NICKI RICHARDS-LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME PARRISH JAMES AFRO HOUSE ONCEOVER REMIX.
NICKI RICHARDS-LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME PARRISH JAMES AFRO HOUSE ONCEOVER REMIX.
One of the latest musical innovations is releasing an E.P. featuring multiple remixes of a single. Usually, the E.P. features the original version of a single, plus three other remixes. For Hawaii born and New York-based Nicki Richards, she took this concept one step further. Rather than three remixes, seven separate remixes of Lay Your Hands On Me featured on her Lay Your Hands On Me E.P. released on Nicki’s own label, Hydrus Music. These seven remixes brought and breathed new life and meaning into the latest single from one of music’s best kept secrets Nicki Richards. Of the seven remixes of Lay Your Hands On Me, Parrish James Afro House Onceover Remix is the most innovative and dance-floor friendly. Before I tell you about Parrish James Afro House Onceover Remix of Lay Your Hands On Me, I’l tell you about Nicki Richards career so far.
Whether it’s soul, jazz or dance music, Nicki Richards is equally comfortable singing it. As if this isn’t impressive enough, Nicki is a songwriter, musician, arranger and producer. Nicki released her debut album back Naked (To the World) in 1991, on Atlantic Records. However, it would be another seventeen years before Nicki released her sophomore album.
After a gap of seventeen years, during which she’d immersed herself in music, Nicki Richards released her sophomore album Nicki in 2008. featured a cast of world class musicians. On Nicki, horns came courtesy of Tower of Power, Marcus Miller added bass and ex-Crusader Joe Sample played piano. This shows how highly regarded Nicki Richards is in musical circles. Thankfully, there wasn’t such a gap between Nicki’s second and third albums.
Four years after the release of Nicki, Nicki Richards has released Tell Me, which features a cast of special guests. Randy Brecker, Christian McBride, Take 6 and Lenny White all appear on Tell Me, which was released on Nicki’s own label, Hydrus Music. Indeed, the guest artists which appear on Tell Me, are just a few of Nicki’s musical friends. Her musical friends include Randy Brecker, Fonzi Thornton, Tawatha Agee and Parrish James who remixed Lay Your Hands On Me, the lead single from Nicki’s third album Tell Me, which. I’ll now tell you about.
Parrish James Afro House Onceover Remix of Lay Your Hands On Me opens with thunderous, bouncy drums and percusssion combining, before chanted harmonies enter. They’re panned left, while Nicki’s vocal is panned right and then sensuously, moves centre-stage. Her vocal is deeply soulful, sensual and joyous, growing in power and confidence. Tight, chanted harmonies have an African-roots influence, as keyboards, pounding drums and percussion unite, creating a fitting backdrop for Nicki’s diva-esque vocal. The end-result is an anthemic track, guaranteed to fill any dance-floor. No wonder, given Nicki Richards soulfulness and sensuality plus her presence and power. Indeed, I can’t help but draw comparisons to another legendary singer whose music ranged from soul to dance music, Loleatta Holloway.
Earlier I referred to Nicki Richards as music’s best kept secret. Many people yet to discover Nicki’s music will be racking their brains trying to think where they’ve heard her name. Well, I’ll put you out of your misery. Recently, Nicki Richards has been singing backing vocals for Madonna on her 2012 MDNA Tour. This seems almost ironic, given how talented Nicki Richards is. She deserves better, given her talent. Not only is she a singer, songwriter, musician, arranger, producer and now owner of Hydrus Music, which recently, released Tell Me, Nicki Richards’ third album. Lay Your Hands On Me, which was the lead single from Tell Me is a tantalizing taste of the multi-talented Nicki Richards.
On the Lay Your Hands On Me E.P., there were seven separate remixes, the best of which is Parrish James Afro House Onceover Remix. It’s an innovative makeover, which breathes new life, energy and meaning into a slice of sensuous, soulful, dance music. Given how talented a remixer Parrish James is, I want to hear more of his remixes and hear him remixing even bigger projects in the months to come. He’s a hugely talented remixer, who has the ability to transform a track, taking it in unexpected directions, that transform and reenergize the track. I’m sure Nicki Richards is glad she has such a talented friend.
For anyone yet to discover Nicki Richards’ music, then one listen to Lay Your Hands On Me will tempt you to buy her third album, Tell Me. Only then, you too, will be privy to music’s best kept secrets Nicki Richards and you can Tell Me that you’re now a believer her music.
NICKI RICHARDS-LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME PARRISH JAMES AFRO HOUSE ONCEOVER REMIX.
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