Bass is Base

Canadian R&B music group

Bass is Base was a Canadian R&B group based in North York, Ontario.

In 1993, Chin Injeti and Ivana Santilli were in the music group Syndicate 305. At the 1993 Music West conference in Vancouver, Injeti and Santilli met MC Mystic (Roger Mooking), who at the time was in a group called The Maximum Definitive. A few months later, Mystic invited the pair to back him for his group's performance at the Canadian Music Video Awards. The trio then formed the group Bass is Base that year with Injeti on bass, Santilli on keyboards, and Mystic on percussion. All three members contributed vocals, Injeti and Santilli as singers and Mystic as a rapper. The group's first gig was opening for Jamiroquai. The group also opened for The Pharcyde. In the spring of 1994, the group released their debut album, First Impressions for the Bottom Jigglers. The album was released through their self created label, SoulShack. They also released a single from the album, "Funkmobile", which featured a music video. The video was played on MuchMusic and was nominated for a MuchMusic Video Award for "Best Independent Music Video". Their album went on to sell more than 20,000 copies in Canada. In October 1994, the group signed a co venture deal with A&M Records and Loose Cannon Records in the U. S. The group won a Juno Award in the Best R&B/Soul Recording category in 1995. The album was released in the US on April 16, 1996.

After Bass is Base disbanded, Santilli went on to a release four solo albums. Injeti works as a producer and bass player; in 2005 he produced "hick hop" artist Ridley Bent's debut release, Blam. Mooking left the music business, working as a chef in Toronto and as an entrepreneur in the food industry; he returned to release two albums of soul music in 2008 and 2013.