Watch Roy LaCroix Use Peppers as Instruments to Perform New Single, "Tabasco"

Forget playing with fire—Roy LaCroix wants you burning up from the inside out with his sweltering new house track, "Tabasco." 

The LA-based DJ and producer crafts a wonky beat with a seductive vocal hook, each line dripping with sizzling innuendo. The result is a deliciously unconventional house anthem that sears the senses with its smoldering wordplay and chugging basslines.

LaCroix even used actual peppers to bring the track to life, clasping them with alligator clips and routing them to Ableton Live as MIDI via a Playtron unit. The innovative gadget allows musicians to transform everyday objects into a keyboard or synthesizer.

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"Tabasco" is a steamy love letter to spicy condiments and the burn they provide, likening a muse to a "sriracha queen" whose "spices don't expire." Alongside a drop that slinks and contorts with quirky synths, LaCroix's lyrics manage to turn something as mundane as hot sauce into an aural aphrodisiac.

All said and done, the new single is a party on a plate—weird, wonderfully wonky and guaranteed to leave you reaching for a metaphorical glass of water. Take a listen to the track, out now via Music is 4 Lovers, below.

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