Gusto – Disco’s Revenge

Reissued on blue 12″ vinyl comes a delightfully kooky slice of mashup/Latin house from (friends of) Gusto aka. Edward Greene, who first released ‘Disco’s Revenge’ in 1996 through Dig It International, in what was sure to become a hugely well-received Latin house classic. Said to have been remixed at least 50 times over the course of its existence – and then covered, rerubbed, and even acoustic-versioned some more – we now hear just a select three versions of the track by Mole Hole, David Anthony, and Freemasons. All their remixes shed implicit light on what exactly it was about ‘Disco’s Revenge’ that ignited the collective reinterpretive of the Bronx house scene at the time. Perhaps it was the track’s “bom, bom, bom” vocals, its bombastically brassy “keep on moving” churns, its cheer band trombones and American football grunts that came together to touch such a vital motivational cord.