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Ranjit Fernandez is originally from the east-coast town of Montrose in Scotland and has recently returned to the area after working in Qatar since 2000. In 2003, with the encouragement of Anthony Curtis (formerly of BOOM, www.anthonycurtis.net), he started composing and recording his music using a home-studio unit. Initially the songs were developed under the Unkle Fezter's Ear Project title and a triple CD album was produced. Hand-made CDs were sold in Qatar and abroad.
The idea behind the music was to develop and present 3 genres of music simultaneously, each working on different moods and emotions. Songs in the 'Pierced' section are rock/metal orientated whilst 'Lobe' is the acoustic-driven collection presented as the 'soft' easy-listening alternative. 'Prostheses', as the name may suggest, is the experimental ambient/dance section working with loops and samples. Songs inspired by Qatar featured on his first retail release entitled Pearls. Excellent reviews resulted in a distribution deal in Qatar.
Pearls is an album of 8 instrumental tracks inspired by the artist's experiences of living in Qatar. Being instrumental, there are no language or cultural barriers. This was the first release of a CD by an expatriate resident in Qatar and received the attention and praise of the Qatari Royal Family.
Following this, 3 further albums were released the next year. The albums include the triple CD Unkle Fezter's Ear Project; the ambient CD Corpus and the stress-relief CD called Relak-sashen.
In 2008, Ranjit released his 'eco' album, Plastic People. This album once again features a collection of tracks ranging from hard rock to ambient moods. This instrumental album is the aural view of the world and it's plastic people.
A New track 'Excellence' featured recently in a TV advert in Qatar - Resolution Productions commissioned a one-minute piece of music to accompany a promotional video for the Education Council of Qatar. This advert has been aired on local TV and Al Jazeera TV.
The music has featured on QBS and online radio and articles have appeared in Qatar Happening magazine, the Gulf Times newspaper, several Scottish newspapers and Ranjit has also featured in Guitar Player magazine in the US.
All of the CDs are available from CDBaby.com and as digital downloads from many online music sites including iTunes and Napster.
hey mate, long time no communication, hope everything is ok with you. listened to your music again, i like Nightflight especially the rythm and also Caravan. Sunburn seems new to me and i like this one also a lot. sending love & good vibes from south germany to qatar!!
Speaking of which, there's a smokin' new Progressive Classical track up on Mad Nutcracker titled "Wasp Flight" Currently #2 in Progressive Rock on SoundClick.
Hey Ranjit ,
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Hello Ranjit, your music sounds really great, keep up the good work! It's a pleasure to receive your friendrequest, so thanx very much 4 adding us!! All the best and cheerzzzz, After The Silence, The Netherlands
Heya Ranjit! Thank you so much for adding me, I really enjoyed your music :) Very nice.....hope all's good with you, pop by soon and let me know what you're up to x
