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Soul II Soul — Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)

Name: Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)
Description: Jazzie B and Nellee Hooper built 'Back To Life' around a near-silent groove and Caron Wheeler's suspended, weightless vocal — then left space where other producers would have filled it. The result is still one of the most controlled pieces of production in UK music history. It didn't sound like anything else in 1989, and it still doesn't.

Back To Life (Club Mix) · 1989

Label: 10 Records · Genre: Soul / UK Soul / House · Country: United Kingdom · From: London, Europe

Jazzie B and Nellee Hooper built 'Back To Life' around a near-silent groove and Caron Wheeler's suspended, weightless vocal — then left space where other producers would have filled it. The result is still one of the most controlled pieces of production in UK music history. It didn't sound like anything else in 1989, and it still doesn't.

Did you know: Nellee Hooper, who co-produced 'Back To Life', went on to produce Massive Attack's 'Protection', Björk's 'Debut', and U2's 'Miss Sarajevo'. The quiet precision he brought to Soul II Soul's sound ran through a decade of British music.

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