Midnight Shift: GSR Summer Mixtape 2017

It's summer and we just hit 12K followers on Facebook. Thank you! Perfect time to celebrate with a brand new mixtape! We geared this one to a late night when you just wanna d.a.n.c.e. to both new music and classic ones + cozy up with friends at the same time and get that 2am cocktail going. Donna Summer gets the mix started and then it follows with Róisín Murphy, FRIDA, Jupiter, Dannii Minogue (with Madonna), Britney Spears, Yoko Ono, Clubland and Goldfrapp. Stellar remixes from people like Little Boots, Junge Junge, Claptone, Villains, Dave Audé, Holy Ghost! and Danny Dove amp up the energy - we hope you like. Enjoy!   

Premiere: Donna Summer - Sunset People (Hot Chip 15:51 Min Extended Remix)

The amazing Donna Summer remix album Love To Love You Donna is out now and look at the treat we have! Hot Chip's stunning take on Sunset People is featured twice on the album as edits and here's the full remix, clocking in at almost 16 minutes! It's a luxurious listen to say the least and the reference to Love To Love You Baby's original length of 16:50 is almost blinding us with bright disco lights. We love the new tempo and the added beeps and blips that makes it trademarked with the Hot Chipness of it all. The Pete Bellotte and Giorgio Moroder produced single was originally released in the summer of 1980 becoming a moderate hit. As it was taken from her iconic 1979 Bad Girls album it meant Casablanca Records owned it. Donna herself had moved on by then to Geffen and left disco music behind her (or so she thought) and was getting ready for a new album era with The Wanderer. She felt sexually exploited by her old label and had redicovered her Christian faith in the process. Hearing this superb remix it's mind blowing to think of all the politics behind it all back in the day. It however does not take away from being a stunning disco number then and a slice of electro heaven now. Enjoy below! Thoughts?

Premiere: Donna Summer - Bad Girls (Gigamesh Remix)

Donna Summer's 1979 monster #1 hit Bad Girls is arguably one of the most recognized songs from the past, let's say, 50 years. The Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte produced disco anthem we're thinking can fit into practically any party or social function unless it's an extremely boring one! We're sure even death metal affectionados would get down to it. Written by Donna after one of her assistants was mistaken for a prostitute by a police officer it's sent many a floor to the absolute boiling point. We usually love Gigamesh's quirky re-imaginings and piercing synths. This is no excpetion. Completely sending these bad gals into 80's mode with instrumental sections fit for any 2013 gathering! Luckily the legendary Summer power vocals are front and center with the background chants full intact as well. Thankfully the toot, toot, beep, beep's made it as well! How'd we do without 'em? Not so well! This shining new remix uses none of the original horn section, sick bassline or sickenin' guitar solo. We can't have it all it seems, but played one directly after the other makes for one perfect good time to trot. Beep beep! The remix album Love To Love You Donna is out on October 22nd. 

Donna Summer - Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger) [Chromeo & Oliver Remix]

We cannot even with the sadness that Donna Summer isn't here to crank audio systems up and experience the awakened interest in disco and old school house. She'd been perfect on the new Daft Punk album, that's for sure! On October 22nd we're getting a brand new remix album, Love To Love You Donna, filled to the brim with new mixes by people like Hot Chip and legendary Summer producer Giorgio Moroder. The lead off is this funk-tastic club banger by Chromeo & Oliver of 1982's Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger) originally produced by Quincy Jones. The original funk and robo voice suits Chromeo perfectly and we love the amped up feeling they are bringing. We can see this burn up many dance floor at hipster parties as well as any badass 60+ party! Get d.o.w.n with D.o.n.n.a! 

Mashup: I Feel Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger Love

We're suckers for a good old mashup combining two or more worlds. Since Daft Punk and Giorgio Moroder collaborated on Random Access Memories what better than mixing the former's 2001 single Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger with the eternal Donna Summer 1977 masterpiece I Feel Love? Even throw in some of the trailblazing 1981 Patrick Cowley remix! Perfection even! That distinct Moroder beat never ever feels out of date and the blaring robotic voice adds a whole new futuristic feel to it, with Cowley's old school futurism working its way in midway. Enjoooy! Thanks DJ Alain Vinet!