Latin Soul Syndicate is a San Francisco-based band that formed in 2003. On each of their three albums, the core members (Happy Sanchez, Karl Perazzo, and Mark Pistel

Mark Pistel

Mark Pistel is a producer, engineer, programmer, remixer and song writer, who has been working in the genres of Electronic music, Experimental music, Break Beat, Hip-Hop, and Dance, since 1988....

) are joined by a collective of Bay Area based musicians including members of Santana

Santana (band)

Santana is a rock band based around guitarist Carlos Santana and founded in the late 1960s. It first came to public attention after their performing the song "Soul Sacrifice" at the Woodstock Festival in 1969, when their Latin rock provided a contrast to other acts on the bill...

, Chuck Prophet

Chuck Prophet

Chuck Prophet is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. A Californian, Prophet first achieved notice in the American psychedelic/desert rock group Green on Red, with whom he toured and recorded in the 1980s...

, and Jonathan Richman

Jonathan Richman

Jonathan Michael Richman is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. In 1970 he founded The Modern Lovers, an influential proto-punk band. Since the mid-1970s, Richman has worked either solo or with low-key, generally acoustic backing...

.

Their songs include a blend of upbeat Latin soul, electronica and pop/rock. Over the years, their songs have been licensed in films and TV shows including The Sopranos

The Sopranos

The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...

 and The Devil Wears Prada

The Devil Wears Prada (film)

The Devil Wears Prada is a 2006 comedy-drama film, a loose screen adaptation of Lauren Weisberger's 2003 novel of the same name. It stars Anne Hathaway as Andrea Sachs, a recent college graduate who goes to New York City and gets a job as a co-assistant to powerful and demanding fashion magazine...

. The group has released three albums of original music on independent record label LoveCat Music

LoveCat Music

LoveCat Music is a USA-based independent record company and music publisher, founded in 1999. It originally focused on independent rock — notably Evan Olson and Los Straitjackets...

. Their songs have been included on various compilation CDs including Latin Travels Volume 2 and Latin Moderns

Latin Moderns

The "Latin Moderns" music series is a compilation of salsa, Latin Rock and latin dance music released by LoveCat Music. The Latin Moderns series was started by Benny Fresco who has compiled and produced the three CDs released so far.-Volume 1 :...

. narcotrafico is the soundtrack of the game scarface.

Their songs "Vato Loco" featured in the film The Devil Wears Prada

The Devil Wears Prada (film)

The Devil Wears Prada is a 2006 comedy-drama film, a loose screen adaptation of Lauren Weisberger's 2003 novel of the same name. It stars Anne Hathaway as Andrea Sachs, a recent college graduate who goes to New York City and gets a job as a co-assistant to powerful and demanding fashion magazine...

 (2006) and "El Gitano del Amor" in The Ugly Truth

The Ugly Truth (film)

The Ugly Truth is a 2009 American romantic comedy film starring Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler. The film was released in North America on July 24, 2009, produced by Lakeshore Entertainment for Columbia Pictures .- Plot :...

 (2009) film.

Albums

• Latin Soul Syndicate 2003
• The Adventures Of Johnny Loco 2006
• Chicano Connection 2009

Compilations

• Latin Moderns
  Latin Moderns
  The "Latin Moderns" music series is a compilation of salsa, Latin Rock and latin dance music released by LoveCat Music. The Latin Moderns series was started by Benny Fresco who has compiled and produced the three CDs released so far.-Volume 1 :...
  
   Volume 1, 2004
• Latin Moderns
  Latin Moderns
  The "Latin Moderns" music series is a compilation of salsa, Latin Rock and latin dance music released by LoveCat Music. The Latin Moderns series was started by Benny Fresco who has compiled and produced the three CDs released so far.-Volume 1 :...
  
   Volume 2, 2007
• Latin Travels Volume 2, 2006

External links

• Latin Soul Syndicate on MySpace*
• [ Latin Soul Syndicate at AllMusic*]
• LSS in ASCAP Playback