Curtis Santiago

Curtis Santiago
Curtis Santiago performing in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on 2008-06-23
Background information
Born	Alberta, Canada
Origin	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Genres	Dance rock, soul
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, painter, club DJ
Years active	c. 1996–present
Labels	Finger Lickin', independent
Associated acts	Hi-Phoniqs Vendetta Republic Dance Off Pants Off! SkullKrushers
Website	curtissantiago.com

Curtis Santiago is a Canadian dance rock musician, originally from Sherwood Park, Alberta, now based in Toronto. He was previously signed to Finger Lickin' Records.

In the late 1990s he was a member of the Edmonton group The Hi-Phoniqs, a soul-oriented band. He left the city and the band in 2002 and moved to Vancouver to develop a solo career, and also worked as a club MC. In 2003, he won a CBC Galaxie Rising Star Award at NewMusicWest. He also founded the group Vendetta Republic. In early 2007 he began working with guitarist Mikey Schlosser. The duo moved their production headquarters to Toronto in 2008.

The Curtis Santiago Have Mercy mixtape was released in April 2009. The majority of the mixtape was produced by SkullKrushers and was presented by DJ Mick Boogie and Gakcity.com.

Discography

• 2002: Portrait of an Artist
• 2007: TKO
• 2009: Have Mercy

References

• 25 February 2004 Georgia Straight feature story
• BeatRoute magazine feature
• Vue Weekly feature

External links

• Curtis Santiago official site
• Curtis Santiago on Myspace
• Curtis Santiago at CBC Radio 3

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Name	Santiago, Curtis
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