news
soho electric's uptempo album "full circuit jacktronic meltdown" at #5 on the tapintomusic.com sales chart
soho electric collaborate with legendary memphis industries act, fort lauderdale, on "emo-erotic", a 115bpm electro/stoner-rock hybrid featuring storming vox by bianca lindgren. [soon to be uploaded to the uptempo page...]
soho electric's "wrap your arms around me", featuring annabelle platon & desola ososami, included on the gotham records 2006 sampler.
"set your mind & body free" remixed by JUBBZ [aka supply & demand / julian chambers] in nu-skool rnb & drum 'n' bass mixes [for world domination music] "
soho electric will be featured on new internet radio show Pulse Lounge with Rob Bailey, this Saturday 3rd September at 11.00pm GMT. The show repeats on Tuesday 6th at 10.00pm and Thursday 8th at 11.00pm. - listen in at pulseunsigned.com and SKY channel 905 in the UK. Check out the show page at here.
“last night was cool”, featuring flexie muiso, picked up by brick lane label vibes records. to be re-recorded featuring east london MC amazon queen doing her stuff .
“wrap your arms around me” chosen as one of Future Music magazine’s 12 Best Unsigned Demos of the Year [July 2005 Issue]
the soho elecric sound principles
so, soho electric -what';s it all about? - well, we like to describe soho electric as the sound of fun lovin', euphoric, switched-on metropolitan glam - basically, good-time party music that you can shake your ass to. catchy, big-city-nightlife tunes sung by super-soul voices over bangin' babylondon-vibe club beats.
its the sound of 40 years of pop history mashed up with the futuristic electronica of the acid house revolution - think sam cooke meets mylo, the beach boys meet basement jaxx. it's a mix of synths, sequencers & samplers in full-circuit meltdown mode; funky-chicken-scratchin' wah-wah + sweet spanish guitars; honkin'+ stonkinc beats + groovy basslines from both the handbag and hardbag schools; memorable, hummable melodies; vocalists who sing with real passion; & finally, a crucial element - huge wall-of-sound stacked vocal harmonies - all brewed up in a fun + phunky psychedelic casserole of pop, soul, rnb, house, disco & garage.
who puts the fun in dysfunctional? who takes the revs out of reverence? who puts a wiggle in your walk & a boogie-licious audio hand grenade in yr mind? u got it automatic, 4 the people: soho electric. so…kick back & relax to these trax, comin’ straight from the glitzy + grimy heart of the metropolis.
hear solo electric uptempo trax at :
myspace.com/sohoelectriccom
groovy new music networking site [and much more besides...]. check out all the brilliantly original & unique bleeding-edge circus freaks who have hooked up via myspace recently.
solariserecords.com/artists/pop/sohoelectric.html
hear soho electric downtempo trax at :
cdbaby.com/cd/sohoelectric
Other Links
| uproarstudios@yahoo.co.uk | email address of danny sayer, uproar studios producer |
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| platosrepublik.com | world music group, fronted by the magnificent super-soul diva annabelle platon |
| laptop-jams.com | funky site for laptop jammers |
| discomusic.com | US site dedicated to old-school disco with a deliciously hi-calorie 'frommage factor' |
| bangingtunes.com | |
| truegroovez.com | |
| luciferslounge.com | site of the superb Adelaide-based post-modern neo-lounge act, fronted by lucifer's agent down under, the inimitable Geraldo Masi |
| thescumfrog.com | hot nyc producer, doing bleeding edge electronica |
| moderntoss.com | classic british cartooning, drawn by unrepentant anarchic retro-nihilists |
| di.fm/edmguide | hilarious flow-chart listing all the absurb genres & sub-genres of Electronic music over the last 3 decades. |
| www.worlddominationmusic.biz/ | croydon-based publisher and music agency, run by david buskell |
| snowyraphael.com | site of top london producer snowy raphael. check out his new live band, THE PLAYBACK, currently whipping up storm at london venues |
| sixshootermedia.com | Web design company responsible for sohoelectric.com |
history
formed in 1998 as a London-based live show with 4 vocalists. now a studio writing/producing project, collaborating with artists such as rnb outfits denym & IC3; girl groups untouched, steamy nights, pure affection, fully loaded, janique & entourage; aussie soul sensation lyla-jayne da souza; martinique-based annabelle platon [plato’s republik]; 2-step MCs chappa, zebeer & nova; MCs rohan & syrus [urban twist]; solo artists flexie muiso [aka peter archibong], joe urso, anju sharda [ex-CORE], delon brooks, nicola murphy, carole chabat [ex-baccho’s joke], dominique [scandalous records], paul rose, melissa bell, chioma duru, raissa [polydor records], jon goody, desola ososami, tony jackson [ex-rage], stex, ra khahn, david riley [ex-trix / dreamhouse], d.w. matzdorf, patrick osborne [ex-worlds-apart], janet gabriel-ifeakando, grazyna, aydenne simone, nyc soul divas deanna carroll & michele michaels, noah agyepong, donn mitchell [aka brace], gary bardouille, les lundy and many others.
co-producers
producers involved with the project include – will mills, tom @ west one music; graham barber [aka PHAT PLAYAZ], phil sherrington; gian-antonio cappellino; boom @ mills+boom; boris modli; joogoo @ x-ray charles [high heels records]; “quickfingers” stacey & dan sayer @ dextrous productions [aka UPROAR]; rino filippin [milleville productions modena, italy]; guy guermuer [paris]; john venpin [aka snowy raphael]; zoran @ electra productions; phil sherrington; ralph ballance [aka e-centric]; ekow armah & stuart wakeman [reelsounds productions].
representation/management
agents & management who have been involved with soho electric include: warwick sculpher @ visionary omnimedia; alex black @ rocket science media; ed @ west one music; edinburgh-based songwriter/agent gary mill; richard macmillan + andy papadopoulos @ DVSNRG [aka top floor mgmt]; song broker dave massey [walk on the wild side]; 3gees management; sean forryan @ solid sugar smoke; stein @ maverick management; alan whitehead @ OTH; dave ambrose/strawberry hill music; graham sclater /tabitha music; TONKA [richard williams]; brian setchfield @ foxfield mgmt; alf billingham @ abstract mgmt; & geoff weiner.
discography
Jul 2000 - “love move closer” placed on “Strategies” - peoplesound.com european compilation promo album
Aug 2000 - Dyson/Day Productions: “love move closer” covered by monica oestenengen, under david ambrose mgmt
Feb 2001 - “u got it automatic” & “take it gently” included on Megahit Records compilation album “2 hot 2 handle”
Feb 2001 - “u got it automatic” at no. 3 on MP3.com worldwide contemporary urban playlist chart
Feb 2001 – “love move closer” released in france, on BMG compilation ”4 the man I love”
Apr 2001 – co-writing & production for songwriter ben findon; “u got it automatic” included on MP3.com compilation “mello yello”
May 2001 – “sexycoolin’” released by boogiemedia records, london
Sep 2001 – “love move closer”, feat. imaani [ex-incognito], produced by paul castle @ phreaq music productions
Oct 2001 – “sexy coolin’” included on MP3.com compilation “new year’s eve”
Nov 2001 – “if I said why” included on punch media compilation “STUDENT-123 vol2 “
Apr 2002 - “brand new flow” feat. caramel-G on UK garage compilation “steppin’” - COA records, japan
May 2002 - “sexy coolin’” covered by Q-TONE on home city records
Sep 2002 - “think about it” [featuring urban twist] shortlisted for final 12 of MOBO 2002 Unsigned Section
Oct 2002 - “funky disco queens” & “let yr body go insane” included on “Living Funky Disco House” [Ultimate Music Group]
Nov 2002 – “in2 the eye of the hurricane” produced by rino fillipin @ milleville productions, modena, italy
Dec 2002 – “think about it” included on Gotham Records MIDEM 2003 sampler
Feb 2003 – “right back 2 real life”, feat. Janet Gabriel + JooGoo, produced for X-Ray Charles Records
Apr 2003 – “if I said why” included on MIDAS Enterprises rnb compilation;
Jul 2003 – “rnb now” voted ‘Homegrown Cut of the Week’ on BBC Radio 1Xtra [playlisted by DJ Ras Kwame]
Sep 2003 – “tryin’ 2 find my destiny” 12” remixes by dextrous & mark broom
Oct 2003 – “blue is the color” produced by milleville productions
Nov 2003 – “sweet side of life”, bassline for feel fine” & “blue is the color” playlisted on station ILR on ISON web radio network
Jan 2004 - soho electric included on solariserecords.com , cdbaby.com & panartist.com websites
Mar 2004 - “rnb now” playlisted on FCUK FM
May 2004 - “blue is the color” featured on issue 73 front cover cd of “computer music” magazine
Jul 2004 - “wrap your arms around me” reviewed + featured on front cover cd of “future music” magazine
Aug 2004 - “wrap your arms around me” remixed by producer/engineer phil sherrington
Sept 2004 - 6 tracks [incl. instant loveland, rnb now, lemon + lime] licensed to espadarolls film production company
Oct 2004 - “blue is the color” 80s electro remix by giann-antonio cappelliono [via sampolo studios, palermo]
Nov 2004 - “wrap your arms around me” & “instant loveland” included on west one music production library CD sampler “anthems 2005”
March 2005 – soho electric back catalog signed to visionary omnimedia [warwick sculpher]
May 2005 – “wrap your arms around me” featured on covermount CD “the year’s best best demos” in july 2005 issue of future music
published songs
u got it automatic, tune in, turn on : kamara music publishing ; love move closer - peoplesound.com / EMI music publishing in2 the eye of the hurricane – milleville music ; la matadora - big world music [patrick meads] wrap your arms around me, instant loveland - west one music ltd bamwe bagayla, beautiful masquerade, if I said why revolution in your soul, steppin’ and bumpin’, beautiful masquerade, let your body go insane, swallowed up in flames, u got it automatic, we got the love right, complex complicated, donn 155, if i said why, wildin’ [dec 99 mix], yo’ bizness is tha groove, psychedelic angel, solo flight, bpms, mindblow [chappa mix], speak 2 me, could have been might have been, feelin’ good together, nighthawks [instrumental], set your mind + body free (instrumental mix), dorchester hotel [instr. mix] every night is our last night, destiny[uproar mix], freaky funky feeling, hoodin’ out, lights camera action - sonic emotionary / alien network synergies cc [warwick sculpher]
press reviews
review of "wrap your arms around me", future music magazine july 2004 issue. (Click for larger image)