Artist Information Biography The hustle.  The flow.  The discovery of this amazing music.  Its hip hop, its jazz, its rock, its gospel, the music is live.  Treologic has proven over the years that it knows how to entertain a crowd as well as deliver a great recording, year after year.  Treo started from a jazz organ trio (organ, guitar, drums) out of the Depaul School of music tradition.  After some personel changes, an MC was added, then a DJ, horns singers, percussion - all in trying to find the musical voice that is Treologic.  Now the group has been scaled down to a 5 piece progressive hip hop unit consisting of drums, bass, keyboards, turntables, and an MC.  The future is in the sound and staying true to the roots of Chicago hip hop, jazz, gospel, neo-soul and rock.  The message of the music has always been concious with a street sensiblity.  Hard beats with jazzy flavor, chops with simplicity, always keeping a lyrical flow that is remiscent of Jay-Z, Naz, or Black Thought.  Treologic has often been compared to The Roots, J5, Tribe Called Quest, and Floetry.  But make not mistake:  the sound is original, cutting edge, and catchy.  Treologic has found great success over the years performing all over the country including tours to New York Ctiy and the East Coast, Colorado, Los Angeles and the West Coast, and of course, a solid following in the Midwest.  In 2005, Treologic won the Discmakers Independant Music World Series-Midwest!  Treo has performed with the legends like Talib Kweli, The Beatnuts, The Roots, Heiruspecs, Liquid Soul, and the Youngblood Brass Band.  We have played great festivals including Wakarusa, The Taste of Chicago, Summercamp,  FUNK Fest, and several Music Industry Conferences.  In all, Treo has performed on average 70-80 shows a year for the last 5 years - thats over 400 shows! Discography is impressive as well:  Whats the Question in 2003, MixTape in 2004, Thank You Lenny in 2005, Colabo will be released in 2008 later this summer as well as countless mix tapes circulated throughout the nation as we tour.  Treologic is once again on the rise - constantly recording and representing the great music in Chciago and the great culture of hip hop.  We are commited to providing great quality music to the people for the peoples sake.  Its the hustle and the flow and we are gonna get ours.  Accolades, showcases and noteworthy performances: 2007 Supporting act with Beatnuts in Colorado 2006 Wakarusa Music Festival and Road to Wakarusa Winner (Chicago, IL) Discmakers Independant Music World Series WINNER 2005 Midwest 2005 Midwest Music Summit Indy, IN 2006 Supporting Act with The Perceptionists Milwaukee and  Madison, WI  2006 Supporting Act with Mr. Liff and The Coup 2006 Supporting Act for Youngblood Brass Band Chicago 06 Supporting Act with Talib Kweli  Champaign, IL 2005 Supporting Act with Brother Ali, Grinnell College 2005 Performer at 2005 Summercamp Music Festival Performer at 2005 Thirsty Melon Six Flags Music Festival Showcase Artst at 2005 Millenium Music Conference Chicago MOBfest showcase artist 2005 and 2004 Chicago Tribune/ Red Eye Best Band Finalist 2004 Top 4 All-Time at GarageBand.com with over 34 individual awards for song "Pass It Around"  2004 Finalst in Emergenza Regional Finalist and North American CD Compilation Artist  Chicago, IL 2004 Showcase Artist in Midwest Music Summit and CD Compilation Artist Indianapolis, IN 2004 Featured Artists in Winter Music Conference Miami, FL 2004 Finalist in Indie-Week Music Festival Toronto, ON 2004 Milwaukee Summerfest Emerging Artist Stage Performer  2004 Indianapolis Music Conference, Showcase Artist 2004 Instrumentation J-Rok - drums DJ Savage - DJ, turntablist and hype-man MC Billa Camp - vocals, rapper Laelo - keys, LH bass, vocals Willie D - Bass Discography LOOK FOR 'COLABO' - TREOLOGIC FIRST RELEASE IN 3 YEARS OUT IN LATE SUMMER 08. "Thank You, Lenny" -  2005 Treologic 2nd full length release on Cigol Records, now available at stores nationwide distributed through Red Eye USA, at www.cdbaby.com/treologic3, and for international download on the World Wide Web. "Mix Tape" -2004 Cigol Records limited release Available for listening and purchase  @ www.cdbaby.com/treologic2 "Whats the Question." - 2003 Cigol Records Release.  The first Full Length EP Tracks are available for listening on www.treologicmusic.com and www.CDbaby.com/treologic Links http://www.treologicmusic.com Main You Tube Myspace facebook The Chicago Drop