Releases / RAW ARTISTIC SOUL feat. Ursula Rucker - “The Light”

The highly anticipated single „The Light“ from Raw Artistic Soul’s impressive second album „You Got Rhythm Too“ features no one less than the US-Exceptional Poet Ursula Rucker on vocals. With this ultra-lush production Raw Artistic Soul will surely gain the hearts of every music-lovers again. „The Light“ contains all ingredients which made Phil Kullmann one of the oustanding producers in the house scene: a unique defined sound, warm soul, virtuous beats and skillful arrangement. Like all Raw Artistic Soul productions lately „The Light“ is already championed by various tastemakers including Aaron Ross, Charles Webster, Jimpster, Kiko Navarro, SUMO, Joe Clausell & Danny Krivit, who feature the track on their upcoming "Body & Soul" compilation and many more. Ursula Rucker has never been afraid to take it there. There, that place, deep, inside, up and above, where she carves emotion with piercing lyrical cadence. There, where poetry and music intertwine, melodies and words mingle. From her native Philadelphia, Ruckers affinity for crafting words catapulted her message into hungry ears when she began to read publicly in 1994 at Zanzibar. In 2001, her !K7 debut Supa Sista featured production by 4Hero, King Britt and Jonah Sharp and introduced Ursula Rucker as a talented poet and solo artist with a strong lyrical voice. Backed again by an assembly of diverse, top shelf producers that included The Roots, Louie Vega and Jazzanova, her 2003 release, Silver and Lead further extended her exploration of self, race and femininity. On „The Light“ she now can be heard for the first time singing a house track. „The Light“ got remixed by Karizma who is one of the originators of the Baltimore Club sound. Also responsible for nurturing Karizma’s unique sound was his involvement in Basement Boys Records, the house production stable headed up by Jay Steinhour, Teddy Douglas and Thomas Davis. Around ’95 he started working with DJ Spen. Despite co-producing a slew of remixes for Everything But The Girl, Michael Jackson, Bob Sinclair and Alicia Keys, and forging his own sound via his “deepah dubs“. Currently he’s on a roll and is called man of the year all around. He takes „The Light“ on a straight US garage vibe. Ralf GUM & CrisP deliver a skillful delicious „late night light“ remix with slight electronic feel due to a fat synth baseline. Ralf has been a steady leading figure in the scene and has always delivered finest quality house music and mixes. With GOGO Music he has released constantly oustanding music since 2001 and made his label imprint to one of Germany’s most prestigious soulful dance labels. Raw Artistic Soul feat. Ursula Rucker is a perfect illustration of the quality and direction GOGO Music and Raw Artistic Soul are reknown for and after the #1 on Traxsource with the latest release „Keep on Shining“ it will surely cause quite some stir again. Tracklist Raw Artistic Soul feat. Ursula Rucker - The Light - GOGO 025: G-Side 1 - Main Mix 8:21 G-Side 2 - Dub 5:39 O-Side 1 - Ralf Gum & Crisp Late Night Light 6:31 O-Side - Karizma Deepah 1ne Dub 6:34 Only available as download: - Musicapella 7:37 - Karizma Deepah 1ne Remix 7:4 - Dub Beats 5:39 Enjoy the music… PRESS REACTIONS AND REVIEWS: XLR8R Magazine (USA) Raw Artistic Soul feat. Ursula Rucker - The Light - GOGO 025 GOGO Music, Ralf GUMs label, is probably one of the best deep house labels around, sadly it is consistently ignored by the US music distributors (why?). Since it's inception, GOGO has been releasing impressive 12"s that are very much comparable to Papa Records, Atal, MAW and many others. This particular 12" is a perfect illustration of the quality and direction that are the trademarks of GOGO. Raw Artistic Soul comes in with a stunning soulful vocal cut - featuring Ursula Rucker!! - packed with percussions, afro vibes and great horns. Karizma, the man of the year, drops two ultra raw house remixes (dub and vocal) that are definitely my favorites here! Ralf GUM always classy, turns the tune into a late night deep house joint. How much more perfect can this 12" be? by Jerome Derradji www.InDaMixWorldwide.com Raw Artistic Soul feat. Ursula Rucker - The Light - GOGO 025 Single Of The Week! Yes, Iiiiiiiiiii know... But (once again) NO! I don’t get any income from anyone, should it be by GOGO label manager Ralf GUM despite the strength of our relations as by RAS mastermind Phil Kullmann. Havin’ us so regularly welcomin’ his new works on this Single Of The Week section fully finds its justification in the fact that he manages to create outstanding pieces of art from a release to another. As a matter of fact and unlike many of his contemporaries, this man delivers nothing but what’s expected from anyone reputedly doin’ the same job. In other words... M-JUUUU-SIC as opposed to the plethora of meaningless soundabytes around. Yes folks, Kullmann shows up a rare ability to come up with the Graal while reaching the perfect balance. This latest effort featuring the exquisite Ursula Rucker confirming the uprising status of the man behind Raw Artistic Soul among the best arrangers/producers around. Still got a doubt? Check dis out! by MFSB www.housepage.net Raw Artistic Soul feat. Ursula Rucker - The Light - GOGO 025 Taken from the beautiful Raw Artistic Soul's new album "You got rhythm too", this track will be relased as a single very soon on GOGO Music. "The Light" is an awesome deep and underground track featuring the intense vocal preformance of Ursula Rucker and is provided in various mixes, including Ralf GUM & CrisP and Karizma reworks. The "Original mix" is in perfect Raw Artistic Soul style, with large use of live instrumentation, warm percussions and an infectious soulful vibe, the "Dub mix" is a deeper journey, with a darker underground vibe, deep bassline and great percussions again. Ralf GUM & CrisP provides a more minimal and electronic infected version, while Karizma delivers a powerful and effective remix in classic underground style. The digital release also includes various dubs and Musicapella tool. by Franco Martinelli www.faizemusic.com Raw Artistic Soul feat. Ursula Rucker - The Light - GOGO 025 "The Light" is one of the many fine tracks that can be found on Raw Artistic Soul’s very impressive second album "You Got Rhythm Too". Phil Kullmann has once again delivered a smooth deep house gem that features the beautiful voice of US Poet Ursula Rucker who sets the scene to warm the many hearts who hear it. Karizma makes his first appearance on GOGO by twisting the groove up a notch to his superb Baltimore sound and presenting it with a more jacking style, the man's beats are in full effect here and the bass line is simply sublime!! Karizma does it again. By Steve Parr DJ Mag (UK) Raw Artistic Soul feat. Ursula Rucker - The Light - GOGO 025 Softly rippling organic grooves produced by Phil Kullmann with jazzy poetic vibes from Ms Rucker, an old school dub from the dependable Ralf GUM and a set of mixes from the ubiquitous Karizma. Original mix wins it on sheer majesty. www.SpiritOfHouse.com Raw Artistic Soul feat. Ursula Rucker - The Light - GOGO 025 "The Light" is taken from Raw Artistic Soul's upcoming longplayer "You got rhythm too", a masterpiece not to be missed (see our separate album review). Poet Ursula Rucker is providing an exceptional vocal performance which is masterly accompanied by the grandiosely arranged instrumentation, resulting in a timeless, soulful production that will take dancefloors by storm. On the dub and dub beats versions, Phil Kullmann takes it much deeper, letting the drums and percussion create an intense vibe. The 'Musicapella' strips drums and percussion, resulting in a wonderful laidback reprise. Ralf GUM & CrisP' reworking of "The light" gives the song a soulful electronic feel that is perfect for late night play, while Karizma turns out a set of slammin' mixes on a US garage vibe. His vocal version features a wicked piano riff, with the dub taking it to deeper grounds. by Michael Fossatti Some Raw Artistic Soul feat. Ursula Rucker - The Light - GOGO 025 DJ reactions: :: "Best record of all the WMC 2007!!!!! I LOVE IT!! Its groovy, its sexy, is nice!!!!!" DJ Pippi (Pacha, Ibiza) :: "The best release from GOGO in a long time! Especially like the dub and Karizma's remix. Nice one." SUMO (Heya Hifi) :: "Another beautiful track from Raw Artistic Soul! Especially feeling the Ralf GUM & CrisP remix - pretty dark and deep so not normally what I would go for - but on this occasion there's something about it which is perfect for the clubs!" Leon Moran (Ritmo Radio) :: "Love the Main Mix, beautiful one…" Roberto De Carlo :: "This is a wicked song, she sounds great on here. I am loving the Main mix but I will get some use out of the dub and dub beats as well. Thanks for that one!" Kaskade (USA) :: "Congratulations & Respect! My two favourite versions are Ralf GUM & CrisP Late Night Light and Main Mix." Léo Cuenca (Radio FG, France) :: "Yet again another bomb from GOGO, loving all the mixes hard to choose a favorite, gonna get big plays from me, top stuff yet again!!" Groove Assassin (UK) :: "Thanks for the nice music. I play Ralf GUM & CrisP's Mix & Karizma Deepah 1ne." Ian Pooley (Germany) :: "Another banger of a tune! Straight on our A List, we esp love the main mix!" Steve Marshall (CEO/Program Director, The Northern Radio Group) :: "This is massive! All mixes rock, played the Karizma out this weekend and they love it. Also put in on tonights show & in the chart." Dave Warreing (Redsoul Music, UK) :: "Another top tune from GOGO Music this time courtesy of Phil Kullmann in his Raw Artistic Soul guise. There are seven mixes in all from Raw Artistic Soul, Ralf GUM & CrisP and Karizma. Lyrically intelligent and musically creative, this is difficult to ignore and with the variety of mixes you'll find opportunities to play it in all sorts of situations. In terms of a favourite mix, I'm torn between two. The "Main Mix" with it's subtlety and lovely brass or the straight up funky keyboard plonked "Deepah 1ne Mix" from Karizma." Dean Serafini (OurHouseMag, UK) :: "The original mix of this is too dope. Gonna Blaze it it in the club and on the radio FOR SURE!!! FULL SOULCANDI SUPPORT BEHIND THIS ONE!!!" Euphonik (Soulcandy, South Afrika) :: "My support on the Ralf GUM & CrisP Late Night Light...very smooth funky house tune." Mr Groove (Portugal) :: "gr8 thanks...love the k2 mix !" Charles Webster :: "It's dope." Kyri (R2 Records, UK) :: "WOW, super release, in the CD box! Super Mixes!" Michael Rütten (Soulsearchin, Germany) :: "Yes! karizma remix rocks. wuha, cool. musicapella is wonderful. Ralf & CrisP Rmx = super dark electric driving. Another gogo bomb!" Cay Taylan (Austria) :: "This is da SHIT!!!" Michael Stukes (Mystic Vibes, NY) :: "Really like it man! Nice track! Really feeling the “Main Mix” But i like all mixes. Great work man!!" Ivan F (Deephousesection, Italy) :: "Excellent release!! Love it!! Club and radio support for sure…… playing it on our show tonight in fact!!" Richard Earnshaw (Duffnote, UK) :: "So many good mixes to choose from, however I still think the main mix works for me the best." Umberto Gianni (Ministry Of Sound Radio, UK) :: "Dope package of mixes." Jon Cutler (Distant Music, USA) :: "One word - wow! The Karizma mix is completely off the hook…. Awesome groove, nice piano hook & a real bumpin bassline all working great round the vocal. A really strong release this one." Russell Pollitt (Amato Distribution, UK) :: "Full points for Main Mix and Original Dub. Ralf GUM & CrisP Mix and Karizma mixes are nice too!" C-Rock & Matthias Vogt (Cocoon, Germany) :: "One of the hottest tracks I've heard this year!" Myles Chalmers (Naked Soul, Handzonradio, UK) :: "Great set of mixes for this package...not sure which is my favorite just yet, they all sound wonderful." DJ Dealer (Look At You Records, USA) :: "Oh yes, this is very nice. Beautufil production, I bet this will do right in Miami. Excellent smooth enjoyable vibe with a lovely sweet Ursula Rucker vox." Ken N (Belgium) :: "Very nice tune. I am already a big fan of your label but with every release I am enjoying it more and more!" Andy Warburton (Hed Kandi, UK) :: "Whooaa! Yeah, I’m into this! Original is a beautifully crafted slice of modern soulful house. Karizma vocal mix strips it and flips it. Both mixes are quality and will definitely get spins from me. Will go in the March chart too." Jimpster (Freerange Records, UK) :: "Many thanks for your music!!! We start to play in heavy rotation the song Raw Artistic Soul feat. Ursula Rucker - The Light (Main mix)." Marco Fullone (Music Manager, Radio Montecarlo) :: "Beautiful vocal soulful song, really hot with warm rhodes chords, perfect for my peaktime moment." The Henchmen (France) :: "Man this is a beautiful release. Nice work!" Willie Graf (Cielo, NY) :: "Wow, thx!!!!! Incredible track. I guess Wurzburg is a town at the westcoast near San Francisco." Chrissi D (Various, Germany) :: "Very nice!" Henri Kohn (Clubstar, Germany) :: "One of my favourite tracks from Raw Artistic Soul album, Ursula Rucker vocals are awesome (as usual) and perfectly fits with the deep underground trippy vibe of the track, the dub is also beautiful. Top release !!!." Franco Martinelli (Italy) :: "I'm liking the Dub, nice groove." Audiowhores (UK) Main Mix Dub Ralf GUM & CrisP Late Night Light Karizma Deepah 1ne Dub Musicapella Karizma Deepah 1ne Remix Dub Beats