----- The Professor (USA), aka Jairus, is never far from the source of rhythm and movement. In addition to his Emcee rap and break dancer role in Global Heat, the Professor is with The Rebelz and the Seattle BYC B-boy crew. Author of "The Hip-Hop Handbook," the Professor lives to teach and entertain on a daily basis.
----- MC Justice (USA), aka Justin Murta, brings intelligent, political poetry and high-energy delivery to the hip-hop stage. His work with The Rebelz brought him local accolades and tours in the US & Japan. From country to country, Justice continues to command the microphone with his explosive freestyles and enigmatic lyrics.
----- Rob Pastorok (USA) plays keyboards and talking drum for Global Heat. Rob has studied world music and jazz for more than 25 years. Rob is also the leader of Maya Soleil Afro-World Fusion Music & Dance Ensemble. His influences come from listening to Joe Zawinul of Weather Report, Herbie Hancock, and Black-eyed Peas, as well as performing with several world-class African musicians.
----- Marvin Shields, Jr. (USA) aka MSJR delivers in-your-face bottom end bass combined with smooth vocal harmonies, giving Global Heat a diverse, solid foundation. Marvin has performed in over 24 countries. He breathes all styles and concepts of music making him a delight to work with. He has performed with Sam and Dave Soul Man and with opening acts for Rose Royce, Confunksion, and Lakeside.
--- Ricardo Guity (Honduras) powers Global Heat through his solid drum and percussion work. Ricardo excelled as a prodigy of the renowned African master drummer Babatunde Olatunji, debuting onstage at age 10. From family and associates, he absorbed a wide array of musical genres from the Latino styles of Salsa, Merengue, Cumbia, to Africa 's Senegalese and Nigerian rhythms in addition to pop, rock, reggae, the blues, gospel, and the music of his own native culture (Garifuna). In recent decades, Ricardo has performed with and along side major names and groups in the music industry across genres, including Babatunde Olatunji, Youssou N'Dour Ibrahima Camara (African and world music), the late great Celia Cruz, Johnny Pacheco, Tipica 73, Cuco Valoy (Latino) and others.
---- Special guests on recordings and some live shows include guitarist Marc Moerth from Austria, drummer Ronnie Bishop, R&B vocalist Susan Anthony, drummer Ben Wieczorek, drummer Jason Falk, and drummer T.J. Morris.
Influences
Black-eyed Peas, The Roots, Earth, Wind and Fire, Gil Scott Heron, Soul Live, Joe Zawinul &; Weather Report, Fela, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, and mother Africa.
Sounds Like
Black-eyed Peas, The Roots, Gil Scott Heron, Soul Live, US3, Razzmataz, Digible Planets, Spearhead
A hot new band from Seattle, Global Heat blends conscious hip-hop rap, R&B vocals, vintage keyboards, guitar, sax, electric bass, percussion, and drums. Based in the Seattle area. Influences include Black-eyed Peas, Soul Live, The Roots, Weather Report, Spearhead, Herbie Hancock, and mother Africa.
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Hey, Meltdown Festival Fans!
It's that time of year again, festival season is approaching. So a couple very important things to share with our friends, we moved the date of Meltdown this year a week later, August 14th-16th, 2009, same awesome location at the awe inspiring Darrington Whitehorse Mountain Amphitheater! This is an initial line up below with many more bands about to be announced in the coming weeks! Click on the poster image and you can visit our website for more info on the bands and what is to come. Now is the time to mark your calendars and tell your friends about Meltdown Number 9. This is going to be one of the best years yet, but we are dependent upon people like you to spread the word and get your friends out to see what Meltdown is about.
Folklife Festival 2009- Friday May 22nd 6:00 p.m. Fountain Lawn Century 21 Blues Stage.
Dont miss -A.E.K-s first festival performance since his arrival from Paris, France. Featuring music from his soon to be released SafarBlues album. You will find your self swept away to the vast spaces of the Sahara with the unique sounds of his mesmerizing SafarBlues- African rhythm fused with the funky sounds of Chicago style blues and Arabic lyrics.
You can swing by our myspace site to check out our new videos!
For those who haven't heard, we'll be in the studio these next few months to record a new album with the renowned reggae singer, Eyon Irie. After that it's summer shows and writing songs for the next Orbits album!
In the meantime, if you don't have our self-titled cd yet, you can still pick it up on CD Baby and Itunes.
