Making re-edits of disco tracks is a pretty simple concept. You take a song that was already great, and you beef it up so it sounds loud sitting next to today’s over-compressed jams. For most producers, that just means adding another drum track, and maybe moving some verses around if they’re feeling…inspired.
But every once in a while you find someone who can (and does) do a bit more with it. Late Nite Tuff Guy seems to be one of those dudes. He’s certainly got a number of tracks that lean closer towards straight re-edits, but for just as many he creates totally bizarre yacht rock/drum machine love children. This guy has a serious fetish for electric cowbell samples, and that’s a good thing.
So it goes with “I’m Hot,” which re-edits and reworks Marvin Gaye’s “Sexual Healing” in the most absurd of ways. It’s tinged with nu disco-style filters, and can’t help but feel a little ironic. But at the same time, muy sexy. Almost like having a mustache is required for listening (which is fitting, considering LNTG’s Facebook photo is a 300 pound wrestler with a hell of a handlebar)
For something a little more straight-ahead disco, check “2Nite” – still a healthy amount of cowbell, with a really groovy dance vibe.