Flava Music Records was launched in 1990 and quickly established itself as the top tribal and dance label in America, documented by a host of awards. For the next five years, Flava Music released singles at a quick pace, yet managed to maintain its high level of success with hit after hit by artists such as VButterfly, La Mariposa, Ceevox, Demarko, Ashlee, Tanya Montgomery, Thea Austin, Twsited Dee, Mike Da Wizard, Miss Flava, Ronn Williams, Madonna, Vanessa Valentin, Mr. Dee & the list goes on & on. Flava also revived the long dormant tribal dance format, first with its first release titled " Hold Me Closer " (selling hundreds of thousands of CDs & Wax to true club music fans without the help of ANY radio support), and the hit driven Addicted To My Music compilation which racked up sales of well over 90,000 units including digital sales. .. Such success did not go unnoticed and attracted many of the best and biggest producers to Flava Music Records today from many other parts of the world like: Brazil, Mexico, Cuarcao, Venezuela, Colombia, Ibiza, Puerto Rico, Miami, CT, Boston, Canada, California, Chicago, Chile, Amsterdam & New York City... .. Flava Music is also the creation of PuertoRican DJ / Producer Mike Da Wizard from New York City. MDW's talent is recognized across the music industry and he is the first port of call for many an artist wanting the "Tribal Drum MDW Sound" on their releases. Thoughout the years, Mike Da Wizard has been comissioned as a remixer by a wide range of international artists such as VButterfly, La Mariposa, Ceevox, Demarko, Tanya Montgomery, Mr. Dee, Chico feat Ashlee, Madonna, Susan Palmer, Twisted Dee, La Mariposa, to name but a few... .. When the time came to take the step to the next level, Flava Music was ready and eager to do it. First release "Hold Me Closer" under Animus Records (Italy)/ Flava Music Records with full understanding of what is needed to make people dance and truly enjoy a song from beginning to end . Flava Music has also released the incredible "Respect Me" featuring Mr. Dee under Flava Music/ Loop 128 Records (Portugal), and released another sensational contribution to the club world, "Addicted To My Music" featuring Miss Flava, which was a huge success in Brazil & Latin America. In addition, Flava Music collaborated with DJ Demarko Centaur Music / Global Groove Records and released an incredible remix of Beyonce's "Naughty Girl" with sold many units worldwide. Flava Music also collaborated with Liza Records on Thea Austin's "Broken Wings", which climbed all the way up to a 12 on the Billboard Dance charts and Joi Caldwell's "Freedom" which climbed all the way up to 9. The title " Leavin U" Chico feat Ashlee has reached the Top 20 on the Billboard charts in June 2006. .. .. The success of Flava Music has taken Mike Da Wizard to producing his very own album "Addicted To My Music" & "The Addiction To My World", and this year Flava Music releases an amazing track titled " Bailar Remixes" feat Nina Flowers(Rupaul Drag Race) VButterfly La Mariposa and DJ MDW with eight remixes that brings together any dance floor world wide. Never afraid of pushing the music to the limit. This release delivers Latin House/Tribal Rythems, Heart Pounding Synths with a Salsa infused breakdown that you can not refuse but dance your heart out on any dance floor. If that is not enough, the other eight remixes delivers Big Room, Drum Pounding, Percussive Circuitry Addiction. So what's your Flava? 

Latest LP/CD/Digital- "In The Summer"  at http://thescenics.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-summer : 

“It wasn't so much that The Scenics were ahead of their time in 1977, it's more that almost everybody else didn't even know what time it was. The Scenics were on top of it though, grabbing the freedom promised by punk's first blush...  New York had Talking Heads, and England was blessed with XTC, but here was their equal in Toronto  and they never got the necessary push and support. It's fabulous we finally have the evidence, but it's a drag we haven't been able to enjoy it the past 30 years.” Bob Mersereau, author of "the Top 100 Canadian Albums" 

"Brainy crackpot art-pop with an ear for off-kilter melody, a headful of magic and twitchy grooves to burn. It's a sin the Scenics have left such a faint mark on punk-rock history...  but now we can start to make things right: the reborn cult starts here.”  Ben Rayner, Toronto Star                                   

“The world's premier Velvet Underground interpreters are back with a new sizzling platter of original studio songs recorded in 1977/78... their poppy art rock & trippy jazzbo excursions will leave you sonically sated & wondering why most of today's bands are incapable of sounding half as good!  Jeffrey Morgan authorized biographer of Alice Cooper/The Stooges
                                 
“If a band makes an album and nobody hears it, does it still rock? It sure does. Three decades after the fact, recently reunited Toronto punks The Scenics have finally issued a sophomore disc — this long-lost batch of wiry Television guitars, black Velvets art-rock, Pere Ubu yelping and the freakiest Tommy James cover you’ve ever heard.     Daryl Sterdan the Winnipeg Sun

‘I don’t know much about this Canadian New Wave band that made these brilliant recordings in ’77 and ’78. Why they aren’t legends is hard to say.’   Roctober (Chicago)

...  sounds as fresh and daring today as it did back then, when few were listening. The Scenics may not hit the big time this second go-round, but this peek into their past shows that they belong there... it’s a surprisingly tight and well produced group of songs that fans of proto-punk should investigate. ..."Do The Wait" is one of the great unheard singles of the era (think Mink Deville covering "Sweet Jane") & "Wild Trout" isn't too far off from what Television was doing in their early years." David Mansdorf losingtoday.com

 "One of Canada's unsung heroes of first-gen punk...with their sublime understanding of pushing boundaries without sacrificing grooves, their low-fidelity creations are tight, post-garage accomplishments.  Celebrated on this first ever compilation of their studio works, (In The Summer) provides another case in point as to why The Scenics deserve merit for being as innovative as they were- (and now are, given their reunion)- impressive" Keith Carman, Urban Male Magazine

"Largely Unappreciated when they originally existed between 1976 and 1981, these underground icons merge Pere Ubu's dementia, Television's panoramic guitar work, Big Star's pop prowess and the Ramones' urgency"  Montreal Mirror

Silver Summit released their debut in June of 2008. Greg Weeks (Espers) recorded their debut at his all-analog Hexham Head Studio in Philadelphia and subsequently signed them to his label, Language of Stone, a sub-label of Drag City. The Brooklyn-based psyche-rock band spent most of 2008 and the early part of 2009 playing several high profile gigs in and around their native Brooklyn and were twice asked to be the support (one East Coast and one West Coast tour) for Wovenhand--featuring ex-16 Horsepower frontman David Eugene Edwards.

The core of the band is David Shawn Bosler (guitars) and Sondra Sun Odeon (vocals and baglama saz), but the rotating band regularly features Native American recording artist Laura Ortman (violin, guitars), Brooklyn neo-folk break out artist Alexandra Drewchin (vocals, guitars), and in the past has contained Ben McConnell on percussion (Marissa Nadler, White Magic) and Otto Hauser on drums (Vetiver, Espers, Devendra Banhart). Some of the many bands they have played with include Deerhunter, Vetiver, Witch, Crystal Stilts, Earthless, Sinoia Caves, Bodies of Water, Psychic Paramount, and White Hills.

Sun-Odeon, a self-taught multi-instrumentalist, grew up taping classical music pieces off the radio and sneaking a hand held transistor radio into bed to listen to beneath the sheets. Her past includes drumming and playing guitar in several noise rock bands in D.C. and, over these years, recording quiet meditations for voice and guitar. Not until Silver Summit did she find an appropriate time and place for these quieter explorations and an avenue for developing her enchanting, multi-dimensional voice. Lyrics are sometimes in different languages, sometimes invented, and are inspired by everything from Chinese cult-fantasy films to metaphysical and religious journals to communions with Mother Nature and death.

For Bosler, Silver Summit had its origins nearly 10 years ago while living in Portland, Oregon: Here he first explored finger-style guitar (he was fortunate enough to study with finger-style godfather John Fahey), studied Roma/gypsy folk music, and honed his compositional skills in his avant-classical guitar and string combo, Mercurium. He works as a film score composer, music supervisor, and writer—here he documents his unashamed passion for extreme-metal and noise bands. Appropriately, in Silver Summit you can hear traces from Bosler's metallic musical past.

Welcome to my Soundcloud! I produce anything from trance to house to drag, but house in particular. Feel free to look around and see if you like anything. Feedback is greatly appreciated! Thanks for listening and all your support!

If you'd like to colab, remix or talk about which Kardashian we like best you can just send me a message on Soundcloud or send me an email.

You can also check out my totally unfinished Youtube page if you'd like.

'' Conrado Moreno is one of the top up and coming world class talents. Born in Brazilia, Brazil, just 22 years ago he´s for sure bound to take off to the honor positions of the global dance music charts real soon. Conrado studied the music career in Brazil and then started his own production work a couple years ago, enough time to have him gained respect and support from djs all over the world, from South America to USA and from the far east to the old world. His sound is a very special mix of tech house and many musical influences, so Conrado describes it as freestyle, finding inspiration and experimenting with any sound he may like. This young producer has just started to release his works with labels such as We Are Genius Recordings (UK), Inminimax (BR), Drag and Drop (UK), Sparking Music (BR) and High Definition (BR) ... And so far, he´s just received great feedback from anyone who has listened to them, either as releases or in his most recently created LIVE show with which Conrado will be touring South America this year. Check him out and remember his name! ''



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