Super Progressive

On this week's episode we share our future plans for Miami Music Week as well as update you on all things Super Progressive. 

Steve Lawler joins Super Progressive for a special interview one hour before he's set to take the stage at Halcyon SF. In this episode, we meet Steve at his hotel in San Francisco and discuss his past residencies in the city, his residency at Twilo, the magic of the Terrace at Space Ibiza, and his Nubreed and Lights Out releases with Global Underground.

1:03 - Steve's history with San Francisco
3:50 - The Terrace at Space Ibiza
8:25 - DJing at Cafe Mambo
11:32 - DJing at Cream
14:50 - Nubreed album for Global Underground
15:46 - Creating the Lights Out series with Global Underground
16:36 - The influence of Danny Tenaglia
21:36 - Mixing the Lights Out album
22:58 - Birmingham & Tony de Vit

When Steve Lawler accepts our interview request, we pack up the Tahoe and roadtrip up to San Francisco for what will go down as one of the best nights in Super Progressive history. 

In the middle of our discussion about albums that matter in house music history, Danny Tenaglia leaves an encouraging comment on our Instagram. We also talk about the video Jack made for Behrouz and the video Will is making about the passing of Virgil Abloh. 

This week we discuss the behind-the-scenes work on our Mix Albums That Matter series, including a brand new collaboration with Balance Series. We reflect on Tiesto liking our instagram post and make our plan for the rest of the year.

On this week's episode, Jack and Will share their big idea for Super Progressive, updates on the Super Progressive instagram, and a major shoutout to our day-one followers. 

00:00 - Intro
01:10 - Instagram update
12:25 - Super Progressive DJ update
16:39 - Shoutout to our followers
25:15 - Our big idea for festivals

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When you talk about the history of house music, you have to talk about Dave Seaman.

Dave Seaman joined Super Progressive to talk about his label Selador and upcoming Seladoria shows, becoming the editor at Mixmag magazine, his residency at Shelley's, forming Brothers in Rhythm, Renaissance mixes, Global Underground mixes in Buenos Aires, South Africa, Melbourne, and Lithuania, and his Bape collection.

Dave is truly a house music legend and we can’t thank him enough for joining our podcast.

00:00: - Selador & Seladoria
05:08 - First records and experiences with the underground music scene
07:54 - Falling in love with New York, club culture, and breakdancing
09:37 - Mixing for the first time
10:50 - Getting a job at Mixmag
11:59 - Clubbing during the Second Summer of Love
14:36 - The inside story of Dave getting the job at Mixmag
20:10 - Initial Mixmag responsibilities
22:37 - When the dance music community was born
26:05 - Shelley's Residency
27:35 - Brothers in Rhythm
28:26 - The legacy of Shelly’s Residency
31:50 - Mixmag Vol 1 feat. Carl Cox
34:30 - Walking the line between pop and underground
38:00 - Returning to Leeds
39:55 - How the Renaissance relationship began
42:04 - Stress Records
45:42 - Getting Anthony Pappa a job
48:00 - Global Underground in Buenos Aires
49:44 - Buenos Aires Clip for GU
51:54 - The role the host city plays in GU
55:07 - Bomb scare at GU022 Melbourne gig
57:20 - The magic of Melbourne
1:00:04 - The chaotic life of a DJ
1:04:12 - Bape collection

In this episode, Will and Jack discuss DJ Mag's Alternative Top 100 DJ List as well as what Super Progressive was up to this week. 

Jack Drapp and Will Noglows invite you to  behind-the-scenes listen on life at Super Progressive HQ. This week, we talk about completing Season 1 of our DJ interview series, rflect on our most-recent interview with Stacey Pullen, our upcoming interview with Dave Seaman, and our plans for Halloween.

Super Progressive is a house music podcast that invites both longtime fans and new listeners to learn more about the history of house music in addition to talking about electronic music news from around the world. 

2:06 - First techno record
4:25 - The history of the Bellevue Three and the birth of techno
07:34 - Experiencing underground music in Detroit
10:27 - The original meaning of “progressive”
12:28 - The connection between Detroit and techno
15:26 - Stacey’s one mission
20:38 - Staying in and learning to program beats
24:43 - Meeting mentors and improving skills
31:49 - Defining the second wave of techno
33:58 - Moving to Amsterdam
37:24 - The Amsterdam scene
40:25 - Disaster first European gig
43:51 - Returning to Detroit
47:33 - Psudenyms
51:38 - Radio School residency
55:42 - The minimal scene
1:00:34 - Developing the techno sound
1:02:58 - Essential Mix
1:05:38 Travel guide to Detroit
1:11:49 - Being vegan

When you talk about the history of underground dance music. You have to talk about Detroit. 

Stacey Pullen joined Super Progressive to talk about talk about Stacey’s school days as a drummer, driving to the Music Institute when he was away at college, meeting his idols, moving to Amsterdam, DJing in Europe, returning to Detroit, what makes Detroit what it is, and being vegan. 

Super Progressive is a house music podcast dedicated to telling the history of underground dance music.