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Roosevelt Teams With Nile Rodgers on New Single ‘Passion’
When SPIN spoke with Roosevelt’s Marius Lauber in February, he teased an upcoming track featuring “a big hero” of his. That song, “Passion,” is out now and sports the signature guitar work of legendary musician/producer Nile Rodgers, as well as vocals from Bim Amoako-Gyampah. “Nile has been one of my biggest influences over the years, so working on a track together with him was an absolute dream come true,” Lauber says. “The track had many different shapes and forms over almost two years, so I’m happy to finally have a version that I’m happy with. Nile and I worked on the track remotely via phone calls and e-mails, before I finally met him in L.A. to celebrate the completion of it. The man is a living legend to me, and just talking to him about the early disco days was such a big inspirati...
Roosevelt Teams With Nile Rodgers on New Single ‘Passion’
When SPIN spoke with Roosevelt’s Marius Lauber in February, he teased an upcoming track featuring “a big hero” of his. That song, “Passion,” is out now and sports the signature guitar work of legendary musician/producer Nile Rodgers, as well as vocals from Bim Amoako-Gyampah. “Nile has been one of my biggest influences over the years, so working on a track together with him was an absolute dream come true,” Lauber says. “The track had many different shapes and forms over almost two years, so I’m happy to finally have a version that I’m happy with. Nile and I worked on the track remotely via phone calls and e-mails, before I finally met him in L.A. to celebrate the completion of it. The man is a living legend to me, and just talking to him about the early disco days was such a big inspirati...
Roosevelt Gets Bodies Moving and Hearts Racing on Polydans
If you’re longing for the kind of in-person connection that can only be found dancing with abandon in a room full of friends and strangers alike, Roosevelt’s got your soundtrack. Roosevelt is the moniker of 31-year-old German artist Marius Laube, who just released the deluxe edition of his third album, Polydans, which is a note-perfect antidote to pandemic-era gloom and doom, nodding to everything from the Bee Gees, yacht rock, French house and sleek ‘80s pop over the course of 10 feel-good tracks. The ramped up version has eight additional alternate takes and the club bangers “About U” and “On My Mind.” “The theme of the record, and why I called it ‘Polydans,’ is showing these different perspectives on dance music,” Lauber tells SPIN over Zoom from the East Williamsburg apartment he’s bee...
