Santino Fernandez

Santino Fernandez, also known as Sonny Solace, is an American-Colombian singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist residing in the heart of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains since 2006. Born in Washington D.C. in 1980, he would shortly after move to Colombia, South America, where as a child he would grow up immersed in Andean culture, with music introduced to him early on as quite literally the food that drives life. Growing up with a grandmother who would dance and sing all day long while cooking, cleaning, and taking care of his disabled grandfather, Sonny would be exposed to everything from Colombian folk music from the 1920's, to classic hits from the 60's all the way through the 80's, where everyone from The Beatles and Pink Floyd, to The Cure and Tears for Fears would leave a long-lasting imprint deep inside his soul as he would gravitate over the years to playing the keyboard, the guitar like his late father, the drums, and inevitably; given the era, vinyl DJ'ing. Having become a devoted member of the 90's Rave culture, he would go on to make a name for himself in the Electro scene since 2002 after making a move back home to D.C. for some time, founding the legendary label Fundamental Bass Intelligence, and working alongside some of the most iconic names in the scene like Mandroid, Sbles3plex, and Supreme.ja. In 2006, Sonny moved away to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, where he continues to reside and record in his home studio in the Shenandoah Valley, working on perhaps his most important project to date, the shoegaze outfit Kay Nine, as well as various other projects that will continue to build on his legacy as a devout purveyor of the Electro sound, and what will undoubtedly be one of the most unique shoegaze acts to come forth in quite some time.