Chuck Love Jams with his Parrots

Animal friendly debut on Om Records“I'm always battling the parrots squawking here at the pad,” chuckles Chuck Love lovingly. “So I just have to build in the good bits when they come.”

Love’s philosophical, animal-friendly approach has worked out well for his debut album Bring Enough To Spill Some.

Rather than let his screeching pets put him off his stride, he has managed to build some of their colourful conversation into his project. It’s a wonder he didn’t invite his dogs to guest too – oh, there’s a reason for that.

“The dogs were a little uptight about Matt Darling's trombone when he did the session,” explains Chuck. “But the video of the Oasis of Luxury Wildlife will be coming soon.”

Chuck’s animalistic asides add idiosyncratic charm to his mellifluous and warm debut album, one that celebrates the producer’s chunky house studio talents as well as his skills behind the decks.

Having started out as a musician backing DJs on trumpet, guitar and anything else he could find, Chuck soon found his way around the studio and turntables, and nowadays acts as his own front man while laying down tunes, playing flute, trumpet, guitar, melodica and percussion as well as dropping his own vocals.

Made up of two separate discs, Bring Enough To Spill Some boasts 14 original, edited and re-mastered chunky Chuck cuts on the first set, including collaborations with house siren DeMonica (on Spread The Love), Estaire Godinez (on Bailando), and longtime Twin Cities studio buddy Fourfeet on a handful of others.

Also featured is Love’s dancefloor anthem Back In My Life (featuring Fourfeet on vocals).

Disc two, meanwhile, is full of Love’s finest remixes and a selection of choice cuts, including Andy Caldwell's Warrior, Colette's About Us, and DJ Fluid's Keep On.

“I really wanted to have a definitive collection of what I do for my first LP,” says the Minneapolis based maestro. “Something I could hand someone and say ‘here's what I've been up to for a couple of years’. I wanted to reach a wider audience beyond the DJs that are already familiar with my stuff.”