Moon Boots Loves Party Records and Powerful Pianos

Brooklyn-based producer Moon Boots makes sublime dance tracks influenced by the deep grooves of disco, r&b boogie and house music. His creations sounds both immediately familiar and enjoyable, as if he has pulled the best snippets of your favorite dance tracks and filtered them into one song. In June, he released "Gonna Give It," an easygoing track that sounds as if it could have first been released in the early 90s heyday of house music in the mainstream. The rest of his year will include appearances at festivals, like next week's Electric Zoo in New York, and nightclubs like XOYO in London.

For this edition of "The Last Record," Moon Boots selected an eclectic mix of house music and, surprisingly, a progressive rock classic that made him feel like a kid again.

I went to this pop-up record shop called Come Again Records at Duke's Liquor Box in Greenpoint, Brooklyn last week and was really glad I did. A big chunk of the stock there is from Lloyd Harris (aka Lloydski of Tiki Disco fame), so there's lots of fun oddball records. This was playing over the speakers shortly after I walked in and I knew I needed it right away. It has sinister sound effects, some Eastern European organ melodies, a tough house beat and cool vocal samples. Great party record.

Another record I got from the same haul. Gorgeous 80s gospel keys and gorgeous vocals on a sparse Chicago beat. Most of the music I buy has some form of vocals. I like instrumentals too, but they really have to blow me away. I bet these guys knocked this song out in an hour or two and even though I tend to work the opposite way, I love that. Great night-ender vibes.

Here's one of those instrumentals that really blows me away. Andre Lodemann is an absolutely sick producer. Need I say more?

I watched a documentary on Queen a couple of weeks ago and I enjoyed it so much that it made me want to learn some of their songs on piano. I love figuring out tricky progressions, chord voicings, harmonies … that sort of dorky stuff, no matter what genre. It took a bunch of time slowing the songs down in Ableton, but I was finally able to pound out "Killer Queen" and "Bohemian Rhapsody" at full tempo. I think I made the little kid in me very happy that day.