Salvador Santana, son of legendary guitarist Carlos Santana, is branching out with his own style of music for his debut album Keyboard City.
Trained as a pianist from grade school up to his college years, the Bay-Area native has worked his way up the music pyramid, most notably through the Salvador Santana Band. However, with his first commercial release, Santana has gone the urban route crafting his project with a few of Hip Hop’s most revered names, including Money Mark of the Beastie Boys and Del the Funky Homosapien.
Praising Mark’s contributions, Santana stated, “With all the people I’ve ever collaborated with or just working by myself, I have never produced so many ideas into songs as I have during these Money Mark sessions. That guy is just a machine.”
The album will also feature the title-track remix with emcee GZA. Keyboard City will be released February 2, 2010 on Quannum Records.
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In other news, the Souls Of Mischief are still on pace to release Montezuma’s Revenge on December 1.
Excited to unleash their latest work on fans who have been following them since the early 90’s, Tajai explained, “This album to me is a great insight into who we are as people and how important it is to progress stylistically, yet it retains a classic, timeless feel.”
Executive-produced by Prince Paul, Tajai stated the collaboration took some time, but the quality is worth the wait. “Paul is a perfectionist and so are we so we took time with the beats and subject matter.”
This will be the Soul Of Mischief’s first album since their 2000 release Trilogy: Conflict, Climax, Resolution. The crew is currently touring Europe in promotion for Montezuma’s Revenge.
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Finally, the Los Angeles-based trio Electrolightz is quietly making a name for themselves in clubs and venues across the region.
Comprised of producer ErOc, emcee Namebrand, and vocalist/song-writer Rami Dearst, Electrolightz blend synthesizer melodies, catchy lyrics and a feel-good vibe for an end product that is primed for radio and club spins.
Electrolightz is currently on tour with LMFAO. For more information on them, visit their MySpace page myspace.com/Electrolightz.
