Lee Burridge

Lee Burridge will be visiting Montréal this Friday but, to tell you the truth, I've been waiting a while to write a few words about him.


Late last year, Mr. Burridge joined forces with Sander Kleinenberg to release a double-CD mix venture called "This Is Everybody! On Tour". Both discs are good, but it was Mr. Burridge's contribution that piqued my interest first. Why? Because Lee's mix was one of the first truly successful attempts at bridging the gap between the marginalized electro scene and the mainstream.

Benny Benassi's "Cooking for Pump Kin" & David Guetta's "Fuck Me I'm Famous 2" would tread similar grounds, although never quite as successfully retaining the palpable musical integrity of "This is Everybody! On Tour".

This is where Lee Burridge shines thru: like Kenny Hawkes', Burridge selection is never obviously commercial or easy. Rather, Burridge had a certain talent for digging out underground tracks that would appeal to anyone and everyone when properly used in a mix. This is perhaps not as evident on his Global Underground CDs, but nevertheless it's still there… you just know there's something inherently vicious in the way the songs are assembled… something wicked… a profound desire to get everyone infected with the same rhythm, negating the existence of genres, not letting anyone feel excluded by the music, not giving any one the chance to opt out and stand still.

This is why we dance, and this is why we cannot stop.

Lee Burridge will be at Stereo Afterhours this Friday. The event also doubles as the official Trentemoller after party. Maher Daniel opens - doors at 2am.