Mike Gillenwater is one of my good friends who lives just over the border in Indiana. He has a background more in disco-centered house which is probably a result of his formal music training background. He plays guitar for his tracks, writes the keys, everything - he’s pretty much the man. Aside from producing, Mike is also very involved in the Nine Records camp, a label that has not only housed his debut artist album, but releases from artists like Granite & Phunk, Harrison Crump and Johnny Fiasco. So when MIke wanted to collaborate on a tune together, I jumped on the chance and spent a couple days down in Indy working in his studio.

The result of our work together is a bit of a mash of our two styles. While I came to the table with a more classic electro sound, Mike loves swing, switch-ups and has been experimenting with pulling back, instead of adding more. The track is called “The Sound Of Disco” and I hope you have as much fun listening, passing it around and DJing it as we did making it. “The sound…of disco…Berlin…San Francisco…the club…the heat…p-p-play that beat.”

Thanks to Keem All Hippies, White Folks Get Crunk, Hot Biscuits, So Indie It Hurts and anyone else I missed for posting and supporting the tune.

Dani Deahl and Mike Gillenwater: The Sound Of Disco
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