STEPHANIE RENÉE

See Her Electronic Press Kit

(a short film of her artistic works)

(broadband users recommended – Quicktime movie 5MB)

AUDIO SAMPLES:

“It’s Real” MP3

“Love Is Key” MP3

“Can’t Steal My Joy” MP3

“Philly Skyline” MP3

“Now You Know” MP3

“Ribbon In The Sky” MP3

View An Interview & Performance featuring Stef

conducted by Philly1.com!

(broadband users only – Quicktime movie 15MB)

Born: October 17 (Libra)

Where: Washington DC

Influences: Chaka Khan, Toni Morrison, Quincy Jones, Walter Mosley, Take 6, Prince, Bobby McFerrin, Lalah Hathaway, Maysa Leak, David Ryan Harris, Sting, Stevie Wonder, Cree Summer

Fast Fact: Stephanie is one of the most sampled voices in the modern soul movement, though few people know that it’s her voice they’re using. She is the progenitor of the now-infamous “Y’all ready to settle down and get with this …” sound byte from the intro to Jill Scott’s debut CD.
(check the liner notes)

Heard On: Over 150 commercials, film/TV and CD-ROM voice-overs/narrations;
host of the Soul Sanctuary Radio webcast; up-and-coming house music diva

Seen At/On: The Clinic (Singapore), Prince Music Theater (Philadelphia), Billie Holiday Theater (NYC), VIBE Magazine, The Poets’ Joint (mHz Network), the 2000 Republican National Convention

Seen With: Jill Scott, John Legend, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Kindred The Family Soul, Don Cheadle, Jordan Walker-Pearlman, the Chieftains, Black Ice, the Poemcees, Lizz Fields and US hip-hop ambassador Toni Blackman

She likes to call herself SYNTHESIS, The Sultry Funk Diva. In actuality, synthesis is more of a daily practice for Stephanie Renée than a moniker. The Philadelphia-based ingénue has a special knack for bringing different people, styles and skills together and improving them somehow. But by no means is it her only gift.

A humble servant to the arts, Stephanie uses her music to bring greater understanding and upliftment to her audiences. With songwriting and vocal abilities that groove and dip across genre, she masterfully combines influences from jazz, soul, house and rock music into a mix of rhythms that seduces and entrances her listeners. Simply put, Stephanie Renée is a performer who instinctively tunes into the audience and makes folks feel good.

After a three-year stint as a featured vocalist at Zanzibar Blue, Philadelphia’s premier jazz venue, Stephanie withdrew from the allure of live performance to dedicate herself to a more diligent pursuit of other artistic interests. Her subsequent successes as a documentary filmmaker, recording artist and poet accurately reflect the results of her focused effort and considerable talent.

DISCOGRAPHY

2006 – “No Greater Love” (City Deep)

2006 – “E.S.P. (remix)” by Steal Vybe (King Street Sounds)

2006 – “Fever” (Deep Haven Music)

2006 – “Knowing” by Lefunken (Seasons Limited)

2005 – LOVE IS KEY by Marlon D (Jellybean Soul/Sony Discos)

2005 – CREATIONS by Steal Vybe (Little Angel – Germany)

2005 – “It’s Real” by Steal Vybe (Z Records – London)

2005 – “Passion (In Me)” by Steal Vybe (King Street Sounds)

2005 – UNHERALDED by DJ Come of Age (indie)

2005 – MUSICAL JOURNEYS EP by Steal Vybe (indie)

2004 – DANCE 4 LIFE EP by Steal Vybe (indie)

2003 – TUNING FORKED TONGUE (Creator’s Child Music)

2002 – WHEN A WOMAN LOVES by Patti LaBelle (MCA)

2001 – WHO IS JILL SCOTT: WORDS & SOUNDS VOL. 1 by Jill Scott (Hidden Beach/Sony)

1999 – MOZAIK (Creator’s Child Music)

1998 – LA BOCA MOCHA EP (Creator’s Child Music)

THEATER

Candide (2001); St. Louis Woman, The Hidden Sky, Rescue The Lyric (2000); Essentially Ellington, Rainbow Connection Festival (1999); Schoolhouse Rock Live, Over Forty (1996); Black Nativity, Prism (1995)

FILM/TV

Director/Producer, Unsung – currently in production

Director/Producer, No Such Thing As Neosoul – see the trailer here

Poet/Vocalist, Standing At The Edge, We Dance - PBS documentary

Featured Performer, Another View “Spoken Word Café” - New Jersey Network

Poet/Vocalist, PhillyLive and Mural Arts Interstitial - WYBE-TV

For information on bookings, interviews and other artistic opportunities, click here