New York, NY - Following the global success of Tommie Sunshine and Disco Fries’ hit single “Don’t Look Back,'' Australia's Sgt Slick and Gerd Janson revamp the original track with a groovy remix pack out now via Vicious Recordings. Gerd Janson and Sgt Slick's remixes have already garnered early support from Spotify's Cratediggers, Beatport, and New In Dance on Apple Music.
With the original track released in 2011 onto Vicious Recordings, Tommie Sunshine and Disco Fries’ “Don’t Look Back'' received high accolades and official remixes from a number of producers including Rogerseventytwo, DSKOTEK and more. Now on the 10th year anniversary, Sgt Slick and Gerd Janson breathe new life into the original hit with groovy disco flare.
The remix pack begins with Gerd Janson’s new school take on club sounds with both a melodic dreamy vocal mix filled with classic synth and drum sounds, but with a modern edge, shuffling under the vocodered title line. Next, Sgt Slick’s aptly titled “Discotizer” remix does exactly that, dropping classic strings and a grooving bassline with his funky house meets disco take and providing a full vocal experience. Sgt Slick and Gerd Janson's remix pack is a forsure good time and will have you dancing the night away!
This heavy hitting remix pack is complete with two revamped music videos which feature appearances from Disco Fries’ Nick Ditri and Tommie Sunshine that pay homage to the original 2011 music video. You can find the Gerd Janson music video here and you can view the Sgt Slick music video here.
Sgt Slick mentions:
“I always loved playing the original of this when it came out way back, and especially loved that vocal filter trick that comes after the chorus "no-no-no-no" so I knew I had to keep that in my remix. Besides that I always thought the vocal delivery was really soulful and smooth, so I built up a super disco backing with a big string hook and basically treated it like a sample, filtering it in and out and playing it off the vocal hooks. It's been going over really well down here in Australia!”
About Gerd Janson:
Gerd Janson is one of the most highly respected DJs in the world of house and techno. Quite often, “highly respected” goes hand-in-hand with “underrated” but over the past few years, audiences around the world have also found out what insider types already knew: Janson is a DJ that reconfigures the classics you already knew in an unexpected way – and introduce you to new classics, a few months (or years) before you’ll hear them played everywhere else.
About Sgt Slick:
Melbourne based producer and DJ Andy Ramanauskas has been a solid fixture behind the decks and on dance music charts and radio for the better part of 20 years. He has a huge list of achievements under his production aliases “Sgt Slick and “L’TRIC”, including ARIA and APRA Awards and nominations, US Billboard, UK Music Week, ARIA, Traxsource and Beatport # 1 Records, and a string of successful music releases and collaborations with the likes of Kaskade, Chuckie and Robbie Rivera to his name. His original music has been released on many of the world’s biggest labels, including Spinnin’, Ultra, Positiva, Island / Def Jam and Capitol Records, whilst on Spotify his music reaches over a million listeners every month. Andy’s career as a producer has opened doors to gigs and shows all across Australia and Asia, and also led to a 7 year relocation to the USA which included high profile gigs and residencies from Los Angeles to New York City, Las Vegas to San Francisco, Boston to Atlantic City and beyond. Armed with a continuous and consistent delivery of club hits and remixes, he also produced the massive crossover radio hit and ABBA cover ,“Gimme, Gimme, Gimme” in 2020... a track which is still filling dance floors in 2021 and one which has seen The Sarge headlining the nation ’s biggest clubs and events week after week since. He has graced the cover of Spotify’s esteemed “New Dance Beats” playlist 3 times, is ranked # 6 on Beatport’s highest sellers of 2021 in the ‘Nu Disco genre, and reached the # 1 position on Shazam’s Discovery Australia Chart! His latest release, ‘The Night is already making moves with tastemaker DJs around the globe, and is due for release on revered Australian dance music label ‘Vicious
Recordings’.
About Vicious Recordings:
Vicious was born over 29 years ago and has stood strong and steady as the dance music industry has gone from a vinyl led underground movement to a global, digitally distributed and streamed phenomenon. In that time there have literally been hundreds of releases on the label which was founded in a backyard shed out of a passion for the music.
A passion which is still vibrant if you talk to co-founders John Course and Andy Van, Be Rich label manager Guy Lewis, or any of the people that help make the label tick. Just touching on the label’s history finds a trail of now huge and respected names. DJ Carl Cox teamed up with Mark James (ex Future Entertainment head honcho) and John Course to see the label’s third release “Eternal”. Ground Level’s “Dreams of Heaven” was the label's first internationally charting release. Dirty South’s first releases and remixes were on Vicious, TV Rock’s Ivan Gough saw his first releases with the label, as did James Ash from the Rogue Traders who’s debut album was released by Vicious and is now back with the team releasing new music as James Ash. The platinum selling Potbelleez are another who started at the label. Madison Avenue achieved global success with their “Polyester Embassy” album and worldwide hit singles “Don’t Call Me Baby” (UK pop chart number 1) and “Who The Hell Are You”. Australian phenomenon Peking Duk had 3 Platinum selling singles with Be Rich Records and of course the late Avicii had a stack of his earliest releases, including his first Beatport number 1 “My Feelings For You” released on Vicious.
Heading into it’s 30 th birthday in 2022, Vicious continues to discover, develop and release quality electronic music, with a talent focused but business savvy collective behind the label. That, you can be sure, will see tomorrow's new releases continue to add to the revered history that the Vicious collective already hold close to it’s dance floor driven heart!