DA*J*LA LAALIA > lead singer, bass, keyboards, writer & composer www.dajla.com Benj BLOW > Producer, composer, beatmaker, keyboards, guitar, backing vocals, engineer myspace.com/phatprodz Dave GOLITIN : Guitar myspace.com/davegolitin
And everyone single of you who shares the experience and support us through this journey Stay with us :o) chacun d'entre vous qui a acheté notre album, chaque programmateur, chaque oreille attentive!!! merci!! restez avec nous!!
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Influences
anybody deep and sincere... BENJI , ANGELO MOORE AKA DOCTEUr MADD VIBEZ, THe FOREiGn BEGGARS (BANGERS), WOOD, THE ABOLITIONIST, ALLONYMOUS, The PETE BOX, Dwight Trible & Life Force trio, FELA, DELE SOSIMI, Amp Fiddler, Prince, SoulQuarians, Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, John Coltrane, Ray Charles, James Brown, Strange Fruit Project, Dwele, D-Claime, D'Angelo, D'Angelo, D'Angelo, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Above the Law, Bone Thugs & Harmony, Orange Blossom, Joao Gilberto, Diana Ross, Keziah Jones, Roots manuva, NInja Tune, Alce Russel, Chocolate, Rebirth, Incognito, Jimi Hendrix, Black Street, Sa-Ra Creative Partners, Snoop Dogg (back in the days), Dre, Eazy E, NWA, Madlib, Thelonius Monk, Curtis Mayfield, Asian Dub Foundation, Sly Stone, Prince, Sheila E, Rhonda Smith, De La Soul, Digital Underground, Primus, The Skatalites, Jimmy Smith, Mickael Jackson, HR and Black Uhuru, Fishbone, Dr Madd Vibe -Angelo Moore-, Norwood Fisher, Maceo, Pee Wee Ellis, Weapon of Choice, Sonic Youth, Quincy Jones, Chuck D. , KRS-One, Afrika Bambaataa, RIP Aalyiah, Timbaland, The Beastie Boys, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Jill Scott, Chet Baker, Little Richard, Screaming Jay Hawkins, Betty Davis, Johnny Guitar Watson, Seu Jorge, Urban Dance Squad, Toots and the Maytals, George Benson, Roy Hargrove, Stephanie Mc Kay, The Beatles, Iggy Pop, Slum Village, Miles Davis, the Specials, the Selectors, Trojans, Biz Markie, Eric Sermon, EPMD, Missy Elliot, Fela Kuti, Tony allen, Santana, Cannonball Adderley, The Last Poets, Jalal Nureddin, Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, Raphael Saadiq, The Doors, The Roots, Common, PublicEnemy, Old Dirty Bastard-RIP-, Gil Scott Heron, George Clinton, Wes Montgomery, Erykah Badu, Badal Roy, Parliament, Funkadelic, DRUGS, Om Kalthoum, Fairouz, Farid El Attrach, The Wu-Tang Clan, Cameo, Zapp, The Pixies, Boney M, Don Byron, Janis Joplin, Prince Paul & Dan the Automator, Roots Manuva, Desmond Dekker, Lauren Aitken, Minnie Ripperton, The Termites, Bob Marley, ACDC, L7, Rage Against The Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers (back in the dayz...), Lauryn Hill, Nina Simone, Angie Stone, Musiq Soulchild, Badal Roy, Herbie Hancock, Grover Washington Jr, Jaco, Living Colours, Lou Reed, Bad Brains & HR, Donny Hattaway, NIrvana, Boo Ya Tribe, The Police, Sting, Santana, The Streets, Kelis, Roni Size, Ronny Jordan, Tribeqa, Hocus Pocus & C2C, Dwight Trible, Marcia Griffith, Tom Waits, Portishead, Julien Loureau, Sean Rasul, Dave Barker, John Spencer Blues Explosion, Chaka Kahn, Leela James, MIA, 4 Hero, Roisin from Moloko, Handsome Boy Modelling School, Del Da Funky Homosapiens, Mc Universe, Digable Planets, The Pharcyde, David Bowie, DJ Shadow, Bill Evans, Art Blakey, Myself, Kwame, Tha Real Book from Paris, Shabbaz, Quest Love, Linton Kwesi Johnson, The Upsetters, Tools, Ahmad Jamal, Sonic Youth, Trulio Disgracias, M, Max Roach, Maximum Roach, John Legend, Kanye West, Bahamadia, Keith Murray, Byard Lancaster, Amel Larrieux, Thiombe Lockhart, Platinum Pied Pipers, Zôl, La Jam, Miss Dynamite, J Davey, Martin Luther, Amp Fiddler, Cody Chestnut, Me Shell Ndegeocello, Omar, Jacques Schwartz Bart, and thousands more...RIP Jay DIlla, RIP Rufus Harley RIP James Brown...will see ya on the other side
Sounds Like
the CREATOR LOVE we ARE ONE IT iS YOU
Record Label
UNDERDOG RECORDS (FRANCE) /SEEKING PARTNERS ABROAD
[ENGLISH] DAJLA is the Arabic translation of River TIGRIS, Mesopotamian river, soul sister of Euphrates River. Dajla is like this river: her spirit runs free and strong amongst the land of MUSIC. She used to be mad but now she's a big girl she 's learnt how to hide it better. Doesn't stop her from feeling lonely in this fucked up world where money and shallow assholes seem to rule. But this is her quest indeed:seeking real human beings, staying one of them, not giving in to the "robots world" (Titanium cards and Gucci pants won't bring me nuttin but a Plastic Man ...Champagne Cocaïne and Bling Bling Bling won't bring me nuttin but plastic friends...Hype 'n Hustlers, Fake Ass Posers) Indeed she is Not interested by this part of the music business - which she has had plenty time to experience already-) thank you very much, but no, thanx! - She is ....Seeking Humanity...through music and travelling. Her debut album SOUL POETRY released in France May 2006 and produced with partner Benji BOUTON opens the way for this mutant and talented young woman-man-who knows who we really are?- Soul Poetry so far has been plaed live throughout France, but also took Dajla & Benji and their bandmembers to Europe, Mexico (Ollin Kan Festival and Mexico City Opera Theatre), the Carribbean, and Gabon, Africa on a long adventure looking for their Soul and tryin' to bring it back to ya'll.
Biography:
Dajla is a lead singer, a songwriter, a pianist and a bassplayer- she comes back to France in 2003 after 5 years spent in London, and travelling back and forth between Paris, London, and the USA....
Dajla grew up in the West coast of France, raised by a soul-and Rythmn 'n Blues loving dad originally from Kabylia and Tunisia, and a French American/Gypsy rock loving mum in the midst of the cool 1970's...She started playing jazz and classical piano at the age of 6 at the local music college. She picked up the bass at 17 deeply influenced by her encounter with Gilles "SKANT" Rouxel, VERSKA VIS lead singer and fierce anti racist souldier. SKANT introduces her to ska and rocksteady before passing away in strange circumstances...(one day we will know the truth...Nazi motherfuckers...now controlling the country...). He also led her to FISHBONE...She meets singer Angelo Moore in 1992, who was going to have a decisive influence on her music and life. After Skant's death she moves to London and dives into the magic atmosphere of the city, Drum 'n Bass memories and Northern Soul nights...at age 20. Mick Whitnall, then leader of rock steady band One Hundred Men hires her as a keyboard player.
She spends a few years playing bass and keys for various bands in London, while working fo the MERC in Camden and teaching English to refugees in Finsbury Park...but she had not yet found what she was looking for. In 2001 she packs up her bags and returns to France with a handful of songs and her basslines... She finally meets producer/drummer/guitarist/keyboardist/beatmaker and genius Benjamin "BENJI BLOW" Bouton Benji on MySpace - Benji played drums and produced beats for acoustic Hip-hop band SAT and for Tribeqa (with Magic Malik).....
Together they found what they'd been looking for.....Their love for hip-hop beats, Electro, p-funk, Soul, Blues, Ska, Reggae, Rock, Jazz -this is silly I should really say...all musics, Music with a capital M!!- took them to another space, where Music knows no boundaries...."Soul Poetry", their first LP, was released May 9th with French label Under Cover. Daj & Benji got a band together - as well as a trio version (where she plays bass and sings) and are about to hit the road all over France and Europe. Watch out for them , not to be missed...Soul Poetry was released for a second time in Feb. 2007 with two bonus tracks. Dajla is currently living on the West Coast of France and has co-written the music score for Dance Director Herwann Asseh's new 2008 solo show : "99" (company Moral Soul) whose theme is based around growing up in Western world while being of mixed origins. Dajla is performing live singing and playing bass next to Herwann dancing on stage, check our schedule!! +++Dajla and Benji have recorded their second album "The Meaning of Life" which will be released february 2009- a fabulous blend of Soul, Hip Hop, Afro Beat and Electro Funk featuring the Procussions, Magic Malik, Allonymous, Anthony Joseph, Angelo Moore from Fishbone....Stay Tuned!! All business partners (labels, dstribution, promotion, Tour) are welcome to come forward and see how we can develope this great up and coming album together++++ Peace to all and see ya on and around the stage...
UPCOMING EP "The Motherland" released October 2008!!!! (UNDERDOG RECORDS)
+++++ Stop GGrrrrreed++++Stop violence+++Seek Peace+++Stop hatred+++Races DO NOT exist+++nor the white one nor the black nor the green or yellow f%*$$ one+++There is one race: the Human Race+++thinking otherwise is racism+++++this is tiring shit+++LOVE ETERNAL+++REINCARNATED STARS WILL WAKE UP AND RISE FORCES OF LOVE WILL PREVAIL AND UNITE TO STOP ALIEN EVIL PLANS+++SAVE THE PLANET BRING THE KINGDOM OF LIGHT ON EARTH +++ FULFILL YOUR MISSION++ SPREAD THE LOVE FOR THE CREATOR'S CREATION IS EVERYWHERE ++READ THE SIGNS READ BETWEEN THE LINES WAKE UP STAND UP REVEAL YOURSELF AND ELEVATE YOUR SPIRIT +
[FRANCAIS] Dajla est la traduction du fleuve "Tigre" qui coule, avec l'Euphrate, à travers les vallées et montagnes d' ancienne Mésopotamie- Turquie et Irak- et se jettent ensemble dans la mer. Dajla est telle la rivière: elle coule, sauvage et libre dans l'univers de la Musique. Née à saint Nazaire ville portuaire tournée vers l'océan, ses parents, Mad et Françoise Lalia (respectivement d'origine tiunisienne et franco américaine) l'élèvent dans la soul, le reggae, le rock, le jazz....elle commence le piano classique et jazz à l'âge de 6 ans et prend la basse dans les groupes de punk rock locaux à 17 ans, fortement impressionnée par sa rencontre avec Angelo Moore, chanteur du groupe Fishbone. le rêve se dessine à cet instant, mais il faudra beaucoup de patience avant d'en voir l'ombre d'un sourcil....Après de longues années d'errance et d'aventures plus ou moins heureuses, de Londres à Paris en passant par Los Angeles, New York ou Miami, elle transforme son desarroi et sa solitude face à l'absurdité du monde des hommes, et au gré de ses rencontres humaines et musicales, la maturité lui donne enfin la force dont elle avait besoin: après 5 années passées à Londres (pianiste et bassiste pour Z Star, One Hundred Men, Eversholt, puis chanteuse avec Novela) elle rentre en France en 2003 et rencontre le multi-instrumentiste- producteur-batteur- Homo Sapiens de génie Benjamin Bouton - dit Benji. 6 mois plus tard, l'Odyssée est en marche: Soul Poetry est né, leur premier album sort chez Under Cover grâce à Wax Tailor, en mai 2006. Soul Poetry les emmène, avec leurs musiciens, parcourir le monde, avec des escales remarquées au Festival Ollin Kan de Mexico City, le Boubou's Festival aux Antilles, et Libreville au Gabon, entrecoupé de rencontres et de concerts mémorables (Elysée Montmartre, la Maroquinerie, les Transmusicales, le Printemps de Bourges) et de rencontres humaines et musicales (-Amp Fiddler, De La Soul, MC Solaar, Manu Dibango, Badal Roy, Pierre Akendengué, Jacques Schwartz Bart, les Procussions, Hocus Pocus, Tribeqa, Joy Denalane, Nneka, Wax Tailor, Foreign Beggars, Anthony Joseph, Tumi and the Volume....) Benjamin et Dajla vivent actuellement à Nantes et travaillent avec le danseur franco-gabonais hip-hop/contemporain et chorégraphe Herwann Asseh (compagnie Moral Soul) sur la musique de son prochain spectacle solo "99" (création 2008) basé autour du métissage. Dajla et Benji sont en studio pour leur prochain album sortie 2008 (featuring the Procussions, Allonymous, Angelo Moore from Fishbone, Anthony Joseph...) et recherchent des partenaires pour la commercialisation de cet album (label, tour, management, promotion, distribution, publishing)- info: contact@dajla.com // http://www.dajla.com) PEACE+++Une seule Race, Une seule Foi- restez Humains, restez Vrais++++
sALUT dAJLA, Je t'avais interviewé à Rennes pour une radio associative et depuis je te suis de près j'ai l'impression que l'humeur actuelle est à la subversion? tant mieux, selon moi ta musique n'en est que plus profonde... Impatient que le maxi sorte, y'aura une édition vinyl? porte toi bien au passage, un petit visuel qui devrait te plaire bonne continuation PAIX Toma
bah, voilà petite réflexion "personnelle", je dois être le révolutionnaire du coin, le seul qui traine dans les parages virtuels ! LOL
Je sais pas trop à quoi tu penses en ce moment, en période de crise accélérée. J'espère que t'y vois claire, le plus claire possible. En tout cas les chefs d'états veulent nous faire avaler des couleuvres ... prendre l'argent de l'état, de nos impôts, de nos taxes pour les donner aux banquiers, aux capitalistes. Ils vont aussi surement laisser l'inflation progresser, ça leur permet de dérégler tous les prix, de déprécier notre salaire, notre "pouvoir" d'achat. On voit qui ils servent finalement.
An fin, il y a de l'argent, des millions, des milliards pour les bourgeois, mais pour embaucher les millions de chômeurs, pour augmenter les salaires, pour baisser le temps de travail, ça, il y a rien dans les caisses. Ils feront pas marcher les planches à billet pour ça. Ils créeront pas de l'argent virtuel pour ça. Je parle même pas d'élever le niveau de vie dans les pays pauvres, de lutter contre la faim dans le monde, les épidémies etc, etc, c'est encore plus urgent, encore plus vitale. L'argent, n'est pas perdu, il y a des capitalistes qui ont ramassés gros, et veulent encore plus gros et ça sur notre dos.
voilà, voilà comment je gamberge en ce moment. Je pense qu'il va falloir réagir, il va falloir lutter contre eux, la vie est un combat, on le répète sans cesse, la va falloir que ça se réalise. Il faut les arrêter de nuire, il faut exproprier les finances, exercer le pouvoir. Tout à chacun sait lire, écrire. Faut être déterminé à comprendre, à prendre des décisions rapidement, collectivement avec nos collègues au travail, avec nos collègues au quartier, avec l'ensemble d'exploité que nous sommes finalement.
Thnks for the add !! Im in love with you and your music...dont change never. I hope you are coming soon to play your music to spain. Light & Love ! ! !
Thank you sooooooooooo much for the bday wishes, sis! I wish you could've been here too. I've been rocking your present with pride! I even bumped into someone you know this weekend. Pierre? I think he manages Wax Tailor. In any case, I was in Beligum and everyone kept telling me what a cool team I was representing. Haha. They played a game that night and won. Lol. People kept speaking German to me. Hahaha. In any case, the shows have been beautiful and my birthday was nothing short of amazing. My mom heads back to the US today. Gonna miss her like crazy. Oh and I can't thank you ENOUGH for reaching out to me on the album. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to work on some collaborations. I do have access to a studio here, but even if I can't lay something down before I go, I have studio access back home too. Feel free to send over the tracks. Oh, you're amazing! I love you and miss you and can't wait to get together again! Hugs and kisses to you and Benj.
