SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS

[S. Blessings]

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Spiritual Blessings is a DJs Duo born at
the end of 2004 from an idea of Jean Paul François and Ezio Centanni.They are 2
buddies with a common imaginary: make good and high quality music. SB are House
Music oriented, but their Eclectic Spirit try to put togheter a lot of
influences.Ezio & Jean are 2 Djs with over 20 years experience, and they
played in a lot of clubs in Italy and over Europe. SB have produced at the
moment 20 tracks that will be released on U.S.A. & Netherland labels.Thanks
to tight partnership with Maestro Gianni Lenoci, Spiritual
Blessings take a Jazzy taste that push this trio over common House
music Experiments.DJ EZIO has reached 40, and when he was 10 started to mix
tracks between a turntable and a Stereo 8 recorder.In ’81 began his adventure in
Radio (5 years of DISCOMANIA on RADIO LIFE -Italy).In ’86 Ezio has great idea to
start one of the bests House Radio in South of Italy, CONTRORADIO (24 Hours Day
mixed music).Ezio Has played in this clubs : WHYNOT, CAMELOT, SNOOPY, DIVINAE
FOLLIE, and actually he is resident Dj on saturday to NARCISO. In ’97 Ezio goes
in touch with dj-producer COSTANTINO MIXMASTER PADOVANO, and hence forward he
starts his interest for productions.Ezio, AKA SOULMAN, has produced EL GUARRO
and some versions of :MIDI MIX & SOUL “Beat & pieces” – SOUND RITUAL
“Back in the Jungle” – LOVE SELECTIVE “El bimbo latino” – MIXMASTER Feat. ISABEL
FRUCTUOSO “Latin session asi asi” – LATINO BROTHERS “Carnaval” togheter
SPLASHFUNK DJ – and last 2 productions before starts SB’s Experience : “BASS
FREQUENCIES” released on OCEAN TRAXX and EL BARRIO LATINO “Orilla del mar” “Rio
de Janeiro”.Ezio is a sequencer genius, and his hard work in SB’s Studio confirm
his endless knowledge in music. Jean Paul Was born in 1972 from a music lover
family. His father, in fact, is a Piano Player who loves Jazz and Bossa Nova.
For this reason Jean Paul began to study Piano since he was 5 years old.On his
13, Jean Paul began to mix vinyls with first 2 turntables and 1 mixer. In 1990
Jean Paul touch first clubs, and starts an interesting musical trip, spacing
trough several House Music styles and many fusions. And then he sayed : “Oh…I
love house music !!” Jean Paul thinks that to play House Music, the Dj needs
musical substrate, and DJ that spins records is like a musician that touch piano
keys. Need same love and passion. Today, His 4/5 hours House Sets are rich of
Soul, Funky, Bossa, Disco, Jazz, Latin influences, and His groove is really
exclusive, because moves people until the deepest atmospheares to the earliest
hours of the dawn.A very important step in His career is to be member of RED
BULL MUSIC ACADEMY in Dublin (2000). A two weeks experience togheter 29 DJs from
all over the world, for a deep knowledge of global Djing.He has worked in Radio
too from 1990 to 1994. Jean Paul has played in a lot of clubs in Italy and
actually is resident Dj on saturday of BHANGRABAR (Milano-Italy). Outside Italy
he has played to : POD (DUBLIN – IE), KITCHEN ( DUBLIN – IE), HOGAN (DUBLIN –
IE), XL (BELGRADE – YU), X-AGAVA (Indjia – YU), BASSMENT (BELGRADE – YU),
PAVILLON (Wuppertal – De). Gianni Lenoci. Graduated at St. Cecilia Conservatory
in Rome, he has studied improvised music with Mal Waldron and Paul Bley and
contemporary composition with Giacomo Manzoni. In 1993 he was finalist at the
European Jazz Competition of Leverkusen (Germany) and in 1996 he was a winner of
an award by Centre Acanthes in Paris (France). His original conception is
confirmed by a lot of collaborations: Massimo Urbani, Steve Lacy, S. Grossman,
Gianluca Trovesi, H. Land, Bob Mover, Enrico Rava, G. Ferris, Giancarlo
Schiaffini, D. Moye, Hans Bennink, Antonello Salis, Eugenio Colombo, C. Actis
Dato, Guido Mazzon, Joëlle Léandre and many others. Further more he has given
performances with poets and dancers like Vittorino Curci and N. Bagus Kentus
(Indonesia). He is also a performer of notaded music, with a focus on radical
composers like Morton Feldman, John Cage, Sylvano Bussotti, Salvatore Sciarrino…
but he covers a big range from English virginal music to Erik Satie. He is
teaching jazz and contemporary music at Nino Rota Conservatory in Monopoli
(Italy). He has performed in Italy, France, England, Romania, Hungaria, Albania,
Argentina, Canada, USA and recorded for Splasc(h), Modern Times, Asc, Leo
Records, Sentemo, Afk, and Vm-ada. His partnership with SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS
starts in the beginning of 2005,and reach a pure jazzy house expression with
birth of track “LISBON NIGHT” (Future realease in the USA). REUNION is another
masterpiece born from this perfect meeting between a Jazz Player and two
DJ’s.