Here: Steve Leach's debut album 'Right Here In This Room' is an absolute stonker. It makes you want to dance and shout and praise God and then dance some more and grab other people to join in and then dance some more and praise God some more and then dance dance dance. Buy it! This is DJ-led worship at its very best.
This is what Steve says: "I am passionate about exploring new ways of worship. I got into DJing over 10 years ago because I wanted to lead worship that connected with the real world in which I live, rather than the Christian bubble in which I spent each Sunday morning." This quest led Steve to the likes of Fat Boy Slim, Basement Jaxx, Groove Armada, Daft Punk and The Chemical Brothers, and he hopes to make music which achieves a similar balance between traditional band music and electronic dance music - and being a 'proper' musician himself rather than a DJ-turned-producer has certainly helped Steve's sound stand out from the crowd. Mixing bang-up-to-date musical styles with inspiring spoken word samples, Steve has created a highly creative and musically excellent album, rather than just using a computer to churn out
um-cha um-cha! Steve says: "It sounds like big bass lines, beats and general noisiness, allowing powerful messages to be emphasised musically. It's got your favourite speakers, recorded, sampled and rearranged digitally over synth-heavy jiggery-pokery and technical yet creative wizardry."Featuring samples from Steve Chalke, Mike Pilavachi, Louis Giglio, Matt Redman and many others, 'Right Here...' ranges from the up-tempo to the chilled-out, but always with a sound that is fresh, funky, full of invention and full of faith and hunger for God. Title-track 'Right here in this room' is a slow-build stormer and 'Simon Peter' is guaranteed to get you dancing, but the stand-out track on the album has to be the bizarrely-titled 'v4'. Rammed full of unexpected musical twists and turns, rapid-fire breakbeats and infectious lyrics, 'v4' will stick in your mind and in your soul, inspiring you to move your body and worship your Lord long after the music stops.
Steve says: "God has always loved his people delighting themselves in his creation and acknowledging him. And I, for one, am glad his creation not only includes sunsets, waterfalls, mountain-top views, nice people, Yorkshire tea, waves, beaches, maple syrup, Boggle™, whistling and so on; but also that it includes synthesizers, drum machines, samplers, dance-floors, legs, flashing lights, smoke machines, and rather loudspeakers!
"I enjoy delighting myself in his presence via the gift of all these things and hope you can too whilst listening to this CD. I'm not trying to make it all cool, I'm trying to bring it down to earth. We don't have to wait until we get to heaven for worship that's so spirit-filled and truthful it's electric. This is something that could and should be happening... right here in this room!"
[ Right Here In This Room... buy it HERE today! ]
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