Bio

The band was formed in late 1999, and the main task of the early periods was to fuse experiences and musical backgrounds of the members in a straight and close funky style. Two singers, the classical rock quartet, alto sax and electronics are the source of Urban Soul's live sound. The two voices are involved together to create complex harmonies; the quartet's job, together with the alto sax, is to funk the house; a non-trivial set of loops, often paired with Mediterranean percussion, complete a wide spectrum of sounds, facing every day the challenge to mix harmonic research with movement, dance with melodies. In summer 2001, the Urban Soul release their first self-produced CD and bring their songs on outstanding Rome stages (Il Locale, Classico Village, Big Mama, Bush, Sonica, Jailbreak, Circolo degli Artisti), and in prestigious locations all over Italy (Napoli Strit Festival, Portacomarock, Spazio Giovani 2003, Arezzo Wave Lazio 2002 and 2003, SpaghettiMusic 2002). After recording their second mini-CD, Fun2k in summer 2002, starting from early 2003 the Urban Soul toured the new songs among pretty all the top musical scenes in Rome and underground festivals around the country. The programmatical title of the album, which synthesizes the mixture of funk and new millennium sonorities that is the bands main characteristic, has been for a while the label under which the band got widely known in the Italian underground circuit. Various tracks included in the CD have been played on Radio Centro Suono, Radio Città Aperta (some cool radios here in Rome), and for the second year in a row Urban Soul had a song included on Radio 1 Rai program Demo, and Rai Stereo Notte. Urban Soul were selected to represent Italian Contemporary Music at XI Biennial of Young Artists of Europe and the Mediterranean (www.bjcem.org), set in Athens, Greece, june 6th-15th, 2003. During the gig of june 11th, more than 1500 people gathered together groovin' and dancin with the band's sound, and, as many of the participants said, the gig was one of the most exciting moments of the entire festival. In late july 03, Urban Soul were invited as guests at Radio 2, for the show Il Sindaco e il DJ (The Major and the Dj) with Walter Veltroni, major of Rome. Veltroni made a brief interview with the band, and really appreciate our work. During 2004, the interaction with musicians and djs resulted in the co-production of the song Sweet Love with Francesco Gazzara, leader of the same named worldwide known band. The song features in the Compilation "Slowly Cafe", mixed by Jacopo Corazza. In the meantime, the Urban Soul start writing the songs for a new big album project, deciding to quit every live activity until the CD is issued. Starting June 2005, the band focuses on the production of the new album, UNO, to be released by Millennium Music. After almost 2 years of hard work, the post-production sections are about to be completed, and the CD will be released in Spring 2007. We are truly proud of the result, so don't miss the opportunity to check out and rate some of the songs here on MySpace. We are preparing a big comeback on stage for summer 2007, so STAY TUNED!!!