Talk – really like the chopping on the sample and the suspense before it kicks back in. Really strong tune.”
Richard Sen “Liking ‘Atlantis’ Piano mix…..90s house builder.”
Hernan Cattaneo “very good stuff man my fav is atlantic deep mix. really good release!”
Lewis Dene “Really feeling the ONJ sampling cut – a great hook to use…”
Orde Meikle (Slam) “glad to hear your back in the studio…tunes sound big man… thanks…”
Jon Marsh “i prefer the deep mix of atlantis, and propaganda. both more textural and melodic. hope it does well for you”
Drop Out Orchestra “The original mix of “Body Talk” sounds great! Thanks for sending.”
Bxentric “the ep its hot property man, i cant wait to play it, my favourite is ‘body talk’ i love the whole release but the chords are epic on the break of BT, proper gets me feeling euphoric i can already picture the crowd reacting :0)”
Mash (Galaxy FM) “These tracks are all great. Every one of them very playable. Out of them all I love the Atlantis (deep mix). Propaganda rocks in a big room style. Both named after the clubs? Body Talk is a natural heir and more up to date take on the Mylo sound. Could be big mate! A great ep. Very strong! “
David Dunne “They’re very nice tunes and I will definitely play one of them in our radio show this week. Jolly lovely.”
Moody Manc “Nice one mate…really like the piano mix! X”
Jamez “like the EP man!”
Punks Jump Up “sounds cool!!”
Andrew (CD Pool) “Superb EP + very varied! ‘Body Talk’ and ‘Atlantis’ are both very classic sounding.”
Phil Kelsey “Seriously mate these are all really good. I think you should do well with it. Especially love the piano mix.”
Dan Haug (Ruckus Roboticus) “Body Talk and Propaganda are right up my alley! I look forward to playing them out.“