Chicago Home Meets Brighton Large Beat in Fatboy Slim, Felix da Housecat and Carola's 'Funk Drunk'

The gang response turned a casual edit into an official single, that includes vocals from 7KY.

Not each collaboration begins in a studio. Some begin on the ground, mid-set, when a crowd tells you one thing is working.

That’s the origin of ‘Funk Drunk,’ out now through Fatboy Slim‘s Southern Fried Data. The monitor started as a mashup, with Slim dropping Carola‘s 2024 single ‘ABC’ over Felix da Housecat‘s ‘Funky Dunk’ throughout his DJ units.

The response was rapid sufficient that a casual edit grew to become a correct document. “What appeared like a easy thought really took plenty of work,” Carola stated in a press launch shared with EDM.com. “We went by means of not less than 5 totally different variations earlier than reaching the ultimate outcome.”

The payoff is a punchy, funk-forward home reduce that includes 7KY. The monitor’s title nods on to Felix Da Housecat’s supply, and it performs like a relay, Chicago home filtered by means of Brighton’s big-beat period and handed to one in every of Brazil’s fastest-rising skills.

The pairing shouldn’t be a one-off for Carola, who was named by EDM.com as one of many greatest music producers of 2022. She appeared on the remix of Fatboy Slim’s 2001 basic ‘Ya Mama’ final yr.’ Vocalist 7KY, who additionally appeared on ‘ABC,’ rounds out the lineup.

“I grew up listening to artists who helped construct digital music into what it’s as we speak,” Carola stated, casting the monitor as each a tribute to deal with historical past and a marker of the place it goes subsequent.

You’ll be able to take heed to ‘Funk Drunk’ beneath and discover the brand new launch on streaming platforms right here.