Streetnix
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Streetnix was a Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 a cappella
A cappella
A cappella music is specifically solo or group singing without instrumental sound, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It is the opposite of cantata, which is accompanied singing. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato...

 group based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. They performed a total of over 2,500 shows across Canada and the United States, making over 300 appearances a year at their height.

In 1998, Streetnix won the Contemporary A Cappella Society
Contemporary A Cappella Society
The Contemporary A Cappella Society , or CASA, is a 501 charitable organization dedicated to fostering and promoting a cappella music of all styles around the world. CASA was cofounded in 1991 by Deke Sharon by incorporating the first a cappella directory, The List, founded in 1988 & distributed...

 'Pop/Rock Album of the Year' award for their album Ignition.

Members

  • Aaron Genest (September 1991 - April 2002)
  • BJ Harris (September 1991 - April 2002)
  • Tony Hughes (September 1991 - April 2002)
  • Ward Arnold (September 1991 - December 1994)
  • Rich Sinclair (September 1991 - December 1992)
  • Xylon Cozens (September 1991 - December 1992)
  • Dave Young (January 1993 - May 1995)
  • Trent Funk (May 1995 - June 1998)
  • Joel Cherland (July 1998 - June 1999)
  • Thom Speck (July 1999 - August 2001), currently a member of The Essentials
    The Essentials (band)
    The Essentials are a Canadian a cappella group founded in London, Ontario, Canada in 1993, now based out of Toronto. Band co-founder Joe Oliva attended London Central Secondary School where he co-founded a predecessor a cappella group to The Essentials, called The Humdingers.-Biography:The...

  • Corey Slutsky (September 2001 - April 2002)

Discography

  • Listen (1993)
  • Time Permitting (1995)
  • Ignition (1998) (produced by Darryl Neudorf
    Darryl Neudorf
    Darryl Neudorf is a Canadian musician, record producer and audio engineer.He was the drummer for 54-40 from 1982–1986. He is best known during this time for co-writing the hit song "I Go Blind", a Canadian hit which was later covered by U.S...

    and Dave Mockford)
  • The Lost Tapes (1998)
  • Listen (re-release 1998)
  • Real (2001)


Featured on:
  • The Non-Happner's - One Degree of Shade (1995)
  • Chris Martin - Self Titled (1996)
  • Jolene Beyette - Jolene Beyette (1997)
  • A Cappella All-Stars: The 1998 CARAs (1998)
  • Indie Buzz: Super Crunchy (1999)
  • Hot Lips: The Vocal Band Sampler (1999)
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