Gabriella Cilmi- "Sweet About Me" Truth & Soul Remix

 

03.26.2008


Truth & Soul lend their remix magic to Australian singer-songwriter

The Song:

 

Following the success of Truth & Soul's remix of the Amy Winehouse track "Love Is A Losing Game," Truth & Soul is at it again, this time remixing a track from Gabriella Cilmi, who is currently touring the UK with the Sugababes. Whereas the original take of "Sweet About Me" is more straightforward in nature, the remix elevates the song to a new level, adding a soulful groove and incorporating lush instrumentation to the track. Truth & Soul kicks back the tempo ever so slightly and adds organic instrumental layering, including a tremelo-heavy classic organ sound and an airy slide guitar, giving Gabriella Cilmi the opportunity to let her vocal and lyrical prowess shine, as the track naturally flows between a forward-driving chorus and a laid-back verse section.

 

 

The Background:

 

About Truth & Soul: When Soul Fire Records officially retired in 2004, Soul Fire house musicians Leon Michels and Jeff Silverman started their own label, Truth & Soul, which has now become a label and production house based out of Brooklyn, NY that specializes in creating deep funk and soul music. They have released a slew of 7" and 12" vinyl releases by bands such as El Michels Affair, Bama & The Family, Lee Fields & the Expressions, Timothy McNealy, Asiko, Bronx River Parkway, and many more. Both Michels and Silverman produce, perform on, engineer, and mix all of the label's releases and productions.

 

Fallin' Off the Reel Vol. 2 follows the success of Truth & Soul's first edition of the compilation, Fallin' Off the Reel, released in the fall of 2006. The forthcoming second-edition Truth & Soul compilation boasts a varied roster of current-day and older funk and soul artists, including Timothy McNealy, El Michels Affair, Bronx River Parkway, Lee Fields & The Expressions, Tyrone Ashley's Funk Music Machine, Black Velvet, Quincy Bright and The Fabulous Three. The compilation comprises a wide selection of contemporary music that has descended from the rhythm and blues, soul, and funk music traditions. Fallin' Off The Reel Vol. 2 has every Truth & Soul 45 single presented in chronological order from 2006 until now (available for the first time on CD), including one previously unreleased bonus track. The Gatefold Double-LP includes selected tracks from both volumes of the Fallin' Off the Reel series, plus rare tracks.

 

 

Audio Streams:

 

Gabriella Cilmi- "Sweet About Me" Truth & Soul Remix

http://www.audibletreats.com/download/TruthandSoul/Sweet_TruthandSoulRemix.asx

 

Lee Fields- "My World"

http://www.audibletreats.com/download/TruthandSoul/Lee_Fields-My_World.mp3

 

Fallin' Off the Reel Vol.2 Megamix

http://audibletreats.s3.amazonaws.com/streams/Truth_and_Soul-Megamix.mp3

 

Bronx River Parkway - "La Valla"

http://www.audibletreats.com/download/TruthandSoul/Bronx_River_Parkway-La_Valla.mp3

 

Amy Winehouse - "Love Is A Losing Game" (Truth & Soul Remix)

http://www.audibletreats.com/download/TruthandSoul/LoveIsALosingGame_TruthandSoulRemix.mp3


Video Streams:

 

Rostarr and Truth & Soul- "Percussive Movement No. 5 -Timelapse"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR1m-TJA5FY

 

Rostarr and Truth & Soul- "Percussive Movement No. 7 -Timelapse"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nduomkqMPs

 

Wu Tang & El Michels Affair -"Bring Da Ruckus"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hkLBwaCN8Y

 

Raekwon & El Michels Affair - "Criminology"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmuJYocq7Ns

 

Raekwon & El Michels Affair "C.R.E.A.M."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei2JbYeHl-I

 

El Michels Affair - "Thinking Black" (Ike Turner track)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PxhEObUpPA


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