Long after America declared that was disco was dead it was still going strong in Melbourne, Australia where a young impressionable mind began soaking up everything disco had to offer. Butch le butch was born in a world where disco records were plentiful and the making of record/pause mixtapes was king.
After early forays into Melbourne’s house music scene, where Butch cut his teeth playing at various clubs such as The Lounge, 44 & Freakazoid, he found himself gravitating to music that was arm in arm with his disco roots. From deep throbbing bass lines to soaring string filled moments of ecstasy if the song was respectful to its disco roots it was right at home in Butch’s sets.
It wasn’t long before he turned his hand to remixing and re-edits where, along with producing tracks of his own, he reworked tracks by disco legends such as MFSB, The Trammps, Chic & Stephanie Mills as well as highly popular reworks of tracks by Dolly Parton, Madonna and Dua Lipa.
With a penchant for all things disco from the serious to the senseless Butch’s sets are packed full of long forgotten gems and dared to be played boogie monsters.
His remixes have been played by The Black Madonna, Honey Dijon, Horse Meat Disco and DJ Sneak to name a few.
Butch le Butch is currently one of the resident DJ’s for Honcho Disko across Melbourne and Sydney.