Credit To The Edit: Late Nite Tuff Guy

Now it's not often I'll sing the praises of an Aussie (there are various reasons for this, most of which I won't be going into here), but in this case I really do need to make an exception. Late Nite Tuff Guy is a producer out of Australia that has been laying down some seriously good edits, reworks and remixes for a minute now. With releases recently from one of my favourite labels, House Of Disco, this is a guy who is making waves with his immaculate re-touches. I could've chosen any one of a bunch of edits to highlight here, but I've chosen his version of Narada Michael Walden's track 2nite, as he has made it available for free download to celebrate reaching 4000 followers on soundcloud. Enjoy!

Check out Late Nite Tuff Guys soundcloud page here and his facebook page here.

2nite [LNTG Re-Edit] by Late Nite Tuff Guy

Credit To The Edit: The Specials

In tribute to The Specials being in Auckland Town this evening...

The Specials - A Message To You Rudy - (J-Sound Mix) by J-Sound!

Credit To The Edit: Finnebassen

This is one of the cheeky edits which really isn't that much of an edit; in fact, the edit police would probably have me up for highlighting this version, as all Finnebassen does with his Silly Pilly edit is basically extend the intro's and outtro's and slap a 4/4 beat underneath one of the standout tracks from Mayer Hawthorne's recent How Do You Do? album. But it works, dammit, it really, really works...

A long time (Silly Pilly Edit) by Finnebassen

It's worth checking more of Finnebassen's edits and original music here...
And read my interview with Mayer Hawthorne right here.

Credit To The Edit: Onur Engin

The first in a brand new (but admittedly intermittent) series highlighting some of my favourite edits, reworks and re-rubs of recent times. The whole "edit culture" seems to get bad press from grumpy DJs, but there's definitely some boss among the dross. Here's one: Turkish producer Onur Engin has released a slew of cracking edits, pretty much all of which qualify as 'class'. Cop a few of them on his Soundcloud page, or check his facebook for more info. Two absolute belters below: James Mason's 'Sweet Power Your Embrace' and Kool and The Gang's 'Summer Madness Live'. Get hip to the script flip...

James Mason - Sweet Power Your Embrace (Onur Engin Edit) by Onur Engin

Kool & The Gang - Summer Madness (Onur Engin Edit) by Onur Engin