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The Shadow Kings Bio

Since 1995, the ShadowKings (Kelvin Sylvester and Nick Balodimas) one of the original house music DJ/Producer teams from Boston MA, have moved some of the best dance floors from coast to coast. With styles varying from deep/uplifting soulful house music to classic disco and both coming from immigrant families heavily influenced by music and their cultures. It was natural that they would both eventually meet at a dj record shop in the early 90’s through a mutual friend.

In 1999, they moved into the production aspect of the industry, releasing their first recording, ‘Disco-Nnected’ on Gossip Records (which ended up on a compilation from Italy called ‘Angles Of Love’ mixed By Ted Patterson). With growing success, they released remixes and original productions for some of the most distinguished house music labels in the industry.

They have been reviewed on some of the most prominent dance music magazines in the UK such as Dj, MUZIK and JOCKEY SLUT Magazine for releases on Chez Music, ‘Catch the Sun’ (2001) and ‘Get Stronger’ (2002). ‘Catch the Sun’ was then released on a mix compilation by Neil Aline of Chez Music called ‘On The Rocks Vol.1’. (which became a huge underground hit) Soon after ‘Get Stronger’ came out, it was licensed on the Ministry of Sound CD ‘Hard Times’. In 2005, the ShadowKings released the long anticipated ‘Soul Music’ (listed as one of the top 100 downloads on Traxsource for 2005) featuring David Walker with lyrics written by Duane Harden (‘U Don’t Know Me’) on Undo Music, which within that year was licensed on a Seamless Recordings compilation.

In 2004, the ShadowKings added a talented keyboardist and new member to the team – Joe Chinni. Joe is a graduate of the Berkeley School of Music. His keen, soulful accompaniments have brought the latest ShadowKings’ productions to a noticeably higher level. Which resulted in the underground banger released on Utopia Recordings called ‘Soul-4-Reel’

Also, a dynamic-multi-talented musician by the name of Yuki Kanaseka began working with the group in late 2005, making an immediate impact on their ability to develop a new, refreshed sound which is reflected on there newer releases.

In turn, 2006 became the year of collaborations for the ShadowKings. The first collaboration began with a local spoken word writer/poet named Liza Zayas. This collaboration turned out to be a success, as they were able to complete a spoken word project called ‘Never Thought’ which is scheduled to be released on Women on Wax Records out of Detroit Michigan.

The second collaboration occurred with a rising artist named Lee Wilson. Lee was named the best-unsigned artist of 2005 by Source magazine. He made guest appearances on BET’s 106th and Park and the Fox network. The ShadowKings met Lee through recommendations from several friends. At the time, Kelvin completed co-writing a song with his long time friend Duane Harden called ‘So Beautiful’. It was the perfect song for Lee Wilson’s debut with the ShadowKings. The song was signed to Soul Funk Digital Records (UK) and was released in early 2007. In addition, the ShadowKings were given an opportunity to remix Lee Wilson’s single, ‘Life’, due for release soon.

In closing the year of 2007, they collaborated with the Groove Doctors on a project for the legendary Arnold Jarvis called ‘Never Cared’. It became a pivotal release for the ShadowKings on Soul Funk Digital Records in 2007.

In the spring of 2007, the ShadowKings began their weekly syndicated live dj show called ‘Soul-4-Reel’ on handzonradio.fm. (Steadily one of the newer Internet radio stations raising eyebrows all over the world.) The ShadowKings have now gained an even bigger fan base all over the world, which just gets stronger every day.

Now it’s 2008, expect to hear allot more of the ShadowKings. Producers and Dee Jays for the next generation!

The ShadowKings can also be found on www.theshadowkings.com.