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Steve Mac
Why we feature this artist Steve Mac: the house producer behind Paddy’s Revenge Paddy’s Revenge is one of Steve Mac’s most immediately recognisable records, but his own account places it inside a much longer history of house production and remix work. This is …
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Steve Mac: the house producer behind Paddy’s Revenge
Paddy’s Revenge is one of Steve Mac’s most immediately recognisable records, but his own account places it inside a much longer history of house production and remix work. This is the Steve Mac associated with Rhythm Masters and Jack Said What, a distinction that matters when another successful producer uses the same professional name.
Rhythm Masters and the remixes
Mac formed Rhythm Masters with Rob Chetcuti in the early 1990s. The partnership developed through productions, remixes and DJ work, including releases connected with Todd Terry and David Morales. After the duo’s 2002 split, Mac continued with solo work.
In a later interview, he singled out the 1996 treatment of Todd Terry’s Keep on Jumpin as an important career moment. He also discussed Loving You More with Steve Smith from Dirty Vegas and the much more conspicuous Paddy’s Revenge.
A larger acid-house story
Paddy’s Revenge appeared in 2008, giving Mac a sizeable crossover single. Its familiar instrumental material and assertive dance arrangement make a direct point of entry, but they do not describe the whole catalogue.
The 2023 album Bless This Acid House supplies another perspective. Mac’s firsthand account of the project places it alongside his studio work with figures including Robert Owens and Marshall Jefferson, and the development of the Jack Said What label.
The contrast is useful. Paddy’s Revenge makes recognition a large part of the experience; the longer career shows a producer working with voices, club rhythms and different kinds of source material. The remixing and acid-house records give that familiar single a more substantial history.
Essential releases
Paddy’s Revenge
The solo crossover single gives an immediate route into the catalogue.
Bless This Acid House
The album places Mac’s house-music history in a larger studio programme.