Confessions On An Iberican Dance Floor

To coincide with the US release of the Maxi Single of Hung Up, MadonnaTribe is happy to give its readers a closer look at the new remix of the song put together by deejays an producers Chus And Ceballos.

In this exclusive MadonnaTribe interview, we talk to the Spanish duo about their career and the creation of this new Madonna remix.

Here is an excerpt of this interview that you can read in full by clicking here or on the image below.

MadonnaTribe: The version of “Hung Up” produced by Stuart Price for the album is marked by the extensive use of the sample from Abba’s “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!” Is that the version you had a chance to listen to as well when you were asked to produce your own remix of it or you listened to a demo or an unfinished version maybe?

Chus & Ceballos: We received all the parts of the song separately, but only 30 seconds of the final mix, we didn’t receive the whole track mixed, so we listened to the final version only weeks after we finished our remix.
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MadonnaTribe: Which part of the original song you included in your mix, and which ones did produce yourself?

Chus & Ceballos: We received all the parts of the song, and we only use the vocals and the Abba sampling that to us it’s the spirit of the song, all the rest was our own production.

MadonnaTribe: What about the use of the original vocals?

Chus & Ceballos: What can we say… Madonna is one of the best singers of the last years and a diva of disco Music, her voice has energy, feeling, it’s sweet and deep at the same time, she has everything. It’s a gift for us to work with a master voice like that.