TEAM RNS PRESENTS

LABEL: Vik Recordings / BMG

RIPPER: Team RNS

203kbps avg - R&B
0hr 49min total- 76.3mb

RELEASE DATE: 2004-03-23
RIP DATE: 2004-03-22

01 Think You Should Know          4:46
02 Getting It On                  2:58

09 Still Believe In Love          3:36
10 Ocean Pearl                    3:44
11 I Ain't No Good (Without U)    4:40
12 Merry Go Round                 2:50

"Soul music. Straight-up, raw dawg,
takin' no prisoners, goin' for your
throat, tear-jerkin, ass shakin', sweet
and low down, fried chicken and
dumplings with a side of grease, mess
around and hurt yourself Soul Music".

That’s what lead vocalist and front man
Haydain Neale is fervent about when asked
about the new jacksoul album

"We just locked ourselves in the studio
for a couple weeks and cranked out 100%
soul records, just like they used to
make back in the day. These are not
the times to mess around with halfway,
neo, quasi type music, 'cause that's not
the world we live in. Reality isn't
neo-hard, it's not pseudo-beautiful...
it tends be intensely inspiring, or
overly violent or totally
heartbreaking... sometimes all at once.
It's time for some real deal, full on

For his long awaited new album
RESURRECTED, Neale invited his veteran
co-conspirators to lay the soul down: Ron
Lopata on keys, Davide Direnzo on drums,
Justin Abedin on guitar and John "JK"
Kanakis on bass. Together with
co-producer Kevin "Kcut" McKenzie (of
legendary hip hop pioneers ‘Main
Source’) and some truly impassioned
guest appearances, jacksoul revives
the earthy feel and dirty grooves of
early Stax and Motown eras by creating
the phattest, greasiest and original live
tracks of the new millenium. From the Al
Green inspired Still Believe in Love to
the timeless Teddy P. nod on Every
Sunrise, RESURRECTED brings back what has
always been timeless - intensely
personal song writing and the most
earnest and emotional vocal
performance of Haydain Neale's career.

RESURRECTED follows jacksoul’s vivacious
debut, Absolute, in 1996 and his 2000
Juno Award Winning sophomore release,
Sleepless. Sonically, the new CD
represents continued growth for a singer
and band that started out practicing in
a converted chicken coup. "It's cool to
look back on the early songs and gigs
and see that we've all done well in the
industry as individual players and as a
group. This album is not just a
collection of great songs to get your
head bobbin' and your hands beating on
the steering wheel, it's a celebration
of all the best soul music that inspired
us to start playing in the first place."

When asked about the recording
process, "It's the song writing that's
the most time consuming," says the
Hamilton native. "I've grown a lot as a
writer, but to create songs that make
you feel like the classics do... well
it takes time. To emulate the feel of
classic greats like Sam Cook, Sly Stone
and Sam and Dave, we decided that the
normal studio wasn't a good fit.
Pristine recording environments make
for great pop songs, but soul is about
a certain amount of dirt ... the magic
is in the imperfection. So we brought all
the new school recording gear to a very
low fi rehearsal hall. It was where we
felt most creative. From there, we just
let the songs speak through us." In fact,
the vibe was so good that 8 of the 12
tunes were recorded during 5
consecutive days in July 2002. "When
you can really play-- and everyone is
in the groove -- why mess around? We're
old school like that. The guys would have
finished in a day if I hadn't budgeted
for five days of catering." jokes Neale.

"The first single, Still Believe In Love,
is one of those gifts... I remember the
whole song just rushing out of me about
as fast as I could lay it down on my
computer. A friend of mine, a country
artist, was coming over one morning to
try a co-write. I woke up still unsure
what to bring to the table, not being
too country myself, so I got out of the
shower with about a couple hours to
spare before the session, with a mind to
throw down a couple of rough beats. I've
always believed that Al Green and Otis
Redding are pretty much common ground
for all great song writers, so I threw
a couple cords down with that kind of
flavour and before I knew it, I'd
finished the whole track. It just hits
you hard and doesn't let go. And I
think the message in the song is so
important. It's a totally up beat break-up
song. This track is going to get a lot
of people through some bad times."

Love Jones also has a great story. Most
of the track is performed by jacksoul's
drummer, Davide DiRenzo. Neale recalls
how the song came together, "One
afternoon when I dropped by his place
he said he had a song. He'd only been
playing guitar for a couple of months, but
he started strumming to give me an idea
and I liked it right away. I turned on
his 8 track to record it. I got him to
keep playing by telling him I'd get the
guitar replayed later. I never did.
Something about the way he played made me
write one of the most beautiful songs on
the record. If anyone else had played
it differently, I might not have heard
the song at all."

Every Sunrise and I Ain't No Good
Without You are to RESURRECTED what
Somedays was to the Sleepless album.
jacksoul has been defined by it's love
songs and Neale delivers on RESURRECTED.
"I won't say much, so people can attach
their own faces and stories to the
songs. But the two songs are very much
for my wife and my daughter. "

Saved and The River are special
stand-out tracks, not just because of
the sweet melodies and heavy grooves,
but because of the issues they deal
with-- war, youth violence, and
spirituality. According to Neale, "I
want to remind people that we've got a
lot of work to do in order to change the
things we don't like in this world. People
complain that music today doesn’t say
anything – and it's true. For all the
artists going on about keepin' it
real, only a few are really using their
voices to help change things beyond
their bank balances. I remember The
Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye,
artists that made music to inspire
people's bodies, their minds and their
attitudes. I think music needs to start
moving with that purpose again."

Regarding the renowned jacksoul live
shows, Neale says, "I'm ready to get
back on the road. Our musical influences
all had incredible live shows, and that's
what jacksoul was about even before we
were signed -- a bunch of guys
travelling the country, layin' down feel
good music that made people excited about
life long after we'd packed up and gone.
That'll never change..."