Santigold - Profile

Santi White (born September 25, 1976), better known by her stage name Santigold (formerly Santogold), is an American singer, songwriter, and producer. Her debut album Santogold was released to positive reviews in 2008. Her second album Master of My Make-Believe was released in April 2012.

White was the singer of the Philadelphia-based punk rock band Stiffed, that released the 2003 album Sex Sells and 2005 album Burned Again.While in Stiffed, White was offered a solo contract by Martin Heath of Lizard King Records.

White's initial singles "Creator" and "L.E.S. Artistes" received attention from Internet media outlets in 2007 and White's debut album Santogold was issued in April 2008—the album was conceived with fellow Stiffed member John Hill.

To promote her debut album, Santigold toured with M.I.A. and Björk. In June 2008, Coldplay invited her to be their opening act in the U.S. Santi's own US tour was called Goldrush Tour.After the tour's completion, she supported Jay-Z and Kanye West on a number of their shows and then The Streets at BBC's Electric Proms.She finished the tour opening for Beastie Boys for a few concerts.

In February 2009, White announced that she changed her initial stage name to Santigold for reasons related to a possible lawsuit from director Santo Victor Rigatuso, who produced the movie Santo Gold's Blood Circus.

 In 2011, White published the song "Go!" which featured Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Master of My Make-Believe was released in late April: it was critically acclaimed.

Style and influences

White has a mezzo-soprano vocal range.White's style has been compared often to that of M.I.A. In response to the M.I.A. comparison, White stated that they are both "women who have similar influences and have worked with some of the same people," but that her "music is different and she wasn't influenced by what the press was saying", adding "I can't think of anybody who would be a better fit of somebody who I'm like... I think what's accurate about that comparison is that she's an artist who has loads of different influences... and is putting things together in a way that's unexpected and genreless."
White has also revealed her appreciation of new wave music, and added that "My Superman" is an interpolation of a Siouxsie and the Banshees' song, "Red Light". Santigold has stated that she is inspired by 1980s pop music. White also grew up listening to a lot of reggae, jazz, Fela Kuti and Nigerian music; her main influences are James Brown and Aretha Franklin.

ATLANTIC RECORDS

Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz. Over its first 20 years of operation Atlantic earned a reputation as one of the most important American independent recording labels, specializing in jazz, R&B and soul recordings by African-American artists, a position greatly enhanced by its distribution deal with Stax Records.
In 1967 Atlantic became a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, now the Warner Music Group, and expanded into rock and pop music. In 2004 Atlantic Records and its sister label Elektra Records merged into Atlantic Records Group.
Santigold is signed to Atlantic Records UK.