Slacker, real name Shem McCauley, is an electronic music

Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 house, hip hop and R&B producer. He owns Jukebox in the Sky record label. He is also well known under the guises "Head Honcho", "Ramp" and "DJ Streets Ahead". Slacker, who is based in England, UK, has released records on many labels including XL Recordings

XL Recordings

XL Recordings is a British independent record label owned by Richard Russell. It originated as a 1989 offshoot of Beggars Banquet Records.Though only releasing an average of six albums a year, XL Recordings has worked with The Prodigy, Radiohead, The White Stripes, Dizzee Rascal, M.I.A., Vampire...

, Loaded Records

Loaded Records

Loaded Records was a UK dance record label formed in 1990 by Tim Jeffery and JC Reid. It launched artists like Pizzaman, Slacker, and Wildchild. More recently it released albums by Super_Collider and singles by Annie and Holden & Thompson...

, and Perfecto Records

Perfecto Records

Perfecto Records is a United Kingdom based Trance record label founded by Paul Oakenfold in 1989.-History:Perfecto was founded by electronic music record producer and DJ Paul Oakenfold in 1989...

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Venues

Slacker has played at the following venues:

• Continental DJ Club, Mexico City
• Empire, Miami
• Fierce, Hong Kong
• Groovejet, Miami
• Home, Lima
• Ministry of Sound
  Ministry of Sound
  Ministry of Sound London, commonly referred to as simply Ministry of Sound or MoS, is a nightclub based in London, United Kingdom and an associated record label. It was ranked fourth in the 2010 DJ Magazine top 100 clubs poll 2010. As well as the nightclub in London, there is another in Egypt and...
  
  , London
• Nocturna, Miami
• Orbit, Lima, Peru
• Sikamikanco, Oslo
• Slinky, Bournemouth
• Supanova, Derby, UK
• Stereo nightclub
  Stereo nightclub
  Stereo nightclub is an afterhours club in Montreal, Canada which primarily features house music. The afterhours section of the club is always open on Fridays and Saturdays. It is located on 858 Ste-Catherine Est...
  
  , Montreal, Canada

Tracks

Over 50, including

• Feel Space (first single)
• Flying (second single)
• Scared (third single)
• Your Face
• Looky Thing

Notable collaborators

• Norman Cook (aka Fatboy Slim)
• Carl Cox
  Carl Cox
  Carl Cox is a British techno and house music DJ.-Biography:Cox grew up in Oldham, Lancashire, before attending Glastonbury High Boys secondary modern school on Glastonbury Road in Morden. Cox began his career as a hardcore and rave DJ in the mid 1980s...
  
  , DJ
• Tim Westwood
  Tim Westwood
  Timothy Westwood is an English DJ and presenter of radio and television. He also presents the UK version of the MTV show Pimp My Ride...
  
  , BBC Radio 1 DJ, England.
• The Prodigy
  The Prodigy
  The Prodigy are an English electronic dance music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990 in Braintree, Essex. Along with Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, and other acts, The Prodigy have been credited as pioneers of the big beat genre, which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s...
  
  

External links

• MySpace
• Discogs entry
• Interview with Progressive-Sounds
  Progressive-Sounds
  Progressive-Sounds is an electronic music review and news website.Founded by Chad Harnish and Simon "Progsounds" Jones, the site has featured hundreds of single and album reviews, including occasional guest reviews by artists and DJs such as Bill Hamel and Jonathan Lisle...
  
  
• WorldDJ entry