Crucial grooves on the fringes of disco from a New York hero

The evolution of dance music in New York has always pivoted around the looming influence of disco, with the wild energy of the city and its nocturnal denizens pushing the sound into fascinating new shapes with each successive era. Eric Duncan is a true embodiment of this culture, having built up a formidable body of work in various guises and collaborations, all centered around modern extrapolations of that irresistible groove.

He’s carved out a celebrated catalogue of edits and productions as Dr. Dunks, but he’s perhaps best known for his work as Rub N Tug alongside Thomas Bullock – their remix accolades reach from the international pop music elite to the deepest underground acts, while their seminal Campfire mix in 2005 cemented their reputation as impeccable selectors in the tradition laid out by Mancuso, Levan, Siano and the other NYC greats.

With a keen understanding of how to stitch together disparate genres into a flowing, infectious and truly uplifting narrative, Duncan is a pure embodiment of disco in all its many-headed, liberating forms, from the old to the new. That should tell you all you need to know about freeing your mind for your ass to follow when he lands at Contact on his Japan tour.