“One of the best live soul bands I have ever seen!” – Al Bell (Record producer, songwriter, executive, and co-owner of legendary Stax Records)

Raised amid the rich musical culture and history of the San Francisco Bay Area,
Monophonics proudly carry the torch through the generations into today’s musical landscape. Holding on to tradition, but by no means purists of any kind, they play their own brand of music known as “Psychedelic Soul.” The 2012 release of Monophonics last album In Your Brain saw the band pulling influences from such acts as early Funkadelic, Sly and The Family Stone and the The Temptation's Norman Whitfield produced records. With the new album, Sound of Sinning (April 1, 2015 on Transistor Sound Records), the band has grown in all areas of record making and felt a need to explore other important influences.

While the group has come to cherish these inspirations, With Sound of
Sinning they started venturing beyond, to the groups that were inspiring those
soul acts to embrace the psychedelic sound of the 60's and 70's. Bands such as The Zombies, The Beatles, Beach Boys and Pink Floyd. Even with the experimentation of new musical territory, they display the sound that people know and love about Monophonics. Touching on Northern soul, doo-wop, rock and roll, Psych pop, and cinematic music, Monophonics show off their diversity while remaining true to their roots. Overall it's heartfelt music and old school vibes, without losing sight of the present. This is is music steeped in that timeless feeling when people could write and produce songs that you could listen to over and over again. Sound of Sinning was produced by Kelly Finnigan & Ian McDonald and recorded on an old Tascam eight-track 1/4” tape machine at Transistor Sound Studios in San Rafael, CA.

Monophonics is Austin Bohlman (Drums), Myles O’Mahony (Bass/Background
Vocals), Ian McDonald (Guitar/Background Vocals), Ryan Scott (Trumpet/Background Vocals/Percussion) & Kelly Finnigan (Keys/Lead Vocals) along with a rotating 2nd horn usually filled by Nadav Nirenberg (Trombone) from Ikebe Shakedown and Breakdown Brass.

Taking as reference bands like The Hives, The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys, Weezer, Blur, etc. Mixing a sound between Indie Rock, Alternative Rock, Post-Punk Revival and Garage Rock born The Jeffriess in 2013. The Jeffriess, is created to bring together two musicians passionate about the influences marked by bands like The Vines and Artic Monkeys, etc., created by Ivan Videla (bass) and Andres Garcia (Guitar) and Fransisco Isgro (Battery) .Since this formation the band began experimenting on the road, looking for a powerful sound and already fully formalized recording their first material went through few months of rehearsals, composing and materializing the first issues, 
after a few months, Isgro Fransisco (drums) left the band and Igor (Ivan) also giving input Benjamin Ortega behind the drumsticks and Eric Flores to bass. In early 2014 the band entered the studio to record their first album Different Realities and between post-punk and Indie found the key to start the recording of their first disco.Igor return to the band and now is composing his second album.

Tomando como referencias bandas como The Hives, The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys, Weezer, Blur ,etc. Mezclando un sonido entre el Indie Rock, Rock Alternativo, Post-Punk Revival y Garage Rock nace The Jeffriess en el año 2013. The Jeffriess ,se crea al juntar a dos musicos apasionados por las influencias marcadas por bandas como The Vines y Artic Monkeys,etc ,creada por Ivan Videla(Bajo) y Andres Garcia(Guitarra) y Fransisco Isgro(Bateria).Ya con esta formacion la banda empezo a experimentar en el camino , buscando un sonido potente y ya completamente formalizados a grabar su primer material pasaron por unos meses de ensayos , componiendo y materializando los primeros temas,
despues de unos meses , Fransisco Isgro(Bateria) deja la banda y Ivan Videla tambien , dando a la entrada de Benjamin Ortega detras de las baquetas y Eric Flores al bajo.Ya a comienzos de 2014 la banda entro al estudio a grabar su primer album Diferentes Realidades y entre el PostPunk y el Indie encontraron la clave para empezar la grabacion de su primer disco. Ivan (I-gor) regreso a la banda y comenzaron a grabar su segundo material discografico.

Born in the Philippines but raised in Harvard, Massachusetts, west of Boston, Jackson was initially influenced by rock guitar greats like Jimmy Page before falling under the spell of jazz and following the style and career of jazz guitar luminaries like Pat Metheny and George Benson. After attending Berklee School of Music, studying jazz composition and arranging, he spent some of his formative years in the mid-1980s living and playing guitar with the lively expat jazz community in Paris, France. Jackson moved to New York City afterwards, where he remains an active participant in Gotham’s always vibrant jazz scene.
 
A master of the six, seven and twelve string guitars, he has appeared on over 40 albums by such artists as Hal Singer, Graeme Norris, Ron Blake, Gisele Jackson and T.K. Blue. In 2003, Jackson founded the independent record label Roni Music, which has since released eight of his albums as a leader including the 2014 acoustic guitar record Akustik InventYours, and his 2012 trio album Burning Gums.

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