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Dave Seaman has packed in a fair bit during his four decades in the acid house trenches. Editing clubbing bible Mixmag at the tender age of 18; approaching one hundred countries rocked as a globe-trotting DJ; curating more than a dozen seminal mix compilations; helming three influential record labels; and sharing studios with such luminaries as Kylie and the Pet Shop Boys.
 
…there was one itch left to scratch. His own artist album. And now, at long last, it has arrived – a sultry, shimmering beauty, a career milestone, ‘Mirrorball Sleaze’ is finally released on his own Selador Recordings imprint on 13th November in both digital and physical (vinyl/CD) formats.
 
The album is a heady mix of both new and old recordings, all created, revised and / or re-purposed especially for this project, with Dave committed to fighting back against our current “here, today, gone tomorrow culture”. The resulting assemblage represents the best of his sprawling oeuvre, joining the dots between the some of his most celebrated past glories right up to the present day, where he remains on the frontline of club culture.
 
The 11-track collection runs continuously across 40+ bountiful eclectic minutes. “I wanted it to work as a cohesive whole,” opines Dave, “It’s not just a collection of club tracks – it’s one listening piece.”
 
From the opening, intricate, glitchy electronica of ‘Loco Hermoso’, a collaboration with Argentinian Producer, DJ Paul (AR) the scene is set for a magic carpet ride through the more refined reaches of electronic club music, stopping off at several celebrated hot spots along the way.
 
Contemporary Tribal and Melodic House flavours emerge throughout the expertly crafted ‘Thonk! and ‘Rapscallion’s Revenge’ before the title track arrives in all its majestic beat-free glory – brooding, euphoric and achingly beautiful in equal measure.
 
The running order showcases Dave’s love of the traditional album structure. ‘Nightfalls’ is thus carefully chosen to close side A of the vinyl format. Dave’s love affair with Gaelle Adisson’s vocal refrain from The Ananda Project’s ‘Cascades of Colour’ has lasted for a quarter of a century, initially as a centrepiece of his much-loved Cape Town mix for Global Underground, and now that inescapable vocal hook is back, via a deep, breaks-driven, spellbinding version excursion.
 
As Side B hoves into view (track 6 for digital listeners), Dave enlists recurrent studio partner, Quivver and invites Brianna Price to take on vocal duties for ‘Rockets & Rainbows’, an organically enriched incarnation of the cut which originally appeared on Steve Bug’s Poker Flat imprint. “I’ve got a special connection with this record. I wrote the lyrics and then sourced Brianna to bring them to life. I love that dirty chugging vibe – a good example of what I consider to be Mirrorball Sleaze.”
 
UK artist Thomas Gandey then joins the fray with a characteristically idiosyncratic guest vocal performance on the low-slung Indie Electronica of ‘Heavyweight Residue’ before the album’s most dancefloor-targeted segment ensues in the shape of the evergreen ‘Everything Comes in Threes’, and the seismic, soul-stirring vocal cut ‘Promise You’, where Dave teams up with Ukrainian producer AIKON.
 
One of the album’s stand out cuts then follows with the revival of another vocal with which Dave is inextricably linked, Poloroid’s ‘So Damn Beautiful’. Seaman first heard Danielle Rowe’s dulcet tones wrapped around the infectious title hook back in 1999, when it took centre stage on his lauded Global Underground 12: Buenos Aires set. Newly re-energised to place it at the heart of the 2026 soundscape, Dave dubs it “a widescreen cinematic orchestral opus. Something that I would have included on my Back to Mine compilation back in the day.”
 
Closing the album is ‘Under the Knowledge’, which sees two of Dave’s most celebrated recent collaborations joined at the hip. “Essentially, it’s the collab I did with my Selador partner Steve Parry as Nunchi Coup, ‘Under the Scars’ (Selador’s 150th release) and my collab with Hernan Cattaneo, ‘Napkin Knowledge’ (from our 10th birthday series of EPs) morphed together. It’s not just a straight mash up though, there’s a lot of new production and extra instrumentation. It just felt like the perfect closing track.”
 
“I wanted to shine fresh light on these tracks, some of my Selador highlights, of which I’m very proud and really think stand the test of time,” concludes Dave. “I was also keen for people to be able to digest it as a carefully curated full album package, a true listening experience. More than anything of course, I hope people enjoy it!”
 
Mission accomplished.

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