Sister Soleil
Soularium (Universal)
By Rowan-Morrison
While the Major Label machine is bent on scooping up any seductive siren crooning away over mellow breakbeats and ethereal electronic rhythms, they probably got more than they bargained for with Sister Soleil‘s Stella Katsoudas. Although this Chicago scenester does have sexy, soulful vocals and smooth, synth-driven backing tracks, she isn’t chained to one tempo. Instead of just doing ballad-esque tunes, she unleashes everything from heavy electronica techno attacks (“Hit Me”), to groove-oriented club constructions (“AOL,” “Lounge Lizard”), and even a ’20’s-inspired song (“Liar”).
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