Santiago & Bushido

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With their blend of big basslines and vocals, Santiago & Bushido are a filthy addition the Potty Mouth Music roster. Since teaming up as a production duo in 2001, Chris Santiago and Tim Bushido have elevated the art of electronic jack to encompass many influences, from the hard hitting to the deep and soulful.
At the core of Santiago & Bushido’s sound lays the forward thinking, funk-tech that has given them critical moxie in Chicago and beyond. As products of the mid ’90s rave scene, the DJ/producers grew up immersed in a community that they would soon become their professional careers. Bushido picked up djing at an early age and got deep into the art of production. Experimenting with hip hop at the start, he slowly ebbed into house production, thanks in part to his work at Chicago Recording Company. Sharing the same recording space with the likes of R.Kelly and Smashing Pumpkins, Bushido honed his engineering and production prowess until opportunity knocked.
While Bushido was mastering his craft, Santiago was working his way up the Chicago’s nightlife hierarchy. Within one year of playing live gigs, he secured a Friday night residency at Zentra Nightclub. The renowned “Jack Fridays” have continued to attract underground house crowds for more than six years, with crowds still going off weekly. Santiago’s presence in the Chicago house community reaches even further with his involvement in the House Arrest promotion group, which continues to host some of the scene’s most well attended parties.
As producers, Santiago & Bushido draw influences from their straight house background and apply harder and heavier elements to the sound. “We get really deep into the tracks we’re producing, flip them and cut them in so many different ways, all to get the heaviest groove possible,” Bushido says. Since collaborating, they have dropped numerous EP’s and remixes on some of House Music’s most well respected label including Robsoul, Control Recordings and Black Cherry, to name a few. The duo’s smash release “What Your Name?” on Robsoul continues to enjoy heavy rotation on the global house scene.
In addition to their Potty Mouth debut, the duo recently finished work on Colette’s new album “Push”, slated for August release on OM Records. They wrote and produced the album’s second slotted single, “If,” which they also remixed for a separate release. Already generating a buzz in the house community, “If” also features its own music video which will align with the release.
Santiago & Bushido’s recent inclusion in the Potty Mouth family aligns with the duo’s production and performance philosophies. “One thing about us is we’re not afraid to do a deep track or a totally hardcore track…as long as it works on the dance floor and is pushing the sound forward, it works for us.” Given the tech-funk inflection of their forthcoming release, the nastier the duo delves, the better they beat.
Original Work
Untitled EP – On the Brink 2007
A. TBD
Colette - Push :: Om August 2007
(Collaboration with Colette for her second artist album)
A. Open Your Eyes
B. Your Love
C. Tonight
* Other Tracks by Colette featured on Album
Robsoul LTD 08 – Robsoul 2007
A. Get Me
* Other tracks featured as a sampler on EP
Untitled Dotbleep EP – Dotbleep 2007
A. Got That
B. Forever
C. Undone
What's Your Name? EP - Robsoul 2006
A. Let Me (feat. Hiroki)
B. What's Your Name Dub
C. Memory Dub
D. What's Your Name
Get Down To It EP - So Sound 2006
A. Back 2 the Soul
B. Big Time Illusion
C. The Sound
D. Big Time Illusion (Zoo Brazil Remix)
Middle Ground EP - Uma Recordings 2006
A. Bandit Beat
B. Middle Ground (feat. Demarkus Lewis)
C. Sax Trax
New School Jackers Vol 1 - Control Recordings 2006
A. Slow Glide
* Other tracks featured as a sampler on EP
See Yourself EP - Blackcherry 2006
A. Down
B. Nothing
C. In the Crowd
So Sound Sampler - SoSound TBD
A. Till the Day (feat. Demarkus Lewis)
* Other tracks featured as a sampler on EP
Blowin Up My Phone (w/ Jake Childs) - Inuendo TBD
A. Blowin up My Phone Original Mix
B. Blowin up My Phone (Bon Johnson Rework)
How We Do EP - Uni.form Recordings 2005
A. How We Do
B. Back to Back
C. Back to Back (Johnny Fiasco Remix)
D. With the Music
Humps Remixes (w/ alias FuCT & Big B) - White 2005
A. Humps (FuCT & Big B Rework)
B. Humps (A2 w/ Hipolito Rework)
Chicago MF EP - Doubledown Recordings 2005
A. Chicago MF
B. Chicago MF (Fries & Bridges Remix)
C. Whodat?
On Time EP (w/ alias FuCT & Big B) - WHO 2005
A. Keep On
B. This Time
Remix Work
Bryan Jones: Jack Chicago (S&B’s Chicago MF Rubdown) – Control 2007
DJ Heather: "Pictures of You" (S&B Rework) - Om Records 2006

Andrew Phelan & Origami feat. Brown: "We Carry On" (S&B Remix) - Prismatic 2006
No Assembly Firm: "Ghetto Fab" (S&B Remix) - Uni.form Recordings 2005

CPEN: "Spanish Robot" (S&B Remix) - A2 2005

Johnny Fiasco: "Rhumba del Sol" (S&B Remix) - Klassic Fiasco 2005

Compilation Appearances:
DJ Heather "House of Om" Pics of You (Santiago & Bushido Remix) - Om Records 2006
DJ Heather "House of Om" Nothing - Om Records 2006
Yousef & Krafty Kuts "Circus & Chibuku" Get Me - Underwater Records 2004
Colette / Santiago & Bushido Collaboration
"If"
From Colette's Sophomore Album "Push"