Soulstice

{{Short description|American trip-hop band}}

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Soulstice is a downtempo/electronic soul band that is a part of the US based record label Om Records[https://www.sfweekly.com/music/om-records-at-15/article_6315a5be-c16a-5551-8afe-9320f6191b67.html San Francisco Weekly: Om Records at 15] and later to Uno Recordings.[http://www.unorecordings.com/soulstice.html Soulstice page on Uno Recordings website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407021216/http://www.unorecordings.com/soulstice.html |date=2012-04-07 }} The band started after a collaboration between Gabriel Rene and Andy Caldwell in 1995. The band was composed of Rene (vocals), Gabriel Rene (keyboards), Mei-Lwun (DJ turntable) and Caldwell (keyboards and producer). They are influenced by jazz, blues, neo-soul, drum and bass, hip hop, and bossa nova.{{cite magazine|title=For Om Records, Soulstice Will Arrive in Springtime|last=Roseberry|first=Cragi|magazine=Billboard|volume=113|issue=14|date=April 7, 2001|page=55|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uBMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA55}}

Gina and Gabriel Rene are the sister and brother of US The X Factor season 1 contestant and second runner-up Chris Rene. Caldwell has gone on to perform solo and producing artists through Uno Recordings, a music producing label that he established in 2004.

Soulstice has released three albums: Illusion (2001), its accompanying remix album Mixed Illusions (2001), and In the Light (2011).

Discography

{{Track listing

| headline = Illusion

| title1 = Illusion

| title2 = Fall into You

| title3 = Colour

|title4= Lovely

|title5= Andromeda

|title6= Wind

|title7= Surrender

|title8= The Reason

|title9=Not Alone

|title10= Tenderly

|title11= Changes

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CMJ New Music Monthly called it "tasteful and alluring, if not particularly memorable".{{cite magazine|title=Reviews|last=Endelman|first=Michael|magazine=CMJ New Music Monthly|issue=92|date=April 2001|page=80|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yyoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA80}}

They released the album Mixed Illusions in 2001.

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| headline = Mixed Illusions

| title1 = Lockdown

| title2 = Fall Into You (Soulstice Remix)

| title3 = Colour (Atjazz Remix)

|title4= Fall Into You (Landslide dub)

|title5= Tenderly (Pepe Bradock Remix)

|title6= Lovely (Johnny Fiasco's Lovely Vocal Mix)

|title7= Illusion (J Boogie Remix)

|title8= The Reason (DJ Spinna Remix)

|title9= Wind (Fila Brazilia Remix)

|title10= Not Alone (Soulstice Drum and Space Mix)

|title11= Fall Into You (Migue Migs Remix)

|title12= Tenderly (Kevin Yost Remix)

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PopMatters wrote, "A nicely compiled set of remixes, Mixed Illusions will undoubtedly please fans of the original album."{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/soulstice-mixed-2496081255.html|title=Soulstice: Mixed Illusions|author=|work=PopMatters|date=2001-10-08|accessdate=2023-06-04}}

After almost a decade long hiatus, the album In The Light was released on May 17, 2011.

{{Track listing

| headline = In the Light

| title1 = Realistic

| title2 = Love Cliché

| title3 = Soul on Fire

|title4= Alright

|title5= Where Were You (Re-Edit)

|title6= Interlude

|title7= In the Light

|title8= Lost in the City

|title9=Goog Organ

|title10= Wizard

|title11= Changes (Westside Vocal Mix)

|title12= I Believe

|title13= Soul On Fire (Tribute to the Angel Man Mix)

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