Channeling the unbridled energy of '90s club culture, Jake Shore and Henry Fong have joined forces for a new collaboration, “Take Control.”
Landing on Tchami's Confession label, the track samples C+C Music Factory's 1990 hip-house classic “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now).” And in many ways, it is the modern equivalent of that timeless holiday anthem.
Just ask FISHER, who has been rinsing the song into his DJ sets for weeks and sending the crowd into total hysteria.
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However, the track has now been supercharged, its old sugar rush transformed into something much more potent. But Shore and Fong aren't just plundering the candy drawer of the past: they've artfully interpolated it into a visceral sound of their own.
With its manic saxophone loop, “Take Control” sounds like a surge protector plugged directly into the MTV generation. It's impossible not to segue into that unmistakable C+C synth sample, but instead of parachute pants, it's wrapped in a shaky tech house beat that taps into our most primal instincts on the dance floor. Listen below.
The new song especially hits home with Shore, a longtime fan of Fong and Confession, with whom he said releasing music “has been an absolute dream.” Tech house hits with a nostalgic edge have become the secret sauce to his bulletproof formula as he furiously rises through the ranks of dance music.
“Personally, this album is a reflection of where I am in my career and what I've dedicated the last five years of my life to… letting the music take control,” says Shore. EDM.com. “The energy and culture of the '90s is in my blood, it's my childhood, it's how I was raised. I feel like myself every time I'm inspired by this era of dance music and it's a lot of fun for me to bring it back . to life. My hope is that when someone listens to this record they let go of everything in the world for a while and let the music just take control.”
The same goes for Fong, who says he grew up listening to “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)” over and over again.
“I was born in the '80s, so I was old enough to remember everything that happened in the '90s, and it was so much fun,” Fong recalls. “My mom always wore the Athlete jams CD for exercise. I remember growing up so 'Everybody Dance Now' was always blasting in my house. That whole CD feels like my childhood.”
You can find “Take Control” on streaming platforms here.
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