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Sofajunkies

About Me

Sofajunkies are a high-energy project with high aspirations. We can probably be best described as a Funky, Dub/Reggae, Soul, Hip-Hop, Jazzy influenced rhythmical band. The music is vibrant with some moody progressions, the large array of styles and backgrounds give the band their distinctive sound.
The band started off as a university project for a music degree in Scarborough, during which time we received good criticism from listeners. We headlined a university performance and were asked to do more gigs, from pubs to larger local venues, for event promoters in Scarborough. We gigged often from the summer of 2006 until recently and in our various incarnations we grooved our way through all of the larger music venues as well as frequenting open mic nights and major Scarborough festivals such as H2O Beached, Uni-On and Soundfest.
If you dig the music and would like to audition for the band - especially brass & backing vocals - then drop us a note right here.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 07/06/2006
Band Website: www.sofajunkies.com
Band Members: Marcus - keyboards, vocals
Chris - percussion, samples
Gracie - vocals
Sounds Like: Your ears will tell you that we sound like a smoke-up involving Marley, S3ED, Jack Johnson and George Clinton being crashed by Madlib and Venetian Snares!
Record Label: Sofajunky Records
& Shit Hot Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

House Party gig - Scarborough - Sept 5th - 9pm GMT - Net stream

Off to Scarborough to jam with Marcus... chill, record, practice and do the house party gig. Streaming available 9pm GMT, 5th September. Check previous blog for more details.http://www.justin.tv/marcu...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:50:00 GMT

Sofas in September

Marcus has a plan to stream/record a private Sofajunkies gig from his pad in Scarborough on the first weekend of September.... So that's 6 days to set up the equipment, test it, fix it, kick it a f...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:51:00 GMT

July 2009

Marcus is back in Scarborough and going to assemble a new Sofajunkies line-up. We continue to work on new tracks although train prices are making journeys pretty miserable for my bank balance. Septemb...
Posted by on Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:56:00 GMT

2009

Would've been in sooner but have been... Distracted.Economy's making the boat feel more like a millstone around the neck rather than a springboard for starting the business... Hopefully going to be re...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:47:00 GMT

July 2008 - SJ NOT AT BEACHED NOW.

Talk about being gutted. Thanks to changes in schedules on both sides, two of the group's musicians have pulled out and with just 3 members and no drummer, Marcus feels it's going to be near impossibl...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:24:00 GMT

December 2007

Where are Marcus and Luke?They acquired the canal boat and had their party, just like they said on the Sofajunky Records page. Right now they are heading up the waterways and into unchartered territor...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:43:00 GMT