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John
Larner and Slater Hogan are playing at:
F4
Little Collins Street
Melbourne
Saturday 18 September
"The hardest
part about my job is combing the job of music educator with music
entertainer. If I can move the crowd to dance while also turning
them on to new music, then I have achieved my goal". While
this might sound like an easy task, it has actually taken Slater
over seven years to create his creative house recipe.
Slater's musical
tastes were developed at an early age. "My father is the Dick
Clark of Indianapolis. He is a historian or early rock n roll and
doo-wop, so I had a big exposure to blues and soul as well."
While on a
3 year stint at Butler University, where he attended school on a
tennis scholarship, Slater became interested in the mad sound coming
out of Manchester, England. The Smiths, The Stone Roses, and The
Happy Mondays were some of his early influences. These sounds gave
way to New Order, Depeche Mode and the rest of the electronic movement.
Soon after
his departure from Butler, Slater met up with his future partner
in crime, John Larner. "This was the very beginning of my dj
career. I was really interested in the early drum n bass sound,
but then I met John, and heard proper house music and I was hooked."
Slater dove
in head first and soon was promoting major parties in the city,
as well as dj'ing on the Midwest party circuit. Regular gigs in
Cincinnati, Louisville and St.Louis soon gave way to more national
exposure. In 2002 Slater co-headlined a national tour with Lady
D, one of the 4 Superjane divas.
It was at this
time that Slater and John began working on their production. It
didn't take long before their sound caught the ears of Mark Farina.
"Mark is probably the biggest catalyst we had in the early
stages, and still have today. His support of our tunes helped get
them signed to labels we wanted to work with and allowed us to grab
the ear of the global audience."
Since then,
the duo have released over 12 records in 2003 and have played Belgium,
Norway, Scotland, England, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, and Canada.
As well as cities in the states such as Boston, New York, Chicago,
Miami, San Francisco, Dallas, St.Louis, Denver, Los Angeles and
many others.
Upcoming releases:
Slater Hogan and John Larner "Summer Fling" Safe N Sound
2004
Slater Hogan and John Larner "Fun and Dancing" Good Famliy
2004
Slater Hogan and John Larner "Reflex" Anonymous 2004
Slater Hogan and John Larner "Let It Flow" Explicit Soul
2004
Earth Deuley "The Fried Pie Line" John Larner's Southern
Blues Remixes 2004
John Larner and Slater Hogan "ADD Acid " (with Tony Senghore
Remix) Mouthful 2004
John Larner and Slater Hogan "Moving Our Way" Odds and
Ins 2004
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