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"I think my eclectic taste reflects my 20 years behind the decks. My sets usually encompass many genres of funky music...from classic house and boogie to deep disco, funk and soul."
Tee Cardaci is a dj and producer from San Francisco, California currently living in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He has traveled the world, igniting dance floors as well as educating them, with his deep disco, boogie, house and rare groove sounds. This past summer has seen him djing all over Europe and the United States including four sets at Glastonbury along side Greg Wilson, Horsemeat Disco, Luke Solomon and Rob Mello as well as shows in London, Sweden, Ireland and Amsterdam, New York and San Francisco.
Tee has released three full length Lp’s as part of 2 Block Radius (with Tom Cloutman and Nicole Maison), including tracks for Om Records and Clean Recordings, as well as a handful of tracks and remixes under his Beat Nicker moniker. Currently, Tee releases tracks, remixes and edits under his Sine Qua Non moniker for his own Low Down Grooves imprint, as well as others, when he’s not sipping caipirinhas on Ipanema Beach or traveling the world playing music. He is the host of Deep & Dusted on London’s Downlow Radio and is a co-owner of the San Francisco based electronic music label, Low Down Grooves, along with Gabriel Elash and Tom Cloutman. 2011 marked Tee’s 20th anniversary as a dj, having begun spinning his freshman year of high school in the Washington, D.C. area. His university years saw him producing more underground events than attending classes. It was during this time as well that he got his start in radio, launching the ground breaking mix show, “Future Listening”, on 91.3 WZMB in North Carolina. An offer of an internship at Hardkiss Music and Sunburn Recordings gave him the excuse he was looking for to leave the East Coast for San Francisco, California in 1997. The next 11 years would see Tee holding down residencies at two of the cities homes for deep house music, Liquid & The Top, as well as constant gigging around the cities other venues, around the country and the occasional international episode. In 2008, Tee left his home of San Francisco for the warmer climes of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil were he co-founded the Botafogo Social Club night (along with Dan Markham, Mike Frugaletti, Doug Gray and Jan Roldanus), where they book local and international talent such as Gilles Peterson. In addition to being a frequent guest on the radio mix shows such as Bump Beat and Electric Panties, Tee continues to play gigs everywhere from top clubs and festivals to the biggest woman’s prison in Brazil (true!). Selected discography of Tee Cardaci Sine Qua Non // "Kiss" Art of Noise feat. Tom Jones : (Edit, 2012) "Rio de Janeiro" Gary Criss : (Edit, 2012) "Dor e Dor" Tom Ze : (Edit, 2012) "Time Will Tell" Ice : (Edit, 2012) "Phone's Been Jumping All Day" Jeannie Reynolds : (Edit, 2012) "Sex Machine" Friends of Earth : (Edit, 2012) "Cultura Racional" Tim Maia : (Edit, 2012) "Bring on the Dancing Horses" Echo and the Bunnymen : (Remix, 2012) "E-Man Par-Tay" Jimmy Castor Bunch : (Edit, 2012) "Son of a Preacher Man" Deni Hines : (Remix, 2012) "Free" Ultra Nate : (Edit/Blend, 2012) "Tonight You and Me" Phyllis Hyman : (Edit, 2011) "California Sunrise" Dirty Gold : (Remix, 2011) "Future Now" Pleasure : (Edit, 2011) "Conviction" Central Line : (Edit, 2011) "Catford Bridge Hustle" : (2011) "Funky Fanfare" : (Edit, 2011) "Be Mine" Lois Johnson : (Edit, 2011) "Doot Doot" Freur : (Remix, 2011) “Sly and Sleazy” Magic Sam Blues Band : (Edit, 2011) “Pancho Villa” : (Edit, 2011) "Whole Wide World" Wreckless Eric : (Remix, 2010) "Dj, Let That Beat Ride" (2010) “Bay of Pigs” Destroyer : (Edit, 2010) “Plump Bisquit” Femme En Fourrure : (Edit, 2010) “Trouble Is A Friend” Lenka : (Edit, 2009) “Peace” Depeche Mode (Remix, 2009) “Luv Delux” Cinnamon Chasers : (Remix, 2009) “Crystalized” the xx : (Remix, 2008) “Lago das Saudades” : 2008 “Dontchu Know (U Got Me)” : 2008 The Beat Nicker // "Again & Again" : 2008 (Remix) "Bota Pra Dançar" : 2008 (Remix) "Je Ne Te Connais Pas" : 2006 (Remix) "96 Tears" : 2007 (Remix) "B-O-O-T-A-Y" : 2007 (Remix) "Ho’s Jack Jackin’" : 2007 "Soul Frandisco" : 2007 (Remix) "F**k That Funk" : 2008 We Dig It The Most : 2004 (2 Block Radius Music) 2 Block Radius (with Tom Cloutman & Nicole Maison) // "Take You Back" : UnCut, 2013 "6 Blocks Deep" : 2 Block Radius Music, 2004 "You Can’t have Your Cake" : Om Records, 2003 "Woowah Hustle" : Clean Recordings Sampler, 2003 "Another Point of View" : 2 Block Radius Music, 2003 "Loose Connections" : 2 Block Radius Music, 2002 "Crossed Wires" : 2 Block Radius Music, 2000 |
