bio

Mike graduated from Tufts Univ. in 1998 with a BA in Music. He's been playing the saxophone for 14 years and his funky jazz project, Soleo, has performed at the Roxy, Roseland, Wetlands, and beyond. Soleo has recently finished its first studio album.

In the late 90's , Mike started working with NY house legend Joeski, providing sax for releases on Siesta, Credence, Maya and Big Chief. Mike was also featured on Alexi Delano's "That Sax Track" on Svek.

In 2003, Mike could be found engineering his own tracks, as well as jamming on sax, flute, and keys in collaboration efforts. Look for new tracks featuring Mike, including multiple projects on Blunted Funk collaborating with Sneak-E Pete, Jordan Vesteyo, Russell Vargas, and The Shift. Mike released an original three track Ep of funky breaks and downtempo funk on Citrona Records, and he licensed his track, "Shout Mable" to Groovy Gravy's NuJazz Sessions v2.

Mike will be getting the remix treatment from dj Enne on an upcoming Citrona Ep which will also feature De Riguer and Dr. Rubbafunk - coming in 2006.

discography

Alexi Delano "That Sax Track" Svek 1997

Joeski "Sax Attack Ep" Siesta Recordings 2000

Joeski "Hustler's Revenge" Maya Recordings

Joeski "Unasaximous" Big Chief Records 2002

Mike DeVellis "Post Boogie" Blunted Funk 002

Sneak-E Pete & Miss Bliss "Electrofunk" [flute by Mike D] Blunted Funk 002

Sneak-E Pete & Jordan Vesteyo "Valentino's Revenge" Blunted Funk 003

The Shift "Cruisin'" [sax by Mike D] Blunted Funk 005

Mike DeVellis EP [remix by Rob Paine] - Citrona Records CIT07

new material

Worange Drexler - the album [coming soon] Pockit Records

Mike DeVellis [Enne rmx] v De Riguer [Dr. Rubbafunk rmx] - Citrona Recs 2006