Donna Summer – Love To Love You Donna (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:14:28 minutes | 895 MB | Genre: Disco, R&B
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Verve Records
Love To Love You Donna is a brand new remix record celebrating the life and voice of five-time Grammy Award winning singer and songwriter Donna Summer. A dozen highly sought after DJs and remixers have contributed a diverse and creative spin to some of the most beloved tracks in dance and pop music history. The first single is “Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger),” remixed by Chromeo & Oliver, followed by legendary producer Giorgio Moroder’s entirely re-imagined version of “Love to Love You Baby,” the classic song he recorded with Donna (released in November of 1975). Love To Love You Donna was produced by Dahlia-Ambach Caplin, the architect of the five-volume Verve Remixed series, and Randall Poster, the legendary producer and music supervisor.
The late queen’s longtime collaborator and husband, Bruce Sudano, served as executive producer for this tribute, a varied collection of remixes from house pioneers (Frankie Knuckles, Masters at Work), hipper left-of-center figures (Holy Ghost!, Hot Chip, Jacques Greene), and current dance-music stars (Duke Dumont, Laidback Luke). Afrojack transforms “I Feel Love” into a barrage of battering noise and reduces Summer’s vocal to pulp, while Greene’s “On the Radio” has Summer so heavily echoed and distant that it could be titled “On the Radio (At the Bottom of a Deep Well).” Dumont likewise treats Summer like a sample source, but he places her at the fore, over a characteristically spacious and relaxed house track. On the other side, Masters at Work update and sweeten “Last Dance” with live bass, guitar, and keyboards. Knuckles, assisted by Eric Kupper, also retains Summer’s essence for a version of “Hot Stuff” that trucks. At the end, there’s a new song, “La Dolce Vita,” written by Summer, Moroder, and Nathan DiGesare. As enjoyable as anything off 2008’s Crayons, Italo-disco fanatics might not be able to hear it without thinking of Ryan Paris’ 1983 hit of the same title, while younger listeners might think of it as a rip-off of Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky.” It’s bittersweet to hear Moroder’s processed voice intone “We miss her so.” – Andy Kellman
Tracklist:
1-1. Interprètes Divers – Love To Love You Baby (Giorgio Moroder Feat. Chris Cox Remix) (04:19)
1-2. Interprètes Divers – Dim All The Lights (Duke Dumont Remix) (06:00)
1-3. Interprètes Divers – Hot Stuff (Frankie Knuckles & Eric Kupper As Director’s Cut Signature Mix) (05:59)
1-4. Interprètes Divers – I Feel Love (Afrojack Remix) (06:00)
1-5. Interprètes Divers – Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger) (Chromeo & Oliver Remix) (04:02)
1-6. Interprètes Divers – Sunset People (Hot Chip Dub Edit) (07:38)
1-7. Interprètes Divers – Working The Midnight Shift (Holy Ghost! Remix) (05:29)
1-8. Interprètes Divers – Bad Girls (Gigamesh Remix) (05:19)
1-9. Interprètes Divers – MacArthur Park (Laidback Luke Remix) (05:39)
1-10. Interprètes Divers – I Feel Love (Benga Remix) (07:15)
1-11. Interprètes Divers – On The Radio (Jacques Greene Remix) (05:57)
1-12. Interprètes Divers – Last Dance (Masters At Work Remix (Short Version)) (06:33)
1-13. Interprètes Divers – La Dolce Vita (04:13)
