[Dynagroove] TORTURED SOUL encore this Thursday!

[ALA|Undefeated]

They tore it up last year at the Shaker Room!

THURSDAY : OCTOBER 12 : 2006
DJ ALA's Birthday Jam featuring

TORTURED SOUL (NYC)

along with San Diego's own
DJ ALA (Undefeated, DIVE)
BRIAN CABALIC (ILHM.com, DIVE)
ERICK DIAZ (Siesta)

Shaker Room
528 F St.
Downtown San Diego | map it

$10 presale on groovetickets.com & siesta (909 E St., San Diego)
$15 at the door ($20 after 11:30PM) - early arrival highly suggested

In the space where electronica and live music collide, and the boundaries
between current and classic dance music blur, you'll find Tortured Soul.
It's a new concept in the world of house music: no DJ's, no loops, no
sequencers. Tortured Soul performs completely live. The instrumentation is
simple and organic - drums, electric bass, vintage keys, and vocals - but
the sound is thick with layers of heartfelt soul, danceable grooves, and
infectious hooks. On stage and in the studio, Tortured Soul blends modern
pop and dance music sensibilities with American R&B to create a sound
evocative of Jamiroquai, Stevie Wonder, and St. Germain.

As pioneers of a new genre of music - live soulful house - Tortured Soul has
kept up a rigorous performance schedule since the release of their first
single for Central Park Recordings (the now-classic house track "I Might Do
Something Wrong") and their debut album "Introducing Tortured Soul" (Purpose
Records). With a stronghold of fans within the soulful dance music community
of North America, Tortured Soul has also shared stages with artists such as
Paul Oakenfold and Roni Size, to The Wailers and The Brand New Heavies. Some
of their standout performances include two mainstage appearances at the
Montreal Jazz Festival, on the main bowl in front of a staggering
20,000-strong audience at Detroit's 2004 Movement Festival, and their much
talked about performances at the 2005 Winter Music Conference and M3 Summit
in Miami.

Comprised of three members, Tortured Soul was originally conceived in May
2001 by drummer, singer, and songwriter John-Christian Urich, and saw
immediate and sustained success with the first single "I Might Do Something
Wrong." As "Might Do" played regularly at NYC's legendary Body and Soul
party, Ethan White and bassist JKriv (Jason Kriveloff) joined Urich to
create the catchy and heartfelt "Fall In Love," co-produced by DJ Spinna. By
their fourth single, "How's Your Life," Tortured Soul's intuitive musical
rapport was fully realized, defining a chunky soul-house sound with haunting
and inspiring vocals.

Each member is a skilled musician, songwriter, and producer in his own
right. Urich, reared on classic disco and soul, has worked with such
producers as Reggie Lucas and Roger Sanchez and is known in the world of
house and R&B as founder and leader of the band Cooly's Hot Box, (the
classic "Don't Throw My Love Around" was sampled as the hook for Armand Van
Helden's mega-hit "Funk Phenomena.") JKriv also produces music under the
names The Moves and bgb, and has recently had a #1 Billboard Dance/Club Play
Chart hit with the JKriv Club Mix of Columbia Records artist Vivan Green's
"I Like It (But I Don't Need It)." White rounds out the group, bringing a
learned and seasoned style to the Tortured Soul sound - rhythmic and
soulful, blending his background in jazz with Brazilian pop, African
rhythms, and 70's R&B.

Tortured Soul takes the dynamism of modern pop music and dance culture and
tempers it with experienced musicianship to create their signature sound:
energetic, infectious, live soulful house.

You can check them out in San Diego October 12 as they return to the Shaker
Room!

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