Roberto Carlos Lange, the producer behind Helado Negro, covers Sly & The Family Stone's 1967 psychedelic soul track "Dance To The Music." The move slots into a period of restless creative energy for Lange. Since dropping his Last Sound On Earth EP last fall, he's materialized on tracks with Irreversible Entanglements and Vines, establishing himself as the kind of artist who works across genres and collaborators without announcement or fanfare.
His version of "Dance To The Music" arrives as another unexpected pivot. Where the original bounced with infectious groove and Sly Stone's anarchic vocal charm, Helado Negro's interpretation strips back the song's DNA and rebuilds it through his own sensibility. The cover functions less as homage and more as conversation with a source material that shaped his sound. Given Lange's tendency to move between experimental electronic work and more grounded soul-inflected production, this cover reads as natural terrain rather than detour.
The man works best when unexpected. A standard cover could feel stale. Coming from Helado Negro, it becomes another data point in an artist who refuses easy categorization.