The official website for the band Eight and One Half (8 1/2). Featured music from Downtempo, Chillout, Jazz, to Industrial music produced by DJ David Floodstrand.
Eight and One Half (8 1/2) is David Floodstrand and R. Lewis Floodstrand. They have been a song writing team for over 20 years with over six hundred songs to thier credit. Together the brothers handle writing arranging and producing, as well as all instruments on their recordings.
Eight and One Half has toured extenstively throughout the mid-west as headliners with sold out shows in Chicago, Detriot, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis. They have also toured with New Order, Killing Joke, The Thompson Twins, and Lene Lovich, just to name a few. Perhaps their most memorable show was opening for Roxy Music at the UIC Pavillion in front of a sold out house of over 10,000 in thier home town of Chicago.
Eight and One Half was managed for a number of years by The Firm\s Peter Katsis, who presently manages Korn, and Limp Bizkit and began his career managing Ministry.
8 1/2 garnered national radio airplay, on college radio, as well as power radio stations, and DJ pools with thier debut E.P. on Criterion Records.
After the formation of their record label Criterion Records (now Criterion International), and publishing company Kitty Dog Music BMI, the brothers have continued to produce music for other artists including the Chicago house music group Barnhouse, alternative rockers Deep Blue Dream, and jazz trumpet player Rex Richardson.
Presently David and R.Lewis continue to work on solo projects, remixes, producing other artists, voiceovers, and commercials.
David is also a nationaly recognized club DJ, his top # 10 have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Rockpool, and DJ Times magazine. He has spun vinyl, or had residencies at the following Chicago clubs: Shelter, The China Club, LimeLight, Neo, Exit, Club 950/Lucky Number, The Riviera, and The Park West. David presently works full time as club DJ in Orlando, Florida., and is putting his next touring band together. |
