Having had their album "Still Riding High" hit the top of the UK Soul Chart last October and spending several
weeks at #1 and on the chart, Down To Earth followed it with
a new single "You Keep Loving Me" in Apr 2022 which entered straight in at #9 on Solar Radio's Sweet
Rhythm Chart.
Prior to the release of a new album due in the Autumn, in May they
invited me to a recording session for a new single which they originally titled "So Good Together" (it's now called "What We Gonna Do") for which they recruited the services of Stacey Lee to do the lead vocals. In addition to sessions, Stacy Lee performs
live as an Adele tribute act. Within a matter of a couple of hours she had
laid down all the vocals.
The core of Down To Earth are duo Stevie Paul and Lol Williams who have
worked together for over 30 years and their chemistry is evident. They
have also known Stacy Lee for over 20 years since she was a young girl who
started singing at a very young age.
It was a complete no drama session, the backing track was already
recorded and Stacy Lee had already recorded the vocals previously but the
guys decided that the song's tempo was too fast so decided to slow it down
and asked her to come back to record new vocals. In she came and within a
few takes recorded verse, chorus and ad libs, job done, and off she went
to prepare for a show that evening.
The guys told me that the track would require a few more sessions for Lol
to record his vocal sections and to then mix the track down into the final
cut before it would be ready for release. It is now ready for release
imminently.
Whilst there, they also played me several unfinished cuts of songs
planned for the new album and I can tell you it will be just as good as,
if not better than, the last album so I'm looking forward to hearing the
final cuts. I think the new single is probably one of their best and is
very reminiscent, to my ears, of Incognito's 1999 version of The Jones
Girls "Night's Over Egypt".
They have decided to release a double single as a taster/teaser for the new
album so, along with "What We Gonna Do", they have recorded a ballad "My Guiding Star".
What We Gonna Do
My Guiding Star
Details
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | New Soul |
| Format: | Single |
| Media: | Digital |
| Label: | Speegra |
| Cat No: | None |
| Date: | 23/09/2022 |
| Key/BPM: | N/A |
| Price: | £1.98 |
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