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Infobox musical artist| name = Bass is Base| image =| image_size =| landscape = | alt =| caption =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = North York , Ontario , Canada | genre = R& B | years_active = | label = A& M Records|A& M | associated_acts =| website = | current_members =| past_members = Chin Injeti
Ivana Santilli
Roger Mooking
Bass is Base was a Canadian R& B group formed in 1993 in North York . http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/B/Bass_Is_Bass.html http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bass-is-base-p174737/biography

Biography


The band consisted of Chin Injeti on bass guitar|bass , Ivana Santilli on electronic keyboard|keyboards , and MC Mystic ( Roger Mooking ) on percussion . All three members contributed vocals, Injeti and Santilli as singers and Mystic as a rapper .

In addition to the early single "Funkmobile", which garnered the band a deal with A& M Records , the band had one breakout top 40 hit, "I Cry". Their debut album, First Impressions for the Bottom Jigglers , won a Juno Award in the Best R& B/Soul Recording category in 1995.

Santilli went on to a successful solo career, having now released three critically acclaimed albums. Injeti works as a producer and bass player; in 2005 he produced "hick-hop" artist Ridley Bent 's debut release, Blam . Mooking briefly left the music business, and now works as an acclaimed chef in Toronto.cite news |url= http://www.cbc.ca/sunday/2008/10/100508_7.html |title=Sunday Spotlight |accessdate=2008-10-05 |year=2008 |work=cbc.ca Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot He is currently an Executive Chef and Co-owner/partner at Kultura, Eatalia and Nyood. He is the host of a new television show on the Food Network called Everyday Exotic . He also released an album of new material entitled Soul Food (September 2008).

Discography


Singles


  • 1994 "Funkmobile" (Soul Shack)

  • 1995 "Straw Six & Brix" (Soul Shack)

  • 1995 "Westside Funk" (Soul Shack)

  • 1995 "Diamond Dreams" (Loose Cannon/ A& M Records )

  • 1996 "I Cry" (Loose Cannon/A& M)


  • Albums


  • 1994 First Impressions for the Bottom Jigglers

  • 1995 Memories of the Soul Shack Survivors


  • References


    Reflist
    DEFAULTSORT:Bass Is Base Category:Musical groups established in 1993
    Category:Musical groups from Toronto
    Category:Canadian rhythm and blues music groups
    Category:Canadian soul music groups


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