Louder Than The Music

British band Ooberfuse are celebrating the first anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI's historic visit to the UK on 16th September by joining forces with leading US dance producer Marcus Davis Jr to remix 'Heart's Cry', their anthemic youth rap song which was picked last year to be the soundtrack of the papal UK visit. Marcus has previously worked with some of the biggest acts in the world including Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child.

This time last year the organisers of Pope Benedict XVI's visit chose the UK electro-pop band's song to communicate the theme of the papal visit, Heart Speaks Unto Heart, in contemporary rap/hip-hop music. The song was described as "a world away from the type of soaring hymnals usually associated with Catholic services" and was thought to bear "a passing resemblance to Black Eyed Peas' breakthrough single, 'Where is the love?'" It opens with extracts of a speech by Pope Benedict proclaiming that "hatred will never reign in the hearts of men again."

"We really want to celebrate the anniversary of the UK papal visit" says Cherrie from Ooberfuse, "so we teamed up with US record producer, Marcus Davis Jr., to come up with an electrifying re-mix of Heart's Cry. The concept of the Successor of Saint Peter, perceived by many as conservative figure, choosing a genre of music ordinarily reserved for street gangs, seemed to grip people in unexpected ways. The New York Times for instance listed Heart's Cry in its top 10 table-talk themes for the week of the UK papal visit!"

"Last year the song had a curiosity factor because the Pope is sampled in a rap song", continues band member Hal. "This time round Heart's Cry is bigger and better, it stands up on its own as a dreamy, dance pop track. Marcus has created a musical accompaniment that allows the spiritual message of the song to emerge. Give the song 20 seconds and you will be hooked!"

You can listen to 2011 Heart's Cry Re-mix on the band's SoundCloud page.