Soulstice (San Francisco trip-hop group)

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). 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. San Francisco Weekly: Om Records at 15 Soulstice page on Uno Recordings website Archived 2012-04-07 at the Wayback Machine Roseberry, Cragi (April 7, 2001). "For Om Records, Soulstice Will Arrive in Springtime". Billboard. Vol. 113, no. 14. p. 55. Endelman, Michael (April 2001). "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly. No. 92. p. 80. "Soulstice: Mixed Illusions". PopMatters. October 8, 2001. Retrieved June 4, 2023. Soulstice MySpace Soulstice on LastFM