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Global eclectic artist Jose Conde's latest album is a sonic journey into electric, eclectic, tropical funk. Souls Alive in the 305 (PiPiKi Records), is Conde’s second solo album and fifth overall, and it adds to his critically acclaimed, eclectic body of work with Cuban roots band OLA FRESCA. The new album hovered for 12 weeks in the top 5 of the NACC Community and College Radio charts of North America in 3 different genres, peaking at #1. The recipient of a Best Album IMA in 2008, Conde is an engaging performer, multi instrumentalist, and songwriter who has a knack for blending rhythmic elements across genres seamlessly in memorable, lyrical songs rooted in his love and fascination of nature, his appreciation for the absurd, for existential explorations, and his own Cuban American reality. His music is distributed internationally on all platforms by Virtual Label and is included in nearly 20 compilations by Putumayo, Rough Guide, Mr Bongo UK, and McDougall Littell. To date he has over a million streams on Spotify and has a solid international fan base of listeners on all streaming venues. Jose Conde has performed throughout North America, Latin America, and Australia in major festivals and venues such as Montreal Jazzfest, Chicago World Music Festival, Santa Monica Pier, Voodoo Festival New Orleans, Darling Harbor Fest Sydney Australia, NY Central Park Summer Stage, Millennium Stage Washington DC etc.