
Hold On / Take It Slow
LA-based producer Blake Robin (aka LUXXURY aka Baron von Luxxury) has been making waves in the nu disco world with his controversial LUXXURY edits, a series of dubby, slow disco remixes highlighting buried gold in the original multitracks of classic songs, making the familiar more exciting by unearthing unexpected treasure. Launched in July 2013 with Madonna "Vogue (Luxxury edit)", he received immediate support from Greg Wilson, Psychemagik, Ursula 1000, Junior Sanchez, Goldroom and hundreds more. His "Hotel California" edit injected new life into the ancient, overplayed classic rock song giving it a sexy, dubbed out beat and transforming Don Henley into a vocoderized robot. It was a runaway smash, attracting nearly 300,000 Soundcloud listens, ink from the Wall Street Journal (who published a front page article about him), offers from dozens of labels, and a major internet kerfluffle, all of which served only to boost Luxxury's profile and add...