Remy Shand

Remy Shand (born in 1978 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) (part Italian) is a Canadian R&B/soul singer. His wife (since 2001) is Maiko Watson, a singer from the now-defunct girl group Sugar Jones, who wer

Remy Shand (born in 1978 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) (part Italian) is a Canadian R&B/soul singer. His wife (since 2001) is Maiko Watson, a singer from the now-defunct girl group Sugar Jones, who were featured on Global's Popstars.

Since the age of 12 Remy Shand had learned to play the guitar and acuistic bass. At a young age while most people his age during the 1980's and 1990's were influenced by early hip hop and pop music such as Michael Jackson and Madonna, his father was into soul. Remy says that instead his father influenced and exposed Remy into R&B soul such as Steely Dan, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Herbie Hancock and Stevie Wonder. During his home schooling in Vancouver he had barged and searched for his parent’s R&B, blues and soul albums, spending allot of time in his basement sampling old retro music. Remy's funk sense of music typically made him an outcast from outsiders who did not share his passion. The soul styling music of Remy Shand is considered and labeled by some as 'Neo-Soul' (Neo soul similar to an updated version of the previous R&B soul music styling).