A Candid Interview With Steve Porter
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Mtlnights: Steve, what was going through your mind when you made your first Montreal appearance closing for Sander Kleinenberg @ Aria back in March 2002?

SP: That was such an amazing trip. It was my first time to Canada let alone Montreal, and was my first time playing with Sander. I was pretty much just in awe of the situation, from hanging with Sander at the hotel before the gig up till playing with him at Aria. I was also blown away by the awesome Montreal music scene as I had only really experienced American gigs up till that point. I met a lot of my great friends from Montreal that night, flying back to Boston the next day wasn't something I was psyched about.

Mtlnights: You've been a non-stop force in the international house music scene for more than 4 years now, how do you do it?

SP: I tell ya it's all that spinach I've been eating, or maybe the gummy worms.

Mtlnights: Don't you get tired of it all sometimes?

SP: I'm pretty good at knowing when I need a break, usually I'll take a trip to my moms house or go hangout with some old friends, whatever it takes to level my head after a long tour or if I'm feeling burnt out on music production. It's just stupid for me to tire myself on something I love to do.

Mtlnights: What lead to the creation of Agent 001?

SP: It was Eli [Wilkie] and I sitting in his apartment in Boston purely searching for an alias for the work we did together. The name took less inspiration from James Bond than you'd think, we thought more that our work was like a cleaning "agent" for a dirty floor. We were just having fun with it. Windex, Mr. Clean, Soft Scrub, Agent 001.

Mtlnights: Favourite Venue?

SP: Stereo because of the unparalleled experience.

Mtlnights: Favourite City?

SP: hmmmm, I'll give a shout out to Sydney, Australia.

Mtlnights: Favourite Restaurant?

SP: The Other Side Cafe in Boston. The best veggie chilli ever.

Mtlnights: Love Parade or WMC?

SP: WMC just because it's easy to find people you know, Love Parade's are great but don't get lost in the crowd!

Mtlnights: Favourite GU?

SP: Sasha, San Francisco

Mtlnights: Do you get frantic phone calls from mommy every time Homeland Security issues a heightened terror alert in NYC?

SP: My mom has me on AIM so she's always sending me instant messages to check in. But we don't spend too much time worrying about all that war on terrorism bullshit.

Mtlnights: What do you, Eli Wilkie, Bon Johnson and Chris Reavey have in store for us when Porterhouse makes a visit to Stereo on July 28th?

SP: It'll be a bouquet of dance beats. We'll just flow off each other and see how it goes, it's the most fun that way.

Mtlnights: Has Eli ever tried to sell you fonts?

SP: He's sold me on his dominant ability to identify fonts no matter what country we're in. He knows what font your favorite soft drink uses.

Mtlnights: BTW, what exactly is a Porterhouse?

: por•ter•house
Pronunciation: 'pOr-ter-"haus

Function: noun
1 : the best cut on the dancefloor.

2 : a large steak cut from the thick end of the short loin to contain a T-shaped bone and a large piece of tenderloin

3 : an eclectic range of funked-up house beats with a techy-edge and twisted jams induced by his own re-edits and mixes that molds Steve Porter’s productions and DJ sets.

4 : infectious house music (BOSTON GLOBE)

Mtlnights: Last, but not least...the obligatory studio plug: What's been going on in the studio as of late?

SP: I just moved into my new studio in NYC so in the next few months I'll be cranking away on new original music, possibly for my next album. It's so refreshing to change studio environments, I'm excited to see how the paint hits the wall.

Porterhouse 3
w/ Steve Porter, Eli Wilkie & Chris Reavey
Hosted by Blended Productions
Friday July 28th, 2006 from 3AM-?
Stereo Nightclub
858 St-Catherine East
(514) 286-0325
Presale Info: JF (514) 567-9096

Porterhouse 3 Pre-Party
w/ XL, Just Johnathan & Bon Johnson
Hosted by Mtlnights
Friday July 28th, 2006 from 10PM-3AM
Stereobar
858 St-Catherine East
(514) 286-0325
Email [email protected] for VIP treatment

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