Sophisticado Recordings was started in 2006 by Vick Lavender & Steven Stewart.

After co founding Chicago's finest live house music band ( MR A.L.I ) with house music veteran Jere McCallister, Vick Lavender branched out to further what he started with MR A.L.I which was the intent of bringing the live as well jazz/fusion element to deep & soulful house music.

2008 was the year Sophisticado Recordings was officially launched via traxsource & quickly established itself as one of the more serious players in the world of the soulful house music genre.