Santonio
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Biografía
- Santonio Echols is part of the first wave of Techno producers out of Detroit.Artist, D.j, Producer Santonio Echols is one of the first wave of techno producers out of Detroit. introduced to Kevin Saunderson, and later formed the famed group Reese & Santonio.There first 12 inch single on KMS Records was the "Sound" and "How to play our music" Three months later there 2nd 12 inch was released "Force field" and "Bounce your body" with the "Sound" remix... Reese and Santonio began to have a following especially after there release on London ffrr Records "Rock to the Beat". Reese and Santonio recorded there 4th release in London, England "Truth of self evidence" "Structure" and "Grab the beat" for ffrr Records. That was a underground hit in Europe. After Santonio's last release as Reese and Santonio, he signed a production deal with Paragon Records. Producing "Its not over" vocals by Mia Hesterly on the compilation "No way out" Remixing The House Keepers along side of James Pennington aka Suburban Knight..... "How you play the game" and "Take me away" by Bridgette Grace on Polydor Records. Soon after......CYREN Records was established in the fall by Duane Evans and Santonio Echols. The labels goals were to create music that not only made people Dance in the clubs, but to also move their souls. CYREN Records first release was in the spring. By Santonio, and early glimpse of the Techno sound. This 12 inch included Techno and House Thats where its at and Your country The track was very successful in Germany. Soon after releasing The key to Heaven and Its just a groove vocals by Mischievous. This 12-inch did very well selling close to 4,000 units. Three months later CYREN released Kisses by the soulful singer DIONNE from Toronto, Canada, which received major, acclaim from BILLBOARD Magazine writer Larry Flick. Our next release was Clouds of Thunder brought a return to Santonio house roots and also well received from his audience. As it was written by Chris Tortilla a writer from Canadian magazine Street Sounds. Santonio also added helping hands to the hit record "Can you feel It" by Chez Damier writing the baseline in 1992. CYREN released " I like having you" by Alton Miller. Santonio has licensed tracks to TRESOR Records in Berlin, React Records, INFONET, Express, Balance Alliance and BPM Recordings. Today you can buy his music on vinyl through Chapter 2 Recordings and "D" Records and all major Digital download stores.