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Soulstice is a downtempo/electronic soul band that is a part of the US based record label Om Records and later to Uno Recordings. 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.
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
CMJ New Music Monthly called it "tasteful and alluring, if not particularly memorable".
They released the album Mixed Illusions in 2001.
PopMatters wrote, "A nicely compiled set of remixes, Mixed Illusions will undoubtedly please fans of the original album."
After almost a decade long hiatus, the album In The Light was released on May 17, 2011.
References
External links
Soulstice MySpace
Soulstice on LastFM
Ashley J. Llorens (also known as SoulStice), was born in 1979 in Chicago, IL. He started seriously pursuing music while earning his B.S. and M.S. at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In 2003, SoulStice founded the independent label, Wandering Soul Records, concurrently with the release of his first album, North by Northwest. In addition to his career in music, he has worked at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory where he rose to the rank of Senior Researcher and later became Chief of the Intelligent Systems Laboratory.
Since the release of his 2003 debut album. SoulStice has become a prominent figure on the alternative hip hop scene. In early 2006, SoulStice and Wandering Soul Records signed a national distribution deal through EMI/Caroline to release the album “Dark Water” by his group Wade Waters. In 2007, SoulStice released his second solo album, “Dead Letter Perfect” which was distributed through Universal Music. Garnering significant radio support, “Dead Letter Perfect” led to tours in Europe and Japan as well as coverage in XXL Magazine, The Source, URB, Scratch and most other tastemaker hip hop publications. In 2009, SoulStice released “Beyond Borders,” a collaboration project with Belgian beatmaker SBe, that featured artists from around the globe. His song, “That Thang” was featured in the Oscar-Nominated film, “The Blind Side” starring Sandra Bullock, and his song “Always” was featured on the CBS hit show NCIS Los Angeles.
SoulStice is married to Amanda Drehobl Llorens with whom he has one son, Noah and one daughter, Maya. References to his wife and son are present throughout his various albums.
Discography
Albums/mixtapes
North by Northwest, (2003, Wandering Soul)
North by Northwest: Solid Ground, (2005, Wandering Soul)
Return of the Kings, (2006, Wandering Soul)
Dark Water, (2006, Wandering Soul)
Dead Letter Perfect, (2007, Wandering Soul)
Beyond Borders, (2009, Wandering Soul)
12" Singles
The Melody, (2003, Wandering Soul)
Always / The Quickening, (2005, Wandering Soul)
Rock Solid feat. Cuban Link, (2005, Wandering Soul)
Speak On It feat. AZ, (2006, Wandering Soul)
Be Perfect, (2007, Wandering Soul)
Bird's Eye View feat. Kev Brown, (2008, Wandering Soul)
World Star feat. Zap Mama, (2009, Wandering Soul)
Strange Kinda Love feat. Monique Harcum, (2009, Wandering Soul)
References
External links
Google Scholar
SoulStice on Billboard.com
SoulStice on SonicBids
Wandering Soul Records
Beyond Borders Album Website
SoulStice on Myspace
Wade Waters Website
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