Mark Basil: Electric Guitar/Keyboards/Vocals,
Thrilly P: Wheels of Steel
Influences
Parliment Funkadelic, The Meters, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Sly and the Family Stone, Papa Gros Funk, Dumpstaphunk, Cut Chemist, DJ Craze, Kool Keith, We Funk, All Good Ol' New Orleans Swamp Funky-ness...
S'OVA is a two man funk band with guitar and turntables, remixing and looping funky beats live, and then throwing down the jam. Special guests add to the flavor with many different instruments helping the dance party go all night long.
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Mark Basil - Electric Guitar/ keyboards /Vocals
A locally grown Catskill Mountain musician, he is ever learning from masters past and present. After spending his college years studying music & life with some of the best performers/teachers in Ithaca, he returned to his mountain roots to set up camp, snowboard and study the Funk. His performances/studies have taken him from roof top parties at the International Country Club of Bushwick to The New Orleans Jazzfest to open mic jams near and far. He has played on stage with the some funkiest people in the land, some world famous rock and roll hall of famers, some unheard of masters. He is known for his undeniable passion for music, specifically THE FUNK, as well as his unquenched thirst for making people get up and dance.
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Thrilly P - Wheels of Steel
Current Catskill Mountain Resident , Life Long Skier, Funk Turntable Specialist & Founder of the ILL-Lustrious Turntable Crew. Thrilly P got his start on the Wheels of Steel in Philadelphia in '98 and took his hard hitting funk style to Brooklyn in '00. Upon moving to the Catskillz in the fall of 2003, Thrilly P and Mark Basil put together S'OVA. 8 years of DJ gigs have included New Orleans Jazzfest, Winter Music Conference in South Beach, Philadelphia Residency at Filo's, and industry throw downs all over NYC.
what up homie? great set the other night. i had alot of fun! saw you at the bank on friday i had to leave the mountain in a hurry sorry i didnt stop to chat. later
