Videos of Justin Firefly and Jess Chambers now on Vincent Moons blogsite:
http://fiumenights.com/
also a recent piece of footage on Woolshed Session from Close up:
http://www.vimeo.com/2939251
Justin Firefly Clarke plays with: the Wind and Sand
Woolshed Sessions
here is the video for The Woolshed Sessions second single by Jess Chambers:
Stringing Me Along
Justin Firefly and the Electric Pungas
Balkan beats - Eastern European styles meet live Drum'n'Bass
Jess Chambers and the Firefly Orchestra
Sublime songs. Produced by Justin Firefly.
Age Pryor
Awesome songwriter and creative kiwi musician. Extremely sizzling band with Darren Mathiason, Peter Hillbilly, as the rhythm section. Check out http://www.myspace.com/agepryor http://davidstgeorge.blogspot.com/2008/01/age-pryor-and-suspicions.html
Rio Hemopo Project
featuring Maaka, Rio, Hemi Illingworth, Sage
Justin Firefly also plays on occasion with:
Fat Freddys Drop
Photos and Youtube clip are from Australian Tour, March 2009
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The Scribes of Ra
Afrobeats
The Chocolate Bunny's feat. Ladi6, Rio, Maaka, Sage, Hemi
the Sheba Williams All stars http://www.davidstgeorge.blogspot.com/2008/01/sheba.html
Afrolicious, Caribbean, Groovey
Influences
The various Tui birds, shivkumarsharma, the Ruru owl, Jimi Hendrix, My grandad, John Coltrane, the various beaches I've visited.... and forests, Miles Davis, Vincent van gogh, John Mclaughlin, Tony Williams, Hazrat inayat khan, Elvin Jones, ancestors whose names I know not, John Lennon, Ivo Papasov, Hari Prasad, Zakkhir Hussein, Fela Kuti, Baden Powell, Bud Powell, Thelonius Monk, bob dylan, king sunny ade,..... ahhhHHHh! the list goes on and on and on.... not to forget all my musical peers who span the globe (I'm not going to embark on this list for fear of leaving someone important out)..... you know who you are!
Sounds Like
REVIEWS / QUOTES:
"criminally-talented guitarist"
The Groove Guide
"the soul guitar of Justin Firefly Clarke ran like electricity through every rhythm" Drum Magazine, Australia
"the way that Justin approaches his music is consistently connected to the heart of what he is doing."
Age Pryor
"the infinitely talented Justin Firefly Clarke"
NZ Musician
"Hier glaenzte der Gitarre spielende Komponist bei seinem technisch versierten Spiel, garniert mit klangfarbenreichen Soli"
FreiesWort , Germany
"Justin had a beautiful feel for orchestrating my songs without taking the delicacy away from them"
Jess Chambers
"Clarke performed a number of musical tricks faster than the human eye yet totally pleasing to the ear"
Salient
"....fantastic NZ talent....Wizard on guitar"
Nelson Mail
"...gave a superb late night performance at the Festival of Colour in Wanaka this year and knocked the socks off their audience.... outstanding guitar-playing"
Philip Tremewan (Director of Wanaka's Festival of Colour and the Tauranga Arts Festival)
"the 31-year-old's work with band's like Fat Freddy's Drop, is a cruisy contrast to some of his nimble and often frantic virtuoso guitar playing"
NZ Herald
"Firefly is indeed a Firefly on the guitar"
fasterlouder.com.au
L-I-N-K-S
The Woolshed Sessions Exposure mag PDF
http://www.exposurelifestyles.com/
The Woolshed sessions RadioNZ interview:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/national/nrmtalk/woolshed_sessions
Soundtrack by Jess Chambers and the Firefly Orchestra
Random Photos from Japan, Berlin and NZ
some photos by Andy MorleyHall - Age Pryor Tour up North mid 2007
Justin Firefly has performed all over Europe as well as Japan with such bands as Das Wallahalla Orchestra, Dr Bajan, The Aki Ueda Ensemble, Zoriya, Firefly Funk and the Firefly Orchestra. He has recorded on more than 40 albums and produced roughly 10 albums. Since coming back to Aotearoa he has been producing and recording albums most notably with Jess Chambers (release july 2008) and Woolshed Sessions (release october 2008). He performs around NZ and recent performances at WOMAD 2008 with Age Pryor and Jess Chambers received standing ovations and TV3 news coverage.
Steve Binetti is saying thank you so much for connecting, sharing and supporting each other... Nice to have you as a new friend on the profile of my 3rd online-release "THICKET"!
19:30uhr Live: SWIM (Rock/Alternativ) Learn how to swim, das neue Album von Swim ist da! Die zwei Berliner Akustikrocker erwecken wahre Geschichten zum Leben und rauschen in rhytmischer Hochgeschwindigkeit mit poetischen bis frechen Texten zu ungebremsten Popmelodien. Authentisch,frisch,akustisch Swim- ein Hörgenuß der besonderen Art und für Alternativ-Rocker ein muß!
The written thesis called 'Sound Vision' has heaps of beautiful images and theoretical insight into the topics of the visual form of sound towards therapeutic purposes, colour and sound therapy from modern and historical perspectives etc.
Michelberger Hotel Presents. October, 17,09 22:00pm Saturday Night Showcase Hosted by Akanni. live on stage: 2 of berlins most talented female accustic soloist Dana Shanti + Elahi 3€
Location: Michelberger Hotel Warschauerstrasse 39/40, 10243 Berlin
Saturday Night Showcase: is an evening where artist from all over can perform there own personal songs and finish the night with an open jam session talor made for musicisns and vocalist show there spontainious skills and Every Saturday.
