The Black and Pink Ball

With as much hype as many of the acts in the blog-house world enjoy and as easy the access is to underground sounds for DJs and clubbers, we still don’t hear a ton of Boys Noize in the big-room dance clubs. So when the relaunched dance label Strictly Rhythm wanted to tap into the young sound of indie-electro, it came to Chicago’s Dani Deahl (who contributes to this section). Tonight, Deahl throws a record-release party for her new label, Calamity Jane, with Milwaukee duo the Glamour playing live to hype their new Fly By Night EP. We spoke with Richard Galling and Asher Grey from the Glamour about breaking into the big rooms.

What’s the plan for this EP—who are you trying to reach?
Asher: I think we have the indie-dance community scene already on board. We’re still trying to reach out to that group. With the remixes that we have, we’re trying to put a branch out into the DJ culture, catering more to the big-room clubs.

How would you describe Fly By Night to the average clubgoer?
Richard: There’s definitely characteristics that define the indie-dance sound in relation to electro-house. The quality that I really appreciate about indie dance music, which Fly By Night would be an example of, reminds me of how people used to talk about old-school house, how it had a quality of “soul” to it. Indie-dance music tries to reassert that. It’s a little raw, it’s a little edgier, it’s different from a very clean, high production, electro-house sound. In terms of subject matter, our single has the classic subject of a pop song. You’re trying to be with some girl for a night. You want to be with someone and hang out.