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Richard Brooks Featuring Tamika Boyce & Ali Black
Painless Ways
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About the music
About the release
“Painless Ways” is a deep, soulful house release from Richard Brooks featuring Tamika Boyce and Ali Black, pairing warm keys, rolling rhythms and expressive vocals across four distinct club mixes.
Produced by Richard Brooks and co-produced by Ali Black, the release centers Tamika Boyce’s vocal over a deep, groove-led house foundation. The Richard Brooks Vocal Mix carries the song at full strength, while the Sax Mix brings a more instrumental edge to the arrangement.
The Classic Revolution Mix leans into a laid-back percussive feel, while the Broken Mix reshapes the groove with a broken-beat approach. Together, the four versions give DJs a flexible package that moves between soulful vocal house, deeper late-night territory and rhythm-led set building.
Release information
Released: October 7, 2014
Label: Strobe Records
Catalogue: ST080
Genre: Soulful House
Track listing
- Painless Ways (Richard Brooks Vocal Mix) — 6:08
- Painless Ways (Classic Revolution Mix) — 7:40
- Painless Ways (Richard Brooks Sax Mix) — 6:10
- Painless Ways (Richard Brooks Broken Mix) — 5:19
Production credits
Produced by Richard Brooks. Co-produced by Ali Black. Vocals by Tamika Boyce. Written by Richard Brooks and Tamika Boyce. Copyright 2014 Strobe Records.
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