![]() Changes, another track found on Illusion, is found here with Gina Rene's smooth vocals and a different insturmental mix than the Illusion album version. The fact that earlier versions of some of the songs have been available on different compilations should not deter anyone from buying this album as "In the Light" is a completely new aural experience with the exception of "Wizard", the haunting and ethereal sounding untitled hidden track that was featured on the Illusion album. Love Cliche is a seductive smokey ballad that can only be described as heavenly, "In the Light" is a deeply chilled, blissed out track and "I Believe" is an uplifting affirmation in the self. ![]() Some of the standout tracks include "Love Cliche", "In the Light" and "I Believe". In the Light is an explosion of of smooth jazz infuzed trip-hop with a few loungy touches added for good measure, this album will literally set your soul on fire. ![]() The San Francisco quartet makes their return after nearly a decade of absence with a soulfull collection of tracks that will please fans new and old alike. Om Records is proud to present Soultice's 2011 album In the Light, featuring previously unreleased tracks from the Illusions era with 2 tracks recorded in 2011 featuring all the original members. Hitting the repeat button on the cd player will definately occur once you listen to this disc. If you are someone looking for new sounds or just in need of a great kick back cd this is a great buy. ![]() Providing not only memerable sounds and lyrics, this album gives the listener a constant flow of tracks which keep very well in line with each other. A great chill out and late night cruise cd, Soulstice has an excellent balance of positive blues grooves and vocals. Most of the time great new bands like Soulstice go unheard of for years and only if "popular radio stations" play them do they ever get out to the masses. It's hard these days to get tuned into music like this. Carefully walking a middle road between their diverse musical influences that range from Soul to Drum & Bass, lead singer Gina Rene kills us softly with her song on beautiful tracks like Fall Into You and Surrender. This album is perfect for those mellow Sunday evenings, and that lazy weekend wake-up when you wish you could just stay in bed all day, lying in your lover's embrace. If Portishead and Sade had children, they might sound something like Soulstice. You know the best thing? You can't hear the fight in their music. Few San Francisco have fought harder for success than this Om Records music collective. Fila create a blissful mix of "Wind," soaring with smooth, bossa-jazz tinged flavourings, lovely acoustic instrumentation and a perfect treatment of Gina's voice.As most musicians know, the road to stardom is not paved with gold, it's paved with struggle: struggle with your label, with your bandmates, with trying to "make it". adds straightforward hip-hop beats and a gorgeous muted bass to "Illusion," building beautifully around the original vocals while colouring with flourishes of flute and delay. Special praise is reserved for J Boogie and Fila Brazillia however, whose mixes remind us of the new perspectives a quality remix can offer. On the flip, Johnny Fiasco gives "Lovely" the full-on dance floor treatment, adding a full, kick-ass house beat while allowing Gina Rene‚s voice to soar and trumpets to sing, resulting in a full-flavoured, fun mix that is both a sure crowd pleaser and true to the band. Pepe Braddock and Kevin Yost also never quite take flight with their separate reworkings of "Tenderly," with Braddock funking it up, drawing it out, teasing, breaking, but never offering the punch that should follow. Unfortunately, Miguel Migs‚ remix of the same song is far from his most inspired work. Soulstice themselves shine during both their brilliant, bouncy, soulful two-step offering "Lockdown," a brand new song that sees the group nicely roughening up the edges on their occasionally too-smooth production, as well as with their own deep, funky and bumpin' remix of "Fall Into You." Where their mix is quality dance floor material, Landslide delivers a wonderfully abstract, jazzy broken beat instrumental. California quintet Soulstice offer up their debut album Illusion for reworkings by some of the biggest names in underground dance music, Atjazz, Kevin Yost, and DJ Spinna amongst them.
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