{{Short description|American band}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Latin Soul Syndicate | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = San Francisco, California | genre = Latin <br /> Electronica <br /> Pop/Rock | years_active = 2003–present | label = LoveCat Music | associated_acts = Sons of Sanchez | website = [http://www.myspace.com/latinsoulsyndicate MySpace page] | current_members = Happy Sanchez <br /> Karl Perazzo <br /> Mark Pistel }}
'''Latin Soul Syndicate''' is a San Francisco-based band that formed in 2003. On each of their three albums, the core members (Happy Sanchez, Karl Perazzo, and Mark Pistel) are joined by a collective of Bay Area-based musicians including members of Santana, Tower of Power and Spearhead.
Their songs include a blend of upbeat Latin soul, electronica and pop/rock. Over the years, their songs have been licensed in films and TV shows including The Sopranos and The Devil Wears Prada. The group has released three albums of original music on independent record label LoveCat Music. Their songs have been included on various compilation CDs including Latin Travels Volume 2 and Latin Moderns. narcotrafico is the soundtrack of the game scarface.
Their songs "Vato Loco" featured in the film The Devil Wears Prada (2006) and "El Gitano del Amor" in The Ugly Truth (2009) film. They also had their song Narco Traffico featured in the game Scarface: The World Is Yours and '''Mamasita''' in The Slammin' Salmon.
==Discography==
===Albums=== *Latin Soul Syndicate 2003 *The Adventures Of Johnny Loco 2006 *Chicano Connection 2009
===Compilations=== *Latin Moderns Volume 1, 2004 *Latin Moderns Volume 2, 2007 *Latin Travels Volume 2, 2006
==External links== *[http://www.myspace.com/latinsoulsyndicate Latin Soul Syndicate on MySpace*] *[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p639801|pure_url=yes}} Latin Soul Syndicate at AllMusic*] *[http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/winter/stepping_out/happy.aspx LSS in ASCAP Playback] {{Consolidated}}
Category:Salsa musicians Category:Latin jazz musicians Category:Music of Latin America Category:Musical groups from San Francisco Category:Musical collectives Category:Musical groups established in 2003 Category:Rock en español musicians