Once an artist reknowned for his influential homoerotic art and illustrations, Touko Laaksonen aka Tom of Finland delivers four heavyweight disco edits for the club that are enough to get even the most prudish punter perspiring.
The first sexy number, ‘Summerjam’, is pretty self-explanatory and, like his art, Tom crams the track with sex appeal. As you’re loosened by the creeping bassline, the seductive saxophone undoes the day’s woes until you and the beat become one.
‘Disco Maniac’ lives up to its title, bursting into action with a cacophony of percussion and rowdy whistles, giving way to an uptempo, glitchy melody. Exasperated breaths and squealing vocal echoes add heat to the track as it relentlessly pumps.
‘Dreamin Again’ sounds more contemporary, perfect nu-disco that hooks you on a vocal loop, tripping and stumbling until the full vocal sample is released in all its vintage glory. The heavy break down shows the Scandanavian means business and there is no let up until the very last kick.
Lastly, ‘Heavy Danse’ takes Jocelyn Brown’s sassy vocals and layers them over an assertive beat, matching the sex appeal of Inner Life’s original. The weight of the kick pulls you down before you’re hammered by the rolling licks. As the vocals cry, we like it just like that.
Tom of Finland Edits is out now via Razor-N-Tape, all 12 inches of it.
