RED 5

MyGen Profile GeneratorSaundi Wilson was born and raised in Brüknahm(Brooklyn, NY). He started playing the guitar at age five and eventually moved on to “the wheels of steel”. Saundi, while still in high school, would DJ over 200 shows for his rap group (System X), but more importantly, got his start in music production. He was accepted to the music program at Purchase Conservatory where the free-for-all environment at Purchase allowed the self diagnosed eclecto-maniac to spread his wings. Saundi was adorned with numerous awards and accolades, including the Thayer Fellowship (given to one artist in NY State each year) and President's Award. Saundi immediately became active in film and television writing music for A&E, CBS, ABC, and Disney as well as numerous short films. He then entered the masters program at NYU for film scoring where he was awarded Best Original Score at the NYU Film Festival. Saundi would go on to score his first feature film, Manito garnered honors at several festivals, most notably the Sundance and South by Southwest film festivals. Since it's theatrical release (by Film Movement), it has been licensed to HBO, Showtime and the Independent Film Channel. After NYU Saundi had begun creating The Brüknahm Project with Sebastian Bardin, a former classmate from Purchase. Their first LP (self-titled) was released on Knitting Factory Records to critical acclaim and has been licensed to fifteen different shows, including MTV’s Real World. The Brüknahm Project completed two European tours performing on some of Europe's greatest stages (i.e. North Sea, Jazz a Vienne). After their tremendous success in Europe, the duo packed up and moved to Paris. Brüknahm was commissioned by Universal (France) to produce tracks for Algerian star Khaled, not to mention two remixes for the Japanese sensation AIR on the LP On MyWay(EMI/Toshiba). Saundi continued to lay down his eclectic groove as DJ Saundi in various locales in Europe as well as his monthly Brooklyn Zoo parties in Paris. Shortly after recording the second Brüknahm album (City of Light) Saundi moved back to the U.S.A. and has made Los Angeles his new home. He remains quite active with The Brüknahm Project however, having recently performed with them as the featured artist at the Shanghai International JazzFestival(China). Currently Saundi is producing/writing for his solo project- Red 5 , featuring country/bluegrass artist Claire Holley. And has signed sub-publishing agreements with Crucial Music and Stephen Arnold Music.