CALVIN HARRIS - ‘Acceptable In The 80’s’ - Fly Eye / Columbia

(Download: 5th March 2007 / CD: 12th March 2007)

Acceptable In The 80s is Calvin’s first proper single release. It sparkles with highgloss, glitz and glamour like a disco ball catching the light. A masterpiece of hooks and gushing synths, Acceptable In The 80s is testament to the talent at work. Not afraid to handle vocal duties himself, Calvin is a rare commodity indeed.

Exhibiting a creative and inventive edge, but still undeniably pop, Calvin’s music is already picking up rave reviews and daytime Radio 1 play. Just 23 years old and hailing from Dumfries, this young Scot made his debut album I Created Disco in his bedroom on a battered old Amiga computer. Now touring with a full band and an explosive live show, this is really something very special.

Calvin Harris just completed successful shows at the Proud galleries in London on the 15th February and at Chalk at the Scala on the 17th February and is now set to head off around the country with Faithless (and playing to over 100,000 people in the process!) in March. You really need to come and see what the fuss is about.

Remixes on the single are courtesy of The Glimmers and Tom Neville, which both do the job perfectly.