The Cansecos is a

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band from

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formed in 2003. The band's debut self-titled album ''The Cansecos'' was released in 2003 on

Upper Class Recordings Upper Class Recordings is a Canadian independent record label founded in 2000 in Toronto, Ontario. The electronic music-based Upper Class roster includes The Russian Futurists, Cadence Weapon, DVAS, Christien Summers and The Cansecos. History ...

, followed by second studio album ''Juices!'' in 2008. In addition to their two studio albums The Cansecos have created a full-length remix album ''Juiced!'', a disco mix ''Showers'', and epic disco-electro remixes of

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"Hurricane Jane" and

Sally Shapiro Sally Shapiro is the pseudonym of a Swedish vocalist and the name of the Italo disco/synthpop duo composed of Shapiro and musician Johan Agebjörn. On 28 April 2016, Sally Shapiro announced the end of their 10-year career alongside the release ...

"Hold Me So Tight",

History

The Cansecos consists of writing and production duo Bill "The Billionaire" Halliday and Gareth "Generous G" Jones with rhythm team Paul "Princely P" Prince and Dan "Stealy Dan" McCormick. They released their debut album ''The Cansecos'' in 2003 on

. The album received an 8.2 on Pitchfork Media. "A Common State Of Being" from ''The Cansecos'' was used in

director Aubrey Nealon's debut feature-length film "A Simple Curve". In July 2007 The Cansecos posted a new full-length album ''Juiced!'' on their website for free download. They called it a full-length premix: an alternate version of the studio album Juices! they were preparing to release. Juiced! was a 70-minute disco mix mashed with all the acapellas from the forthcoming new studio album by The Cansecos. In the beginning of 2008 ''Juices!'' the second studio album by The Cansecos was released on

. In April 2008 The Cansecos posted a full length disco mix album ''Showers'' on their website for free download.

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named ''Showers'' one of their favourite mixes of 2008. In May 2008 The Cansecos remixed

"Hold Me So Tight" for the Sally Shapiro remix album Remix Romance Vol. 1 In June 2008 The Cansecos remixed

"Hurricane Jane" for the Hurricane Jane Single. The Remix also appears on the new Black Kids EP

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. In September 2008 The Cansecos were invited to play The closing party for the

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with

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. In April 2009 Raised By Wolves, the single from ''Juices!'' recently won the 2008 International Songwriting Competition Best Dance/Electronic Song of 2008.

Discography

Studio Albums Remix Albums Mix Albums Remixes

References

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External links

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