It’s True
The three-way Axtone recording, released with radio, extended and Reprise versions.
Artist
Axwell & Sebastain Ingrosso & Salem Al Fakir
Why we feature this artist A song allowed to stretch beyond its first frame “It’s True” places Salem Al Fakir’s singing inside Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso’s expansive house production. Released on Axtone in 2007, the record lets a recognisable song develop o…
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The artist, in context
The story of Axwell & Sebastain Ingrosso & Salem Al Fakir
Why we feature this artist
A song allowed to stretch beyond its first frame
“It’s True” places Salem Al Fakir’s singing inside Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso’s expansive house production. Released on Axtone in 2007, the record lets a recognisable song develop over a much longer instrumental span. Its appeal lies in the balance between a voice with an individual melodic shape and an arrangement designed to keep a dance floor moving.
The 2007 Axtone release
The original release credits all three artists and includes a radio edit, an extended version and a Reprise. Later remix editions add further interpretations. This is a specific early shared recording in the producers’ catalogue, with Al Fakir’s performance providing the centre around which the longer structures can turn.
The radio edit makes the song’s outline clear quickly. The extended version gives the instrumental more time to establish its movement before and around the vocal. Neither approach changes the identity of the tune, but each invites the listener to experience its scale differently.
The value of leaving room
Al Fakir’s phrasing gives the record a more personal accent than an anonymous loop could provide. His melodic line can remain recognisable even when the producers open the arrangement into longer passages. The voice gives the listener something to return to after those instrumental stretches.
The Reprise offers another useful angle on the same material, making the release feel like a small set of related perspectives. “It’s True” captures an Axtone-era approach in which a house single could contain a complete song and still leave its structure open to extension, reduction and reinterpretation. The shared credit is most revealing when those different musical roles remain audible.
Essential releases
It’s True — remixes
The wider release includes Dabruck & Klein and Roog & Prom treatments.