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STEVE PORTER’s ‘Homegrown’ Disco Pie
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Sasha DJ cohort, Sander Kleinenberg production star
& Fade Records mainstay comes into his own
Steve Porter 'Homegrown'
Debut artist album
FDS Recordings
"The Homegrown album is basically a yearbook of grooves and melodies that I mixed together into one 14 track collage. It was about painting with different colors and growth as an artist, as I didn't feel satisfied just producing one-off singles and remixes anymore. DJing has always inspired my production work and I think the album reflects that. I wanted to make a funky, fun, colorful album with a balance of creative freedom and dancefloor tangibility. Having such an album to tour with really shapes the chemistry of your DJing style in such amazing ways too, not only having different shades to work with, but learning from the contrast between your records and others." -STEVE PORTER
The next generation of electronic music producers is gaining hold and leading the charge is DJ/production phenom STEVE PORTER. His prolific productions have garnered international attention and are propelling him into America’s future DJ star. He is now poised for his official coming out party with his debut artist album ‘Homegrown’ on FDS Recordings.
‘Homegrown’ is an amalgam of Steve Porter’s various unique styles and melodic nuances. The expertly mixed album brings together 14 original tracks. Some of which have already garnered wide attention with inclusion of the tracks on numerous high-profile dance music labels & compilations including; "Vodka Cranberries" on hot new label Nu Republic, "Definite Form" on Sander Kleinenberg’s Little Mountain Records and included on his recent Everybody CD for Renaissance, and most recently, the track “Swanky” has been included on über-cool Felix da Housecat’s upcoming Playboy: The Mansion compilation.
Once in a blue moon there comes along a prodigy that is noticed by the big guns and whose talent catapults them onto the world stage. From Boston to New York, Steve Porter has evolved from record store clerk to New England rave DJ to landing on the roster at one of the most prestigious booking agencies in the world. Steve Porter was discovered by Chris Fortier when Chris heard a CDR of his productions in 1999. Chris quickly brought him into the FADE Records fold. Soon thereafter, Steve was signed as the youngest member to join The Collective Agency; home to Sasha, U.N.K.L.E., Lee Burridge and James Zabiela. He began touring across the U.S., Canada, South America, Australia, Asia and Europe and has played alongside Sasha on the Airdrawndagger & Involver North American tours, Sander Kleinenberg on the Essential Mix Tour and also headlining a hectic schedule of national and international DJ dates.
Over the last six years, Porterhouse (née Porter’s House) has amassed a collection of over 50 singles and 28 remixes under his name and the many aliases (Agent 001, HDF & Bons) used to suit the mood of the song. His myriad of tracks have been dominating dancefloors globally with Porterhouse finding its way into the record boxes of everyone from Sasha, Lee Burridge, Derrick Carter, Carl Cox, Sander Kleinenberg, Mark Farina and Paul van Dyk. He currently is in the 5th year of a residency at RISE, the long-running and only afterhours club in Boston and recently headlined New Years Eve 2005 in his hometown at the largest club in the area, Avalon Boston.
His sound is known to his fans as “Porterhouse,” 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 his DJ sets. When Steve walks into a record store he examines every genre, picking the top gems from Disco to Techno to Trance and everything in between. The essence of Porterhouse brings the energetic action to the dancefloor where the warm, funky basslines and cool percussion melt away any chin stroking pretensions and the resonating guitar & piano hooks lure you into an eternal groove. Make no mistake, Porterhouse is party house.
PORTERHOUSE – the best cut on the dancefloor.
Steve Porter ‘Homegrown’ 2005 North American Tour Dates
(*New dates added)
December 31 – BOSTON @ Avalon – New Year’s Eve 2005
January 21 – BOSTON @ RISE
January 22 – BOSTON @ Virgin Megastore (in-store DJ set)
January 29 - NEW ORLEANS @ Ampersand
February 2 – PHILADELPHIA @ Fluid
February 5 – WASHINGTON DC @ Andalu
February 11 – TORONTO @ System
February 18 – WINDSOR @ Blast
*February 19 – HOUSTON @ Gatsby Social Club
*February 24 – EDMONTON @ TBC with Sasha
February 25 – VANCOUVER @ Sonar
February 26 – SAN FRANCISCO @ 1015
*February 28 – LOS ANGELES @ Monday Night Social
March 2 – SAN FRANCISCO @ Anu
*March 3 – MILWAUKEE @ Amp
March 4 – CHICAGO @ Soundbar
*March 11 - SEATTLE @ Last Supper Club
March 18 - BOSTON @ RISE (Monthly Residency)
*March 19 – BALTIMORE @ Sonar
March 24 – MIAMI – WMC @ Resident Advisor Pool Party
March 25 – MIAMI - Winter Music Conference 2005 @ State
*April 1 – DENVER @ The Church
April 7 – NEW YORK @ Canal Room
EXCLUSIVE DOWNLOAD :: Steve Porter’s debut artist album 'Homegrown' on FDS Recordings will be available as an early exclusive digital download on iTunes, Beatport.com, Napster, MusicNet (AOL), Virgin Digital, MSN Music, and other fine digital music stores starting January 28, 2005.
www.djsteveporter.com
www.faderecordings.com - Buy 'Homegrown' here! |
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What's inside is simply stunning. Consistent with the genre's deep, dub-influenced sound, the album presents a multi-layered mix of synths, beats, and piano boosted by trance-like climaxes of anthemic waves, though the focal point remains Porter's irresistibly propulsive bass lines. His eclectic 'Porterhouse' style ranges beyond house to artfully weave elements of jazz, soul, and funk into the unrelenting mix. Taken as a whole, Homegrown is an ecstatic, even orgiastic, sampling of Progressive House, a dizzyingly rich amalgam of pounding beats and serpentine bass lines. – TEXTURA.ORG
Up-and-coming electronica golden boy Steve Porter. –PHILADELPHIA WEEKLY
For his debut artist LP, Sasha and Sander Kleinenberg's protégé Steve Porter delivers one of the best albums released in a year. Porter exercises his agile musicality, waltzing effortlessly from the jazzy piano riffs of "Fluffer Nutter" and "Beat N Potatoes," to the booming 4/4 and high-energy of "Vodka Cranberries." Porter's ingenuity shines-through in the devilish dissonance of "Rage In The Cage" and the brilliant weirdness of "Lady Elaine." A murderously good effort all-around. -DJ TIMES MAGAZINE
Steve Porter is definitely one to watch—just ask Chris Fortier, Sander Kleinenberg and Sasha. Porter’s debut artist album is pricking up ears with its subtle, prolific spirit that speaks volumes without using a word. He is the first American producer to brilliantly capture the minimalist, hard-hitting sound coming out of Germany at the moment. But don’t get the wrong idea—there is nothing derivative about this album or this man. His original music and DJ sets simply possess some of the same techy traits, funked up beats and cool meandering edge you might hear in an underground German club. On Homegrown Porter puts all original material together into a seamless, expertly mixed fashion to make a compelling CD that feels like the future of dance music. -BPM MAGAZINE
Mr. Porter is riding the crest of a wave of upcoming producers, creating a solid distinction between the old with an infectious new sound that blends elements of funk, techno, retro-electro, trance and progressive house. -INNERPHASE NY
Steve Porter, the 26-year-old DJ prodigy from Western Massachusetts, may have humbly started spinning in his parent’s basement and DJing his own senior prom, but it didn’t take long for Porter to move beyond Amherst and take over the rest of the world. These days, Porter is based in New York and spins his infectious house music in clubs all over the planet alongside superstars such as Sasha. –BOSTON GLOBE
Steve Porter is no doubt one of the hottest of the next generation producers. This debut stands in the top league of heavy hitters. Steve has this continuity that I can’t put my finger on with the entire mix yet he still manages to hit every spectrum of dance sounds and styles. Once of the best put together compilations of original material… -PROGRESSIVE-SOUNDS.com
Edgy piano sounds on the opening track Fluffer Nutter, a winning opening… Backed up by unusual chords and chord progressions, he creates a sonic masterpiece... Mix CDs are common, but mix CDs that are entirely artist produced are not, and to produce a whole set that work so well together is impressive. –IN THE MIX.au.com
Disco-tech prodigy Steve Porter's career got fast-tracked when some of his tracks came across the desk of then-Twilo resident and Fade Records co-founder Chris Fortier, who immediately signed Porter to the fledgling imprint. Fast forward just a few years and Porter's tracks can be found in the crates of some of the biggest names in the biz, including Sasha, who invited Porter to open for him on the North American legs of the Airdrawndagger and Involver tours, Sander Kleinenberg, Lee Burridge, Derrick Carter, Carl Cox and Paul van Dyk. His funky, tech-twisted house style, which Porter's dubbed "Porterhouse," has also scored the Boston native (he currently hold a resident at Beantown's only after-hours club RISE) some high-profile remix gigs, including one for "Trance Goddess" Sandra Collins. –SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER |
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| Phortastic |
a brilliant album, nothing more to say really :eyes:
Armin could learn something from this .... |
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| tjpatel |
| i need to pick this one up sounds good |
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| Sean Walsh |
| Porter is the man. |
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| GUBostonDubs |
The Sky is the Limit for Steve...
Great Producer and Dj....most importantly he's a down to earth nice guy :) |
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| Tayfoon |
| Im inlove with HomeGrown |
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| broiler |
Bump....
Great album... Brilliant. |
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| _IDS_ |
Nine months later...:p
Fantastic Album!!!
Really good job, thx Mister Porter:) |
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Look for his new album 'Porterhouse' in January 2006.
Thursday, January 19, 2006
'PORTERHOUSE' album release party
STEVE PORTER
Cielo
18 Little West 12th Street
New York City
www.porterhouse-online.com |
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lol @ disco pie
EDIT: still waiting for 1990 and its max graham remix :) |
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