Puttin' the fun back into funky. My goal is to write music that showcases my absurdly talented friends while making you want to shake your tail feather!

Soma is an instrumental group that blends neo-soul, jazz, rock and funk to create a rich texture resulting in strong grooves and melodies inspired by groups such as Soulive, Lettuce and Snarky Puppy. Currently based in Toronto, Soma delivers a fresh and exciting funky-soul sound that appeals to the dance and jazz-crowds alike.

SOMA 
Sax: Nevin Dunn 
Bass: Keith Doiron 
Keys: Andrew Kesler 
Guitar: Felipe Debastos 
Drums: Claudio Santaluce

Il silenzio è la nostra musica.
La musica è il nostro silenzio.
Si appartengono e vivono uno in funzione dell’altro, così, suonando le nostre musiche
suoniamo inevitabilmente anche i nostri silenzi.

Attraverso musiche, silenzi e testi la silenziosa orchestra esplora l’interrelazione
esistente tra suono e silenzio e il loro ruolo nella nostra vita. 
Il progetto nasce da un’ idea di Marco Germini e Carlotta Padovan, i quali curano
musiche, testi e silenzi.

Carlotta Padovan (Voce)

Mirko Cisilino (Tromba)
Gabriele Cancelli (Tromba)
Stefano Di Giorgio (Sassofono)
Marco Kappel (Trombone)

Marco Germini (Pianoforte)

Marko Cepak (Chitarra)

Simone Serafini (Contrabbasso)

Carlo Badanai (Batteria)

California-born Tara Priya started off singing hooks on rap demos in LA (for the likes of Kendrick Lamar & Jay Rock) but quickly signed to P-VINE Records in Japan for release of her first two albums (2012, 2014), both of which featured Billboard charting singles. Tara soon moved to London to create her own blend of soul, pop & '90s hip-hop. Influenced by the classics - J. Dilla, Billie Holiday, Ennio Morricone and heartbreak - Tara's 2015 EP got her press and radio love and a whole lotta closure. The Indian-Persian songwriter is currently drinking litres of excellent coffee and writing music for other dope humans, primarily in London.

"Watching her charm London crowds with a beautiful voice is bliss."
-- TIME OUT LONDON

"Tipped for big things" -- THE INDEPENDENT

"A pop gem" -- POPMATTERS

"Could have been a doctor" -- TARA'S DAD

DJ Bookings > ali@warmagency.com

Initially established in 2003 at The Eagle in London’s Vauxhall, Horse Meat Disco has evolved into a powerful force in queer and club culture as a whole, while staying local to its original home, each and every Sunday. Co-founded by James Hillard and Jim Stanton, and encompassing residents Severino and Luke Howard, the crew continue to maintain not only the weekly Sunday party, but a number of residencies in cities across the world, alongside a kaleidoscope of club appearances, festival dates and specially curated mixes.

Taking inspiration from a diverse, counter-cultural history of clubs and DJs, as well as from the sprawling, ever-expanding musical collections of it's resident crew, the sound of HMD is impossible to place. Nonetheless their style is undeniable, as is a popper-scented air of sheer authenticity. Rooted in hedonism, rhythm, freedom and emotion, a Horse Meat Disco set reinforces everything invigorating about disco, as comfortable as shattering old-school mirror ball cliches as basking in their light.

A typical HMD set blends classics, italo disco, house, oddities and punk funk, to conjure their initial spirit of “a queer party for everyone”, including, but not limited to, “Homos and Heteros, club kids, bears, fashionistas, naturists, guerilla drag queens and ladies who munch.” They have made appearances on every notable club scene in the modern world, as well as those beyond, and have long been a key fixture at festivals including Glastonbury, Bestival and Festival No.6.

Outside of the club, the Horse Meat Disco train rolls across the airwaves on Rinse FM, where the crew hold down a weekly residency every Sunday afternoon, serving as a pre and post-club Sunday lunch accompaniment, often delving into the more soulful shades of their sublime taste, often encompassing rave groove, gospel and whatever they can’t get away with on the dancefloor (which, as the years have proven, isn’t much). A series of expertly curated and acclaimed compilations for reissue label Strut helped further cement HMD’s formidable but communal reputation as disco masterminds, spreading their sound and many enviable obscurities into front rooms and record bags across the world. Their latest, ‘Meat Me Down the Disco’, was released on Z Records in 2017.

After decades of crate digging, globetrotting and partying, the HMD story continues apace. 2017 also saw the crew record their long-awaited contribution to BBC Radio 1’s ‘Essential Mix’, as well as their first joint foray into production, ‘Waiting For You To Call’, featuring Roy Inc., and released on their own, self-titled imprint. They are currently working on new music to be released with Glitterbox, with the new single ‘Let’s Go Dancing’ released in December 2018.

"Small Label Of The Year" at AIM Awards 2021. Beefing up your crates since the late 90's.

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