Koffi: lead vocals/rythm guitarist Silver: bassist/backing vocals Rick: lead guitarist/backing vocals Feyi: Drums/backing vocals.
Influences
The Meters, Fela Kuti, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, the Stranglers, Chilli peppers, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Art Blakey, Pink Floyd, Billy Cobham,
The Velvet Underground, Prince, Lagbaja, Stanley Clarke, Kanye West, The doors, Sting, Manu Dibango, HawKind, Echo & the Bunnymen...
Sounds Like
Red hot chilli peppers, N.E.R.D, Lenny Kravitz, Living colour, Hendrix, Led Zepplin and Baobab
The story so far...Firstly, there was Koffi, a vocalist/sound engineer/producer, hailing from the Ivory Coast, heavily into all things dub,
reggae, funk and the whole west african rhythmic style, but without direction!
Then there was Silver, a journeyman bassist, heavily into punk/rock, in and
out of bands. (eventually ended up in 'The Primitives' at the end of their career). He also found himself without direction!
A mutual friend (he knows who he is) knew of their void, "kidnapped" them,
took them to the deep heart of Kent, and said "make some music!"
So what kind of music could be made with these vastly different styles?
West meets west. West African enchanting rhythms vs the energy, power of
all things punky/rocky.
I heard once that they were ask what happened during the "kidnapping",
"he gave me the rock" said Koffi, "he gave me the funk" said Silver.
Would their two styles work together? through jamming, their diverse styles
started to melt...up to a point. Something was still missing...
Whilst engineering for 'Demi Soma' (ex Fella Kuti's keyboard player) in Brixton, Koffi came across Feyi (drums).
Suddenly things began to make sense...Feyi's Nigerian afro-beat style would be the canvas of the band's music, which he later on christened 'Ropofunk'.
Many guitarists tried to bring their style to the band's avant-garde canvas.
Their 'brush-strokes' or 'hue' weren't quite right, until...
Rick came along. A colorful character if ever there was one. Hailing from Brazil, he "Sambaed" his way into the frame, putting the rock where the "rock's supposed to be".
The "Picture", completed for all to see...the music is now for all to hear.
"Come Share Our Shelter".
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this is our new ensemble made by estocastical beats music tools. We work to do the ensemble that you wish, with all that you like use to do your music, and only for every producer in exclusive mode, one unique ensemble for every producer.
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Hi this is this our new ensemble made by estocastical beats music tools. We work to do the ensemble that you wish, with all that you like use to do your music, and only for every producer in exclusive mode, one unique ensemble for every producer.
Hola este es el Nuevo ensemble de estocastical beats music tools. Diseñamos esembles personalizados a cada productor asegurando que esclusividad, pide todos los elementos que quieras y solo tu tendras esa combinación.
Click here to see all the ensemble/ pincha aqui para ver todo el ensemble
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AFTERSHOCK AND RANDOM CONCEPT DJ / MC COMPETITION 2009
There are links on Youtube where you can vote and comment my 10min video mix, and on Aftershock radio website to check out the full 30min.
3 Djs will be qualified to play the final: One with the most views, one with most star ratings and most positive comments will go through. A final 3rd will be picked by Random Concept and admin team to also go through.
AFTERSHOCK AND RANDOM CONCEPT DJ / MC COMPETITION 2009
There are links on Youtube where you can vote and comment my 10min video mix, and on Aftershock radio website to check out the full 30min.
3 Djs will be qualified to play the final: One with the most views, one with most star ratings and most positive comments will go through. A final 3rd will be picked by Random Concept and admin team to also go through.