Soul to Unite aka DJ Cordis, M-Real and SD. The story goes way back and each of us three have their own story to tell but we’ll get there.

Soul to Unite started out early 2008 with one big goal in mind - to launch a weekly house music podcast. Well, since you are here, I guess we’ve made it so far.

Hosted by up to three DJ’s, Soul to Unite is determined to bring a fresh dose of house to people who love the grooves as much as we do.

Cordis

Influenced by legendary Wednesdays and Saturdays at Radio 2, young Cordis started djing back in 1997, in a well-known seedbed of music - Rakvere. Photek as the motivation giver plus underground house from NY and Chigago led Cordis to a turning point - the first beats from Defected beside DJ Dave Storm’s Monday night house therapies made him a vinyl-buyer.

Cordis was noticed by a local professional DJs and got an offer to come into internetradio named RadioBar. His own radioshow called ‘Cordial Furies’ and the year 2003 guided Cordis to captivation of latin spirit. Few months later he met DJ M-Real and a house duo/project called ‘Soul2Nite’ was born. Same year they already played at internationally well known Sundance Music Festival Main Arena. Next year the duo won Numark DJ Competition 2005 in House category. Year ahead and it all continued with their Saturdays radioshow ‘Sensor’ at the biggest local house-music radiostation Energy FM.

For Cordis last two years has been little bit quiet for a while because of the MA studies of architecture but not anymore… Cordis met SD – a house music collector who feels the music, has a lot to tell and does his things in a basement style. There was no wait or discussion, it all came out strictly – the word and feelings of music have to be carried out.

Cordis has influences of Layner from Lejal Genes, Dave Storm of Ceremony Records, Raul Saaremets of Raadio 2 and Mutant Disco and DJ Andrevski.

House music all-time favorites include Jazz’n’Groove, Da Lata, Rose Max, Osunlade, Bebel Gilberto, Fred Everything, David Alvarado, Tony Thomas, Trentemöller, Johnny Fiasco, Tortured Soul, Jasper Street Co and more.

E-mail: cordis[at]soultounite.com

M-Real

It began in year 1996 when he wrote on a cupboard door word “House”. Listening to radio show called Vibratsioon on Radio 2 found M-Real his passion for modern jazz, funk, bossa and soulful sounds. Years passed playing and mixing music with cassettes at school parties. By the way, to make possible the mixing with cassettes he re-built his cassette player adding a pitch-button and he also built a home-made mixer by himself.

M-Real bought his first vinyls in august 2002. Turntables came a month later. The major decision was made… After some months of hard work on mixing skills was no time or reason to stay at home. Self-confidence and certainty gave to M-Real many appearances behind the decks. A kind of first breakthrough was made starting to host a show ‘Temptation’ at internetradio 24×7 in June 2003.

For now, M-Real has been in the mix for about five years. However some-time producer and also a guitarist, it is little wonder that when it comes to music, his ultimate passion is for performing live on stage. He quotes Phil Mills: Music must have a heartbeat. If you can’t hear that heartbeat, its just a horrible noise!”

M-Real & Cordis are probably better known for their back2back sets aside from their countless individual appearances. Around the same time promoting underground parties in Estonia, including the seminal “African Nights”, “The Breezer-House Arena”, “Dancing Bodies” and the latest one is called as PROVIBE (stay focused on that thing !)

House music all-time favorites include Osunlade, Rulers of the Deep, Little Louie Vega, Joey Negro, Mateo and Matos, Glenn Underground, Bogdan Taran, Mia Taylor, Röövel Ööbik, Stranglers
E-mail: m-real[at]soultounite.com

SD (aka Soul&Distance, Diggy)

SD has been in the Estonian club music scene for about 10 years now. After launching successful drum&bass website Clubarena.com and a few years later all-around club music site Stereo88.com, SD has been in-and-out of the scene. IN means that SD is still feeling the music and collecting it more than ever. OUT means that working full time running a department in the biggest national newspaper and hardly ever going out to clubs (cause there just isn’t anything out there!) you really can’t consider him being part of the scene.

But that’s not important anyway as SD is doing his thing basement style now, going back to the roots. After really not considering himself a DJ, now at 27, things might turn out to be slightly different. Hosting a house-music radio show is a milestone for him on his journey.

His previous radio experiences include Nõmme Raadio (damn that was weird!), Energy FM and most recently national-station Raadio 2 where SD is still introducing young dj’s every Saturday almost prime-time.

SD’s influences include New York’s DJ Broadway, DJ Meri and P.Julm of Rulers of the Deep, Dave Storm of Ceremony Records, Enar “Rakett” Essenson of StereoÖÖ and Stereo88.com, MC J.O.C, Raul Saaremets of Raadio 2 and Mutant Disco.

House music all-time favorites include Kenny Bobien, Arnold Jarvis, Richard Earnshaw, Louie Vega, Studio Apartment, Tortured Soul, Jasper Street Co, Roland Clark, Ralf Gum, Peven Everett and more.

Want to drop a line? My mailbox is open - sd[at]soultounite.com.