Carl Dupree - CEO
Phuture Sole's CEO, Passaic, NJ native, Carl Dupree is among the new "saviors" of NJ's soulful dance scene. Like most of the "movers & shakers" in this genre, a teenaged Carl started his career as a DJ, "I had to play hip hop just to learn the basics of spinning". Saving enough money to purchase a pair of Technic SL-B1 turntables, a mixer, an equalizer and a new amplifier, he recruited some local DJ friends, Joe and Marlon Ventura and formed a DJ group called "Jam Productions". It was around this time that he caught notice of a DJ named Mark Mendoza, who had his own DJ crew....(read the entire bio)
Mark Mendoza - A & R Director
There are those driven by dreams alone, traveling along their journey, unable to transform that "dream" into something marketable. Then, there are those who are visionaries, with the ability to execute what they "think" or "feel" into a working model to produce something meaningful. Mark Mendoza is living his dream in the world of soulful music.
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Mark later moved with his family to various towns of Essex County, New Jersey. His parents, who are both doctors, moonlight in the fields of music and dance. His mother is an accomplished opera singer while his father is an avid ballroom dancer.
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Mark@PhutureSoleRecordings.com Studio: (973) 364-2537
Sweet Sarah - Label Manager/Events Coordinator
She is a Newark native, born into a mixed Latin culture of Loja, Ecuador (father) and of Cataño, Puerto Rico (mother). Born in the middle of the raging disco era of 1975, Sarah enjoyed listening to the music of this era and was mesmorized by the stories she heard of Studio 54 (NYC), Paradise Garage (NYC), Club Zanzibar (Newark, NJ) and Cheetahs (Paterson, NJ). At a young age, she always entertained her family and friends with her smile by singing, dancing or reciting original poetry.
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Billy
Davidson- UK Affiliate/Promotions
The day Billy Davidson first walked through the doors of the Center City Soul Club in Aberdeen, Scotland, way back in 1977, he never knew what a life defining moment that would be.
"On reflection, I have always loved soul music. I realised this when my mother told me, as a small child in the 1960's, I always begged her and my Dad, to buy the latest Motown releases, I'd heard on the radio. However, when I first went to Center City, I thought, " Wow, this really is MY world ………… I'm home".
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Diamond Temple - Talent Representative
I sing because I have to. I sing because I can't live without singing. But before I learned to sing, I learned to listen. My earliest memories are of sunlit mornings in my mother's Red Hook, Brooklyn apartment, the air full of music. Tunes drifted from my brother Rob's room as he played his keyboards or tap danced, even as music poured from the stereo in the living room...Streisand, Caruso, Marvin Gaye. I always remember the joy of simply being alive in a house where every spark of creativity was fed and fanned into flame. I remember my mother's voice ringing from the kitchen, singing along with Stevie...or with Uncle Harold...he would always come over by lunch time and make himself comfortable at the piano.(read
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Dave Lalla
Born in Brooklyn, New York 1976. Product of a West Indian/Latin background and born with one of the strongest passions for music. My first dose of dance music was injected by my father a few days after I came home from the hospital. It was a 45 by DC Larue entitled “Cathedrals”. I grew up in a huge family where everyone went out every Friday night and purchased records. My grandmother had the largest collection and it was a joy to spend time with her every Saturday afternoon listening to every kind of musical genre that existed. My Grandmother, Lucile Lalla, is responsible for my eternal passion for music today. I eat, sleep, breathe, and live music. Every day of my life is symbolic to a song (read the entire bio)