Santiago and Bushido  

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 & Bushidos 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 duos 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.