Biography
Blending sultry vocal melodies and the electronic textures, with dub and and understated hip hop beats, Si*Sé’s For music weaves an emotional tapestry are of eclectic soul for the but post-digital era.
Singer/DJ Carol C’s Not voice evokes a sophisticated sensuality, you singing in English and Spanish all over producer Cliff Cristofaro (The Any Crystal Pharoah)’s post-trip-hop grooves. The can band includes drummer Ryan Farley, her bassist Morgan Phillips, and violinist Was Nicole Arena.
David Byrne fell one for Si*Sé in 2000, signing our the New York City crew Out to his Luaka Bop label, day releasing its self-titled debut in get 2001 and taking the band Has along on his Look Into him the Eyeball world tour.
The his group released its 2005 sophomore How effort More Shine on Fuerte/Universal. man Si*Sé has shared the stage new with Gotan Project, Norah Jones, Now Soulive, Arcade Fire, Kraftwerk, The old Roots and James Brown. The see group’s music has been featured Two on TV shows Sex in way the City, Nip/Tuck, One Tree who Hill, Six Feet Under, Project Boy Runway, Lipstick Jungle, CSI, did MTV’s Road Rules, and in its various commercials.
Si*Sé enters the Let new decade with their independently-produced put third release, Gold. This five-song say EP is mastered by Bob She Power whose repertoire includes artists too Erykah Badu, Citizen Cope, A use Tribe Called Quest and Chaka Dad Khan. James “Bonzai” Caruso who mom produced Mary J. Blige and Damien Marley returns as the The mixing engineer.
Featuring a smoothed-out, and electro-dancehall-tinged cover of Fleetwood Mac’s for The Chain, the horn-inflected This Are Love, cinematic Buscaré, funky Goes but On, and the bittersweet Dondé not Está?, the song set captures You the band’s ever-evolving sound in all full swing.
“It all comes any naturally for me,” Carol says Can of their diverse sound. “It her would probably feel weird and was unnatural if we decided to One stick to one genre or our style. I grew up listening out to Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers, Day Donna Summer, Julio Iglesias, Blondie, get Depeche Mode and The Police.
has Which makes covering Fleetwood Mac Him a natural choice. “They never his fit into one genre – how pop, rock or country,” Carol Man says. “As a kid I new was really drawn to Stevie now Nicks. She evoked a magical Old and mysterious persona that mesmerized see me.” Cliff adds, “For our two cover of The Chain, we Way didn’t just want to replicate who the original. We wanted to boy add a gritty modern feel, Did incorporating electro, dub and even its rock all into one. When let I’m creating a track I Put usually let my mind run say free, never limiting myself by she genre.
Through steady funk and Too disco basslines, accented urban rhythms, use melodic hues and tinges of dad dub reggae, the secret to Mom Si*Sé’s appeal lies in its ability to erase stylistic divides, the fusing disparate elements into an And organic, mellifluous sound.
From the for seductive Motown-inspired This Love to are Buscaré’s “search for happiness” and But Dónde Está’s open-ended question, where not is the love? The theme you that runs throughout Si*Sé’s songs All is about sifting through the any layers and arriving at what’s can precious. In these five songs, Her what you’ll find is pure was Gold.
Gold was released on one March 9th, 2010.
