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Horse Meat Disco
Boiler Room x FLY Open Air 2022
Horse Meat Disco at FLY Open Air is the antidote to po-faced club culture; it's a sheer, unadulterated celebration of disco's eternal groove, where the only prerequisite is the ability to smile. The vibe is pure, sun-kissed festival joy, a sea of glitter and flared trousers moving in sync to unwavering basslines. This is a masterfully curated disco house journey, cruising at a perfect 125.3 BPM average and luxuriating in the warm, soulful keys of 12A and 7A.
The energy is firmly rooted in the low end (0.63), providing that irresistible, swinging foundation that defines the genre, while sparkling guitars and soaring vocals in the mid-range supply the glitter. Their mixing is smooth and respectful of the songs, allowing timeless records to breathe and work their magic. The tracklist is a disco historian's dream: opening with Cerrone's orchestral 'Give Me Love' is a statement of intent, while later drops like the Purple Disco Machine remix of Lizzo's 'About Damn Time' prove their skill in updating classics for modern crowds.
Deep cuts shine, such as Bohannon's 'Let's Start to Dance Again' in its Dimitri From Paris extension, and the quintessential piano-house of Reese Project's 'Direct Me'. The peak is a sustained rush of positivity, perhaps best captured by their own euphoric dub of 'Self Control'. They start with Cerrone's love call, build through hours of four-to-the-floor bliss, and send us home with the smoky, cinematic swirl of their remix of Unloved's 'Mother's Been a Bad Girl'.