I want you (Sly & Robbie remix), by Soul Sugar featuring Leo Carmichael

I want you (Sly & Robbie remix)

by Soul Sugar featuring Leo Carmichael

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	2.	I want you (Sly & Robbie Dub) 04:41		buy track

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To celebrate the forthcoming release of their new album, Excursions in Soul, Reggae, Funk & Dub, Guillaume Metenier’s Soul Sugar collective has digitally reissued Sly and Robbie’s superb mixes of ‘I Want You’, a sensual reggae-soul cover of the Marvin Gaye classic that first appeared on vinyl back in 2018.

A timeless cover blessed with effortlessly soulful vocals courtesy of Jamaican native Leonardo Carmichael, ‘I Want You’ is a superb example of the collaborative methods of the Soul Sugar collective. The instruments and vocals were recorded in studios on different sides of the Atlantic (Robbie Shakespeare’s bass in Miami, Sly Dunbar’s drums and Carmichael’s vocals in Kingston, and Metenier’s organ and Thomas Naim’s guitar in Paris), with mixes being bounced from the Caribbean to Europe before being finished off at frequent collaborator Jahno’s studio in Clermont-Ferrand.

The results are quite simply exemplary. Sly and Robbie’s vocal mix is reminiscent of the legendary duo’s work during their golden period at Channel One studio in Kingston, Jamaica or the Compass Point studio in Nassau, the Bahamas, with Carmichael’s warming, Gaye-like lead vocal rising above Naim’s clipped guitar licks and Metenier’s tasteful keyboard lines. The accompanying Dub is naturally faithful to the skeletal, rhythm-driven and effects-laden Jamaican blueprint, with individual instrumental and vocal snippets echoing across the sound space above a sturdy, dancefloor-ready rhythm.

‘I Want You’ is one of a number of superb reggae-soul covers featured on Excursions in Soul, Reggae, Funk & Dub, Soul Sugar’s third album. The set gathers together a mixture of unheard cuts and previously released (but now hard-to-find) vocal and instrumental numbers that the collective has released on different formats over the last few years. It will be released by Gee Recordings next month.

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released May 15, 2021

Starring :

Leonardo Carmichael, lead vocals
Carl Lee Sharshmidt, Karene Brown, backing vocals
Sly Dunbar, drums
Robbie Shakespeare, bass
Thomas Naim, guitars
Guillaume "Gee" Metenier, Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes, Clavinet, Minimoog

Recorded at:
Keyboards heaven, Paris, France
Anchor studios / J Twiss studio, Kingston, Jamaica
Heavy Beat Studio, Miami, USA

Mixed at N.O.F. studio by Jahno

Produced by Guillaume "Gee" Metenier

Mastered by Franck Merrit at the Carvery

Artwork by Peter Isaac

Original version by Marvin Gaye "I want you" (L.Ware,T-Boy Ross) published by Almo Music Corporation, Jobete music co Inc

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Gee Recordings Paris, France

Gee Recordings was founded by Guillaume "Gee" Metenier (keyboard player/producer), mixing psychedelic soul jazz funk and early reggae, he collaborates with an all star cast of musician from Paris and all over the world.

Recorded in various locations in Paris and Kingston Jamaica, the whole collection of singles simply rocks.
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