TRUTH & SOUL just killed another remix for the Australian born singer songwriter, Gabriella Cilmi. After the success of the Winehouse remix, Universal asked us to do another one for Gabriella’s new single Sweet About Me . The original song, which has an old-school Patsy Cline feel, got flipped into a reverb-drenched dirge which fits perfectly with her lyrics. The single is out in the UK and available on their itunes but hasn’t hit the states yet. Check it out…..
TRACKLISTING:
1. Intro
2. Mulatu - Asiyo Belema
3. Haryou Percussion Group - Welcome to the Party
4. Perez Prado - Gateando
5. Mulatu - I Faram Gami I Faram
6. The Afro - Latin Soultet Afro breed
7. Interlude
8. Marius Coultier - Piano de Marius Coultier
9. Ray Baretto - El Watusi
10. Larry Sonn y Su Combo - El Pascador
11. Googie Rene - Firebird
12. Orchestra Harlow - Horsin Up
13. Bobby Quesada - Bataola Boogaloo
14. Johnny Colon - Mira Ven Aca
15. Outro
Hi everybody and happy belated New Year!! IT’s been a while since the last post so I’m gonna start the new year off easy. A couple years ago, our good friend Danny Miller made this video as a final project for his college film class. It features a song by El Michels Affair entitled White Sands (the song was officially released on the CD, Soul Fire: The Majestic Collection . BTW, 08′ is shaping up to be a big year so keep posted for all the goodies to come!!!
A couple months ago, Universal Records asked us to do a re-mix for the upcoming Winehouse single, “Love Is A Losing Game”. Beyond all the ridiculous shit the girl has gotten herself into over the past couple of months, she can still sing. And given that this song was probably the best track on her record, we we’re more than excited to do it. The end result turned into a mix up of Timmy Thomas soul meets Lee Perry, and of course, Winehouse’s future soul vocal stylings. It is coming out on 12″ vinyl with the original and a couple of other re-mixes. It is currently available in England but it still might take a second to get to the States. Here she is…..
The one and only Sammy Campbell, a.k.a Tyrone Ashley, got a full page article in the Village Voice this week, and it’s about damn time! The beautifully written article by Matt Rogers, give us a synopsis of Sammy’s musical history. If you haven’t got hip to Campbell’s music you can check out his record which TRUTH & SOUL released last summer. I also included some mp3s of Mr. Campbell’s productions. Here is a snippet from the article:
“I’m sitting in the Hut, a tiny converted garage perched behind a house in dire need of a few more slices of vinyl siding, with the illest ad hoc catwalk you’d ever want to cannonball off looming over a circular, aboveground pool. From the outside, it’s a drab affair; but inside, the Hut is a makeshift, chaotically beautiful two-room recording studio, the pride of Plainfield, New Jersey—better known to residents as Queen City.
Stacks of music paraphernalia and debris both clutter and fortify this weakly lit mini-museum: 45s, analog compressors, turntables, keyboards, reel-to-reel machines, and . . . wait, is that a Commodore 64 on the floor? Then there are all the faces. A mishmashed tapestry of photos stapled to the walls creates a surreal timeline of rhythm and blues and hairdos, promo pics of black starlets, doo-wop groups, and psychedelic slingers sportin’ smiles and ‘dos from the pin curl to the jheri curl. Somewhere in here—tucked right next to the toilet, I’m told—is a vocal booth.
“I didn’t pursue my music the way I should’ve,” Sammy Campbell, the Hut’s 66-year-old proprietor, producer, and primary artist, tells me with a sigh, sitting in front of his fading recording console. “When everyone else from around here was on the up-and-up, I sorta went into pause mode. Really, 1968, ‘69, ‘70: Those should have been my years to shine.”
Unless you happened to be a Plainfield teen kickin’ Afrolistics during said years—or you’re currently an obsessive crate-digger from England, Japan, or Brooklyn’s own Truth & Soul Records—you’ve probably never heard of Mr. Campbell or his more disco-friendly alter ego, Tyrone Ashley. I’ve come here to meet both: the guy that Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bernie Worrell raves “had a voice like velvet,” and whose groups, lore has it, could give Plainfield funk-in-the-box icon George Clinton a run for his money any day, back in the day.” Read More…
New line of shirts designed by NY artist, Rostarr, have just arrived. The one here is called DXA (translation - Take That) and has Ro’s Siamese Twin piece on the back. 100% cotton, individually embroidered TRUTH & SOUL labels numbered out of a 100. It’s got it all!!! They are limited so get while they last. Check out the site for more designs and more information.
More unreleased footage from the XM radio show with El Michels Affair and members of the Wu-Tang Clan. This one features Raekwon, Gza, Inspectah Deck, and U-God performing Chessboxin. More to come…
