Dave Sanford aka DJ Santo, Chauncey Canfield
plus various guest vocalists and musicians including Joel Kleinberg on Sax, Vocals by Valida, Angelique and Geri Soriano-Lightwood (Supreme Beings of Leisure) . If you're feeling the sounds and feel like you have a vocal angle that works with our material, give a holla. We're always looking for interesting guest collabs.
Influences
Literally hundreds of lifetime influences but specifically on this project, folks like Bugz in The Attic, Jazzanova, Nicola Conte, Rainer Truby, Gilles Peterson, Turntables on the Hudson, Curtis Mayfield, Matthew Herbert. Quantic, Herbie Hancock, Milton Nascimento, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Masters at Work, Fela Kuti.
It's good to give props to the past masters and contemporaries who have influenced us, so here's a few we really dig, but nowhere near exhaustive: Bill Evans, Fila Brazillia, Stereolab, Steve Reich, Miles Davis, Curtis Mayfield, Dzihan & Kamien, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Jimmy Smith, John Coltrane, Betty Carter, Donald Byrd, Earth, Wind & Fire, Specials, Roy Ayers, Matthew Herbert, Lonnie Liston Smith, The The, Jazzanova, Bobby Hutcherson, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Dom Um Romao, Sun Ra, Erik Satie, Beth Orton, Luis Bonfi, Ahmad Jamal, Elvis Costello, Brian Eno, Frederic Chopin, King Crimson, Tito Puente, The Who, Brian Eno, Terry Callier, Isaac Hayes, War, Xavier Cugat, The Clash, Les Baxter, Talking Heads, Fela Kuti, Beth Orton, Marcos Valle, Horace Silver, McCoy Tyner, Stan Getz, Blackalicious, Debussy, The Clash, Milton Nascimento, Fela Kuti, Funkadelic/Parliament, Gang of Four, Thelonious Monk, Chick Corea, David Axelrod, Darryl Hall, Herbie Hancock, Frank Zappa, Deodato, Talking Heads, Brian Eno, Blackalicious, Beatles, Alice Russell, Martin Denny, Charlie Parker, Perez Prado, Public Enemy, Nick Drake, The Smiths, DJ Shadow, Z-Trip, The English Beat, The Polyphonic Spree, XTC, Stevie Wonder, Magnetic Fields, Charles Mingus, Quantic, Roxy Music, New Order, Ramsey Lewis, Sergio Mendes, Ennio Morricone, Shriekback, Os Mutantes, Gilberto Gil, Ursula Rucker, Sonny Rollins, Terry Hall, Lee Morgan, Mongo Santamaria, Dizzy Gillespie, Cal Tjader, Charlie Byrd, Grant Green, and many many others...
Sounds Like
Melodic broken house music, heavily influenced by bossa nova rhythms, afro-beat horns, and ruff dancefloor beats. Stuff you'd like if you're into the jazzy tip e.g. Bugz in The Attic, Jazzanova, Nicola Conte, Rainer Truby, Gilles Peterson's show on BBC1, Turntables on the Hudson, Mr. Scruff, Bent, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Thievery Corporation, DKD, Fauna Flash, Kyoto Jazz Massive, Suba, Jobim, Mitchell & Dewbury, St. Germain, Jazztronik, Amon Tobin, Fila Brazillia, Tosca, Masters At Work, 4Hero, Mark deClive-Lowe, Matthew Herbert.
Portland, Oregon-based Soulphonic Soundsystem is a collaboration between multi-instrumentalist Chauncey Canfield and dj/producer DJ Santo that combines jazz breaks and broken beats with live instrumentation including horns, Rhodes and a really sick dose of latin flavor. Their debut album, "Volume One" featured guest vocals from Geri Lightwood (Supreme Beings of Leisure), Valida (past credits include work with John Beltran), and Angelique. Music from the album has been featured on HBO's Entourage and CSI:NY and tracks have been licensed for the Plush II compilation and hand-selected by Karim Rashid for inclusion his "Plaza Magazine Mix," amongst others.
Flavorpill LA says: "Broken beats, Latin rhythms, jazzy horns, and sultry lounge vibes all co-exist brilliantly in the Soulphonic Soundsystem's anything-goes universe."
Their debut full-length CD "Volume One" was released May 2007 and included bonus remixes from their second 12" (2006) by Fort Knox Five, Austria's Ed Royal and DJ Enne, Ben Mitchell of Mitchell & Dewbury (UK) fame..
On Nov. 19 2008 The beat-slinging duo unleashed their latest digital-only single featuring remixes from some of their favorite producers. NYC's Turntables On The Hudson-founder Nickodemus (ESL, Wonderwheel) jump starts the sitar driven "Eastern Market" with a fierce four-on-the-floor tabla driven beat, while Germany's Deela (Switchstance Records) lays the perfect backbeat for Valida's vocals on "The One" to move the track from the headphones to the floor. For the finishing touch, Brighton's Will Sumsuch (Latenight Lounging) takes a trip into abstract terrain with his interpretation of the previously unreleased "Miso."
DJ Santo has DJ'd alongside and opened up for artists such as Bugz in Attic, Truby Trio, Bebel Gilberto, Nicola Conte, Thievery Corporation, Kyoto Jazz Massive, Turntables on the Hudson and many others. Their weekly LA Party Transistor Lounge was voted Best Space Age Oasis OASIS in the LA Weekly. DJ Santo was voted, best club DJ in the LA Alternative Press Readers Poll in 2003. DJ Santo also hosts the weekly Portland radio show Something Different (which is available on demand in the Giant Step player) and serves up two mixes a month for KEXP's Mo'Glo Program which is featured on WNYE in New York. Canfield is the producer for both programs. While the duo's radio and studio work has made live shows a rarer occurrence, a recent performance by DJ Santo at Portland's acclaimed MusicfestNW was sold out.
Chauncey Canfield was named SPIN magazine's "Best Unsigned Band" of 1998 and co-founded DC-based jazztronic trio Aubergine 3 in 1999. His track, "Bergamot" was the grand prize winner in Shure Electronics' "DJ Biology" contest at Winter Music Conference 2003.
Together, they've toured and played a number of West Coast dates with additional live musicians both headlining and opening for acts including Mark Farina, Diplo, Turntables on the Hudson, Fort Knox Five, and Bugz in the Attic.
just came by to let you know, there is a new series from Manmade. This one Starts with remixes from Tal M Klein, The Breakbeat Junkie, Goodgroove and CMC&Silenta.
Thanks Guys!.. really appreciate the feedback and support!..yes i am busy working on the follow up hit you with snippets onces it is ready..until Keep doing your thing.. blessings always...
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Thursday, Feb 28th
At The Royale
506 5th ave b/w 12th and 13th streets
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Selections from Chicus, Greg Caz, Bella and G with special guests
as always...
free admission / $3 guiness from 10-12 / lotsa bass and good vibes
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