The ever innovative Sporty-O turns a summer anthem into a cosmically vibrant, genre blurring experience. The Atlanta based producer/artist has remixed Edgewood Heavy’s “Drunk” with his psychedelic electronic flourishes and trippy vocal manipulations over the high energy rock/soul original. The end result is a three minute thrill ride that will be soundtracking dance floors around the world.Sporty-O’s deft production touches are evident from the opening moments. A heavy Latin-influenced dembow rhythm sets up an insistent dancehall groove with glitchy electronic embellishments and warped, pitch shifted vocal samples that are controlled in a sense of chaos.
The extraterrestrial sonic landscapes are contrasted by the earthy, raw, soulful vocals of Edgewood Heavy, whose freestyled lyrics about drunken revelry anchor the band. The most impressive thing about Sporty-O is how he manages to meld these wildly disparate elements into a cohesive, intoxicating whole. It’s an undeniable technical mastery, surgically splicing cutting edge EDM production with live instrumentation and vocals.
The sounds mutate and transform continuously, dragging you down one sonic wormhole, only to pop out in another kaleidoscopic realm. But it never feels like a genre mashup exercise. Sporty-O’s ear for infectious grooves and dancer friendly rhythms drives a buoyant, propulsive energy through the entire three minutes. Even at its most deliriously psychedelic you can’t help but move and sway to the relentless thump of those globally inspired rhythmic undercurrents.
“Drunk” is a thrilling signpost of Sporty-O’s artistic evolution, and a solidifying of his place as a true boundary pusher for long time fans. It’s a dizzying initiation for newbies into his singularly genre nonconforming vision. Above all, it’s just an incredibly fun and intoxicating three minutes of propulsive, kaleidoscopic sound. Sometimes you just need to get lost in the groove, let the vocals take you on a trippy lyrical journey and Sporty-O be your guide through the musical wormhole.
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