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Basic Soul Unit

BASIC SOUL UNIT

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DJ/Producer/Promoter/Graphic Designer Stuart Li. Born in Hong Kong and based in Toronto. Early club music interest started in the late 80's listening to Toronto college radio stations playing house and hip hop. First taste of club scene in the early 90's during Toronto's Warehouse days with DJ's playing New York, Chicago and Detroit based house music. Working at Cosmo's Records (run by Movement crew's Aki) during the late 90's and diggin' into the crates lead interests into disco, jazz, soul, funk, latin, brasilian, etc. Started Djing various styles at various lounges, bars and clubs leading into current jazz/funk/latin/etc. monthly called "Foot Prints" with Jason Palma (Movement, Higer Ground) and General Eclectic at the Rivoli in Toronto (4th year and running!). Started producing in 2003 with first release "Basic Soul" as Basic Soul Unit moniker on Iwanai doing deep house and techno influenced by that early Chicago and Detroit sound with tinges of all the other aforementioned influences. Subsequently have released music on Do Right!, Left Of The Dial, Versatile and Compost. As Basic Soul Unit, DJ sets run more into house and tech territory; as DJ Stuart into the jazzier side of things but both do crossover at moments and sometimes all genres can be heard...Stuart is about to embark on heading the relaunch of the Do Right! sublabel Left Of The Dial with partner and DJ cohort Jason Ulrich. The label will focus on the more electronic and dancefloor spectrum of leftfield music. [email protected]

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Member Since: 6/13/2006
Band Website: lotd.ca
Band Members: Stuart Li. Also affiliated 1: with Foot Prints Crew Jason Palma and General Eclectic 2: Lab.our Union with DJ Jason Ulrich.
Influences: Main influences: Early Chicago house, Detroit techno, Jazz, Soul, Disco, Funk, Latin, Brasilian. But also open minded about anything else that's good!
Sounds Like: Strongly rooted in early Chicago and Detroit sound but with influences from the so called "broken beat" and "nu-jazz" areas and jazz, latin and brasilian (bossa/samba/etc).
Record Label: Left Of The Dial / Versatile
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

BSU Tunnels Ep on Mule Electronic out Dec 3

Been AWOL for awhile but finally back with a release this time on Mule Electronic out of Japan (respect to Toshiya). 2 tracks: Tunnels & Dancing In My Mind plus a great remix from Sebo K & Metro. Chec...
Posted by Basic Soul Unit on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:33:00 PST

Upcoming BSU releases

Excited about some upcoming releases I have...First up is the Ep on Mathematics, which should see release in September. Definitely an honour for me to be on Jamal Moss' (aka Hieroglyphic Being & Sun G...
Posted by Basic Soul Unit on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:05:00 PST

Mr Scruff this Sunday Toronto July 1st

I am excited about this. Mr Scruff (Ninja Tunes) from Manchester UK in Toronto this Sunday July 1st at the Revival- 783 College St West.
Posted by Basic Soul Unit on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 04:26:00 PST

Looking For Music...

I will be heading up A/R with partner Jason Ulrich for Toronto's Left Of The Dial Recordings. We are searching out music for release on our schedule. House/Techno/Electronic soulful, deep and funky fr...
Posted by Basic Soul Unit on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 08:37:00 PST

BSU Mathematics Ep

Yes, very excited about this one. Just finished work on an Ep for Jamal Moss's (aka Hieroglyphic Being) label Mathematics out of Chicago. Jamal being one of my favourite producers at the moment, it's ...
Posted by Basic Soul Unit on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 08:31:00 PST