Chantel Mead Lead Vocals, Percussion Derek VanScoten Guitar, Electronics, Vocals Chris Misner Drums, Percussion, Samples Stefan Ferraro Bass Serafin Sanchez Tenor Sax, Flute, Keys
Influences
quincy jones, michael franti, sharon jones & the dapkings, nikka costa, me' shell, anthony hamilton, chili peppers, musique soulchild, U2, questlove & the roots, alicia keys, michael jackson, sufjan stevens, marvin gaye, jimi hendrix, common, stevie wonder, d'angelo, jill scott, strange fruit project, dmb, the slip, coldplay, george benson, flaming lips, prince, ozomatli, boards of canada, john mayer trio
Sounds Like
If Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nikka Costa, The Roots and Alicia Keys had a kid.....
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8traC is an Edgy Modern Funk band fronted by vocalist Chantel Mead. With a fresh sound and recent appearances alongside Kanye West, G. Love & Special Sauce, John Popper (Blues Traveler) and Robert Randolph, 8traC is lighting new fires in the music world.
Fusing the sound of 70's funk roots with modern dance rock, 8traC delivers a sexy, high impact, socially aware show. Dynamic female vocals paired with riffy guitar lines, rootsy bass, modern electronic loop arrangements, horns and a heavyweight funkster on drums, comprise the soul of 8traC. While, Chantel along with Derek VanScoten on Guitar/ Loops (Cabaret Diosa, The Motet, Devotchka) and Chris Misner on Drums form the core inspiration of this group, Stefan Ferraro on Bass brings the bottom and Serafin Sanchez layers in the love on Saxophone and Keys. They continue to write new music and tour as a 5-6 piece band.
Their successful "Uplift EP" built anticipation for the group's full-length debut, "Falling Up" released in August 2006 on Open Channel Records.
"These guys are tighter than the skin stretched across Joan Rivers's cheekbones!"
- Michael Roberts, THE WESTWORD - Denver, CO
"A full fledged funk (group), 8traC blends jazz fusion and rolling funk grooves. Complicated instrumentation shows off the bands magical musicianship and powerful songwriting skills. ....I'm sure you'll dig their funky groove."
- J-Sin, Smother Magazine
"When it comes to creating beautiful, groove-based tunes teeming with texture and substance, 8traC wears the crown."
- Rachel Hamilton, Adventure Records
Join us in Dreamtime as we envision and embrace our deeper dreams, learn, connect and co-create in an atmosphere of celebration, participation, creative expression and community.
The 2009 Dreamtime Festival will take place July 16-20th and includes four full days of amazing performances on four stages, hundreds of cutting edge workshops, interactive theme camps and art installations, free camping and parking.
- Over 100 workshops including Henry Redcloud from the Lakota, and the Mayan oracle AumRak from Guatemala.
- Four full days of amazing performance on four stages, featuring Cheb i Sabbah, Govinda, and Lunar Fire (the wild alter ego of Kan'Nal).
- Over 18 theme camps, including Serenity, a healing village offering free massage and body work classes
- Over a half dozen art installations including the Sapphire Portal sound healing installation and a solar powered full size crashed flying saucer stage and sound system.
Warming up for St. Patrick's Day! Stop by our site and check our March schedule for a gig near you. Hope to see you at a show. Enjoy our new video "Whiskey Tonight" and stop by our site for a FREE download of the new song. Cheers!
Thur Mar 19 - 9pm Highland Pacific, Tori & CR acoustic Fri Mar 20 - 9pm Owsleys, Mountain of Venus Sat Mar 21 - 9pm Owsleys, Mountain of Venus Sun Mar 22 - 6pm Owsleys, (6 - 9) Polytoxic acoustic Sun Mar 22 - 9pm Owsleys, Mountain of Venus Mon Mar 23 - 9pm Wash Park Grill, CR & Tori acoustic
Check out www. crgruver. com for all my tourdates, music, etc. Hope to see you!
Fri Aug 8: Outformation & Polytoxic, Realm of Music Festival, New Castle CO!
Sat Aug 9: Cervante's: "US Blues Medicine Show" celebrating the life of Jerry Garcia and American songwriters featuring Wavy Gravy, members of Outformation, Polytoxic, Great American Taxi, and MANY special guests!
Sun Aug 10: Cervante's: "Songs For Mikey" celebrating the life and music of Michael Houser featuring Sam Holt and other members of Outformation, plus members of Polytoxic, Phix, One Way Out, Henry Parsons Project, and other SURPRISE guests!
Mon Aug 11: "Back where it all began" at the Washington Park Grille (Gaylord and Mississippi Sts) with Tori Pater and CR Gruver, acoustic and thirsty. CR promises not to get too drunk and berate the audience too much this time. Always a good time...
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Hey...great stuff on your profile! B.O.T. will be playing 10,000 Lakes Festival this July!
B.O.T. is now fighting for #1 on Jamband.com’s “New Groove” poll. B.O.T. would greatly appreciate your vote to keep them there. This is the last of two rounds of voting and it's down to the wire.
You DO NOT have to sign up for anything using your email or anything else. All you have to do is follow this link below, select “Big Organ Trio” from the list, and click “Cast Your Ballot Now!” at the bottom of the page…and you’re done.
This process will literally take 15 seconds, and you’d be helping to spread B.O.T.’s music to thousands more people. The trio offers its sincere gratitude.
If interested in more B.O.T. stuff, such as B.O.T.’s debut album (either full cd with artwork or digital download of tracks), T-Shirts, Youtube live concert footage, stickers, etc, come visit B.O.T. on myspace. You can click on either the T-Shirt logo below or B.O.T.’s icon image to view the band’s official page. Thanks!
Hey 8traC -- thanks so much for finding us here and being our friend.. We hope to see you down the road sometime soon.
In the meantime, there's a lot more music available for you to stream and download for FREE here and here
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