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The Firefly Piano Roll
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The Firefly Piano Roll
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Released: Jan 1, 2009
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General Info

  • Genre: Japanese Classic Music / Thrash / Tropical

    Location WellyWood, NZ

    Profile Views: 40486

    Last Login: 8/22/2011

    Member Since 4/6/2006

    Type of Label Major

  • Bio

    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. .. .. ..gankino firefly (part 1a)...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..gankino firefly (part 1)...... .. .. .. .. ..

  • Members

    .. BIG NEWS! .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ......Fiume Night 17 _ Jess Chambers & Justin Firefly, part3 _ Wellington, june 2009.. from ..vincent moon / temporary areas.. on ..Vimeo..... .. .. 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 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. ..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

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