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Joint Effort

"Superior Music Through Collective Consciousness"

About Me

Five years ago, two friends, Steve Bishop & Chris Ruiz, met in a tiny guest house in the South Bay Area and began producing beats. Realizing that each brought what the other was lacking musically, they decided to join forces. Joint Effort was born! Their motto has been an approach to the way the create music since the beginning: scouting musical talent of all styles and after giving over their own talents to the scouted musicians, Joint Effort begins to harvest the creative potential between all artists involved in the particular project. The result is a blend of funky yet refined beats and licks in which all musicians are more than satisfied with, even for those who's musical endeavor delved for the first time into the electronic realm. Joint Effort now resides in South Lake Tahoe and are currently launching their respective labels Opium Scent Music & Deep Tone Laboratoriez along with their house music label Housekeeping Rec.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/9/2005
Band Website: myspace.com/opiumscentmusic
Band Members: Steve Bishop aka Peak- producer, dj, co-founderChris Ruiz aka Nocturnal- producer, dj, co-founderrotating line-up of special guest musicians such as Patrick Mateo aka Podge courtesy of House of Love Recordings, Scuba Diver, Mc Blaze aka Joan of Arc from Sacramento, Keith Brinkley aka Leisure from "The Groom Wears Black" (bass, keys), Ron Adair and many others.
Influences: Kruder & Dorfmeister, Thievery Corperation, Lumin, Dj Krush, Om, Funky Porcini, LTJ Bukem, Dj Shadow, Dj Cam, Tino Corp., Dub Syndicate, Clifford Gilberto, Lovage, 4Hero, Dj Food, Desmond Williams, Bonobo
Sounds Like: All our musical influences cheated on each other and we were their love child ;)
Record Label: Opium Scent Music/Deep Tone Labz/ Housekeeping Rec
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New Song Posted!!! Joint Effort feat. MC Blaze!!!!!

Joint Effort feat. Blaze now posted!!!!!! Check out our newest song posted! If you've checked us out before you may recognize the beat but not the vocals! "Winter" feat. MC Blaze aka Joan of Arc is n...
Posted by Joint Effort on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 10:42:00 PST

New Song Posted! Joint Effort Feat. Keith Brinkley

Check out New Song!!!! "Brinkley's Adaggio For Strings" by Joint Effort and Keith Brinkley!
Posted by Joint Effort on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:41:00 PST

New Song Added! Joint Effort Meets Scuba Diver!

New Song added to Opium Scent Music myspace page.  "I Dont Know"(East Peak Remix vs. Scuba Diver) is a collaboration between Peak aka Steve Bishop (USA) of Joint Effort and Scuba Diver (Cana...
Posted by Joint Effort on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 05:43:00 PST

NewSongsNewSpace Posted!!!1

I've posted some new songs on the Joint Effort musc page (www.myspace.com/jointeffortproductions) and also started the Opium Scent Music Recordings page with more new songs (www.myspace.com/opiumscent...
Posted by Joint Effort on Sun, 12 Mar 2006 12:23:00 PST

Check out this event: Impromptu

Hosted By: Joint Effort (peak & nocturnal)When: Saturday Oct 22, 2005 at 11:00 PMWhere: The Tavern @ Lakeside Inn & Casinohwy 50 south lake tahoeStateline, NV 89449USDescription: Joint Effort (peak &...
Posted by Joint Effort on Fri, 21 Oct 2005 11:21:00 PST

Check Out http://dobox.dajis.net

For some really great music, check out http://dobox.dajis.net Especially, "Air Conditioned Free Movie" compilation, you can see another side of Joint Effort, a more "housey" side plus check out many o...
Posted by Joint Effort on Wed, 07 Sep 2005 10:27:00 PST

Reggae, Dub, Dancehall 9/10/05

Just a reminder, this Saturday 9.10.05, Joint Effort will be performing and hosting a night of concious reggae, dub, and dancehall from 11pm-3am inside The Tavern at Lakeside Inn & Casino in the S...
Posted by Joint Effort on Wed, 07 Sep 2005 06:10:00 PST

My House In The Woodz

Well, I hope everyone that made it out to the 3 year anniversary of My House In The Woodz is fully recovered!  The jungle juice was insane!  I want to thank everyone who came out to this spe...
Posted by Joint Effort on Tue, 23 Aug 2005 10:50:00 PST