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Soul Central - Strings Of Life (Stronger On My Own)

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Catalog#:
DFTD094
Format:
Vinyl, 12"
Country:
UK
Released:
Jan 2005
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
House

Tracklist

A   Strings Of Life (Stronger On My Own) (Full Length Vocal) 8:25 X
    Backing Vocals - Jaquie Williams*
  Featuring - Kathy Brown
B1   Strings Of Life (Danny Krivit Re Edit) 7:21 X
    Remix - Danny Krivit
B2   Strings Of Life (Funky Lowlives Mix) 5:39 X
    Remix - Funky Lowlives, The

Credits

Arranged By, Producer, Keyboards, Programmed By - Andy Ward , Paul Timothy
Bass - Mark "Moo Moo" Hartley
Lead Vocals - Kathy Brown
Vocals [Additional] - Jaquie Williams*
Written-By - May* , Williams* , James* , Timothy*

Notes

Recorded at Narnia and Grovesnos Studios Birmingham.

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Review by Jun 21, 2005 (edited over 4 years ago)
I absolutely hate this rework. I do am a fan of Kathrine but this don't feel right at all. Everybody should know this by know as they beefed up the beats, added the used-one-time-too many percussions on it and dropped a messy and un-arranged vocal on top of it. I also think the production sucks big time with the mix of the old sounds combined with new.

Like many others, i love the original Strings Of Life and this was, like the Innercity -"Big Fun" rework a few years ago, a poor attempt in the end. Because of the popularity of the original, this was bound to be a hit in clubs and radio. And after listening to it you just sit there cold like a question mark thinking: "What's the point?".

Leave the classics alone please, i beg you all.
This stunt has been done better with Bucketheads - "The Bomb" to mention one, but this cash-in job is total bollocks.
And that Danny Krivit put a hand on it is another think i dont really get.
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Review by Risingson Jul 17, 2005 (edited over 4 years ago)
Well, I love this remake. Though the piano "improvisation" part in the Danny Krivit mix sounds a bit forced, yes, there is more percussion and more production, but it adds a lot of epic to an already epic and marvelous piece of music. It retakes the piano loop, it takes the same synth, and it mixes it with tension making it one of the best feelings in dancefloors when it has the break. The vocal edit is also quite good, transforming a detroit song into an ibiza vocal house hit.

If the people behind the remake call themselves "Soul Central" is very simple: this remake has a lot of soul, it's sentimental and maybe melodramatic, it makes you feel good and it's one of the better homages to the beginnings of electronica I've listened to. A highlight, no doubt.