Sporto Kantes are a

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electronic music band, founded in

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Career

The band was born from the meeting of Benjamin Sportes and Nicolas Kantorovwicz, bassist of

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. Sportes played

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in the 80's with Eduardo Leal de la Gala, (

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/Ltno, Gala and the Muzer) and Kantorovwicz

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, but they play a melt of genres in their album: dub,

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, hip hop, and also Brazilian music. The band have worked from samples with an

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S 2000 on their tracks.

In popular culture

*Their song "Slits" appears in the first episode of season 6 of the TV show '' Skins''. *Their song "Lee" was used as a theme for the French comedy series ''

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'' on

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in 2012. *Their song "Whistle" was used in the ad campaign for the Renault Twingo II in 2012. *Their song "Whistle" is featured in the French film ''

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'' (2013) during Adèle's birthday party scene.

Discography

Albums

Maxis

Compilation albums

*2000: ''Catalogue 2000'' *2002: ''Catalogue 2002'' *2002: ''The Catalogue of...''

Singles

References

External links

Sporto Kantes Website

Sporto Kantes on Myspace

Sporto Kantes on Last.fm

Sporto Kantes on Grandcrew.com
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