Geri soriano lightwood biography

  • Geri is the lead singer for the band Supreme Beings of Leisure.
  • Geri Soriano-Lightwood is known for The Sweetest Thing (2002), Igby Goes Down (2002) and Supreme Beings of Leisure: Never the Same (2000).
  • Experienced Multi-Media Producer/Director with a demonstrated history of working in the entertainment industry.

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    I was walking in the snowy countryside the other day. I had my ClipSport on shuffle & the song "Good" by Supreme Beings of Leisure came up. It was really "Good". It made me think.

    I know we all do it, have some music, some band that we love at some time in some space, then the mood, the moment, the meaning changes...we move on & then we forget. That was definitely Supreme Beings of Leisure. I used to listen to them regularly but then I moved on to other tastes & they slipped away. 

     



    Having just done a month of female artists, my ears were still keen to that particular XX sound. Geri Soriano-Lightwood, the singer for SBoL, definitely has it in spades. But the band only released three albums between 2000 & 2008. Then disappeared off the grid.

    The light bulb flashed on above my cranium & I realized this is perfect mega-post material. Let's dig in.

    We start out with guitarist Rick Torres, bassist Kiran Shahani, & multi-instrumentalist - pr

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    Supreme Beings of Leisure

    Supreme Beings of Leisure (SBL) are an electronic/trip hop grupp from Los Angeles, California. Current members of SBL are singer/songwriter Geri Soriano-Lightwood, multi-instrumentalist/producer Ramin Sakurai, and guitarist/programmer Rick Torres. SBL was formed from the remains of the grupp Oversoul 7 in 1998 when they signed to Palm Pictures. [1]

    History

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    In 1996, Oversoul 7 formed with singer Geri Soriano-Lightwood, Ramin Sakurai, bassist Kiran Shahani, and guitarist Rick Torres, and released "Nothing Like Tomorrow" and "What's the Deal" on two compilations on the Moonshine Music dance label. After these Moonshine releases, Oversoul 7 signed a demo deal with A&M Records, recording "Truth From Fiction", "Never the Same", and "Last Girl on Earth", all of which ended up on the band's self-titled debut skiva, released on the Palm Pictures label.[2] This first Supreme Beings of Leisure album sold over 250,000 units with l

  • geri soriano lightwood biography

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    Supreme Beings of Leisure is an electronic/trip-hop band. Current members of SBL are Singer/Songwriter Geri Soriano-Lightwood and Multi-Instrumentalist/Programmer Ramin Sakurai. SBL was formed from the remains of the band Oversoul 7 in 1998 when they signed to Palm Pictures.

    In 1996, Oversoul 7 came together as members Geri Soriano-Lightwood, Ramin Sakurai, (Bassist)) Kiran Shahani, and (Guitarist) Rick Torres released "Nothing Like Tomorrow" and "What's the Deal" on two compilations on the Moonshine Music dance label. After the Moonshine releases, Oversoul 7 signed a demo deal with A&M records recording demos of "Truth From Fiction", "Never the Same", and "Last Girl on Earth", all songs which ended up on the now classic "Supreme Beings of Leisure" debut album (released on Palm Pictures label).

    The release of the first Supreme Beings of Leisure album sold over 250,000 units with very little promotional touring