Below Zero

Chuck Love's day starts off with fighting parrots a brawl the house multi-instrumentalist/producer/DJ would normally avoid if he didn't need their squawk on his record (Yes, he truly goes there).  Mr. Love then packs a suit case with his girlfriend, and the two get "Pop Love" to drive them to the airport, where they "fight like Fred and Ethyl over the treat bags Mom Love packed" and board the private jet they share with 130 other people. Touchdown. Sound-check. Hotel registration. And then, the best part: the hotel's fuzzy white robes which Love says is the benchmark of a "dope" spot.  Fittingly, Love and his girl take a "disco nap" before rolling up to the club, where the gratuitous head-bobbing begins and doesn't end until Love's guitars are unplugged, the roof was raised, and subwoofers smoldering. Then, before he knows it, he's back in the studio squabbling with the parrots again.

Love, as we're sure you've gathered by now, is not a typical house music maker -- in fact, the dance music veteran didn't start off as most do with the bedroom DJ gear and gig here and there at the local dive bars. As heard on his very new, very first longplayer, "Bring Enough To Spill Some" ("it's a bitch to type," Love says), the man plays all his own instruments (and birds, even). When his contemporaries in his house-lovin' home-base of Minneapolis expressed their love of the beat through DJ sets, Love would happily back them on trumpet, guitar, or really anything else he could find -- his shows at legendary night spot First Avenue becoming more packed each month. It's not that Love can't DJ or produce -- au contraire. Released by the house of Om Records -- a label Love has followed for decades -- "Bring Enough To Spill Some" is a 2-disc collection that demonstrates his special, stylistic diversity and ability to both mix a ridiculous set and produce tracks to showcase inside it.

Disc one features fourteen original, edited and remastered Love cuts, Disc two takes the listener through a jungle of trackier tunes, showcasing some of Love's old favorites and new bangers.

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