Oliver Heldens & Will Clarke – Lost In Music [Époque]
Two mighty talents join forces, as Oliver Heldens and Will Clarke rework Sister Sledge’s beyond-iconic disco dancefloor anthem ‘Lost In Music’ for Charlotte de Witte’s Époque label.
de Witte’s Époque imprint ethos (sharing its name with a research project into Belgian nightlife and discotheque culture) is to remake, renew and rediscover dance classics, across a broad spectrum of genres. Charlotte herself has released remakes of Push ‘Universal Nation’ and Scoop ‘Drop It’, plus ANNA’s rework of Niels van Gogh ‘Pulverturm’ on the imprint. Now, Heldens & Clarke step up.
‘Sister Sledge’s ‘Lost In Music’ is one of those special disco classics I wanted to rework, especially after doing several collaborations with the legend Nile Rodgers himself, one of my favorite humans on this planet. When I heard Will’s edit, I asked him if he was down for me making it a bit more melodic and soulful (with the piano you hear in the drops now), but that still keeps Will’s raw techno drive and pumping warehouse energy. It’s one of those fresh crossover records that neither of us would’ve ever done this way solo; that’s the beauty of collaboration!’ Oliver Heldens.
‘Oliver heard through the grapevine that I had done this edit. He liked it but wanted to put his own spin on it. A couple of weeks and some back and forth later and we had what you hear now. Every time we play this in our sets it just works. It’s an all time classic reimagined for the modern day rave. What more can you ask for eh?’ Will Clarke.
