Subscribe
now to receive all the new
music
Ocha Records releases,
including
266 back-catalog items,
delivered instantly to you via the Bandcamp app for iOS and Android.
You’ll also get access to
subscriber-only
exclusives.
Learn more.
Anyone who attends church on Christmas proves a devotion to their faith. But if the pilgrimage is sprinkled with obligation because pushy relatives said, "You need Jesus," politely agree and push play on Kem's "Jesus." The tune appears on the deluxe version of his holiday album, What Christmas Means to Me, and guest stars the incomparable Patti LaBelle and Mr. Biggs himself, Ron Isley. But while the already soulful track is itself bounce-worthy, a notch gets kicked up tenfold with the "Casamena Basement Remix." Reinterpreted by house head and global soulster Carlos Mena, the underground religious experience celebrates with pulsating Afrobeat (Hallelujah!). It then builds, crescendoing with the gentle thumps of hypnotizing global and soulful house (Yes!!). Finally, be prepared to convulse thanks to the exorcism-inducing vocals of two R&B legends sharing the mic with the smoothness that is Kem, praising the Savior for the goodness in their lives (Praise Him!!!). With nary a dull moment, "Jesus (Casamena Basement Remix)" is at once a sermon and a salvation in the ever-growing -- and ever-diversifying -- catalog of Christmas cuts. - Soulbounce / Joel
credits
from Casamena Remixes, Edits and Re-works Vol. 2,
track released December 7, 2018
All drum programming, percussion, synths by Carlos Mena
Recorded at CASAMENA Studios in Brooklyn, New York
Organ Solo by Ezel
supported by 89 fans who also own “Kem ft. Patti LaBelle & Ron Isley - "Jesus" (Casamena Basement Remix)”
Come on! You gotta love this Stevie classic and to flip it like that with that dance flavor is excellent. Well done again Carlos. Definitely will find a slot for this in a future mix for my friends and family. EmeryLee