when i saw the cd-single for "spirit inside" i had never heard of this track or project prior to it but it had versions done by cj mackintosh, bump and marshall jefferson and i saw little to reason that it would suck. i found out afterwards that it was the second single in a gospel/r&b type garage house project by damon rochefort, whom prior wrote and produced nomad's classic "devotion".
the singers involved in the project was two persons by name of beverly thomas & osmond lloyd jr. and according to discogs they haven't recording anything after this single. don't know who they are but they are really trying to sound like the winans and pull it off well. the original mix by rochefort and aron friedman is a nice garage houser with pianos, organs and a whole load of uplifting gospel type vocal.
on the remix tip the additional version hold up really well but i will focus on the marshall jefferson remix. cj mackintosh delivers a stellar chunky remix as well but i don't rate it as high as some of his other work. bump's progressive house mix is good but i wanted a little more epic thrown into the soundscape. if i may quote the signature mattsanity, i wanted a little more of that "ill ass renaissance shit".
jefferson keeps his remix quite tidy and doesn't include the organs or that famous korg m1 patch that mk and stonebridge helped popularise. it's just a tr-909 kick, some light hi-hats and tight bells and some fills that the groove consists off. jefferson lets the pianos, the strings and uplifting vocals dominate the track and it does it really well. proper nice house music.
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