Me, my PC, my guitar, flute and the 40 foot bass machine. and lots of things to bang, scrape, shake, kick and generally be rowdy with.
Influences
Afro stuff out of Nigeria and Ghana in the 70s, Orlando Julius, Bala Miller & The Great Music Pirameeds Of Afrika, Sir Victor Uwaifo & His Melody Maestroes, The Ogyatanaa Showband...also Mulatu of Ethiopia and of course the Godfather, Fela.
More longstanding vibes from King Tubby, Scientist, Byron Lee, Skatalites, Studio One, Freddie McGregor, Smith & Mighty, David Axelrod, Norman Whitfield, Barry White, Isaac Hayes, Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, James Brown, New Orleans funk, the Meters, Robert Wyatt, Egg, Soft Machine, Miles Davis, Gil Evans, Duke Ellington, Mike Westbrook, Anthony Braxton, Nucleus, Mike Gibbs, Stravinsky, Messaien, early acid house , Rio Samba batucada, samba reggae, maracatu and coco...
Current artists and styles I admire: Jimi Tenor, Maurice Fulton/Syclops, Joanna Newsom, Madlib, The Bug, Senor Coconut, Nostalgia 77, Stereolab, Ursula Rucker, Jazzanova, Baile Funk, Dubstep, Cinematic Orchestra, Diplo, Orkestra del Sol, Luke Vibert, Spank Rock, Gnarls, The Budos Band.
Sounds Like
The music I'm making is a hybrid of all the people I'm into...I try and make tunes that sound like a band playing in a studio who've worked together 9-5 for the last 10 years, like they used to in Studio 1 in Jamaica, even if it's not reggae music I'm making. Some of it's totally rhythm-based, as that's where I get much of my inspiration (in fact I have a percussion-only band that plays Brazilian, Afro and Cuban styles)....other tracks are more chilled and electronic.
NEW DOWNLOADS FROM BIGGABUSH'S LION HEAD LABEL HERE: I THINK MUSIC
BiggaBush and Lightning Head are my two main musical projects. From 92-99 I was part of Rockers HiFi and we did four studio albums and a DJ Kicks and toured Europe and the USA.
Since then I've produced various albums and remixes as BiggaBush or Lightning Head.
You can find out more and check out all BiggaBush's latest productions, rare, exclusive or otherwise unavailable BiggaBush releases along with archive Rockers Hi Fi material at: www.biggabush.co.uk
The new album "13 Faces of Lightning Head" is finally finished and will be out in the summer of 2008 with guest vocals from EARL ZINGER (Gilles P and Kruder & Dorfmeister's live MC) , CANDICE CANNABIS (NYC rapper from Bigmama Industries), BLANQUITO MAN (Up, Bustle & Out/King Chango). and LARIMAN (Calibre, Analogue Mindfield, Firehouse Skank).
The new Afrobeat 12" is out now on Lion Head Recordings.
Check out the Zoundcolector & Ku drum and bass remix of PREGUNTAS POR QUE here and buy it here
Thanks for accepting my request, you're probably the main reason why i got into DJing and making tunes! There was a gig that you and the Rockers did in Portugal a few years ago, there was no one there but it changed my life!!! Tick tock you doon't stop! Thank you! :)
Gonna be a hot 1 Friday May 16th Ben Mi Duck (live), Jazzanova, Nu Era (Marc Mac), Afronaut, Domu, Kay Suzuki & Bopstar for the launch of the Treble-O compilation, 'Here Comes Treble'.
Cost: £8 in advance from http://shop.coopr8.net Time: May 16, 2008, 11pm to 5am Location: Corsica Studios Street: Units 4/5 Elephant Rd, SE17 1LB City/Town: London 2 minutes from Elephant & Castle tube
Hi Glyn, Thanks for the Afrobeat EP ... LOVE IT! I've already played 2 tracks from it this morning on THE DARK ROOM (May 11) ... Show is archived & podcastble @ www.kpfk.org ;) Thanks! DJ Delphinus
Ilu Baje Sick State!!??!! Thats a serious tune! Another killer song from bigga. Finish up that album so we can enjoy the rest of the 13 faces! Thanks for the goodness
