New Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder Song, "La Dolce Vita," Is Pure Aural Sex: LISTEN
Donna Summer, who was taken from us far too soon in 2012, is being honored with Love to Love You Donna, a tribute compilation dropping today that features amazing remixes of some of her biggest hits, including Laidback Luke's take on "MacArthur Park," Jacques Greene's version of "On the Radio" and Chromeo and Oliver's update of "Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger).
Giorgio Moroder, who collaborated with the disco diva on the incomparable "I Feel Love" and "Love to Love You Baby," contributed his own update of "Love to Love You" with Chris Cox. But he also offered up the previously unreleased "La Dolce Vita," a track he and Summer had been working on before her death.
"The song was begun a few years ago in Nashville with [vocal producer] Nathan DiGesare and then tweaked over time when we went back to Nashville to visit," Summer's widower, Bruce Sudano, told Spin. "I wanted a new song on the CD but couldn't get approval of the demo until Giorgio came on and reworked the track and added his touch. The vocal used is actually one from early on in the writing process." (If you're new to Summer, you might know Moroder from his recent collaboration with Daft Punk on Random Access Memories, which has brought the 73-year-old EDM pioneer a new generation of fans.)
