Reggae, Blues, Funk, Soul, Dance, Acoustic Music, Hard Rock > to mention a few: Bob Marley, Burning Spear, Frankie Paul, Dennis Brown, The Abyssinians, The Meditations, The Gladiators, Gregory Isaacs. Jimi Hendrix. Otis Redding. Stevie Wonder. BB King. James Brown. Funkadelic. Crosby, Stills & Nash. Venice. Bruce Coughburn. Van Halen. Andreas Vollenweider...
Marcus Hillman is a composer-producer and singer/guitarist/bass player from Leiden, The Netherlands.
He developed his skills on many stages since 1985, playing in various bands such as The Vibe, which was Leiden's most succesful reggaeband in the first half of the nineties (lead vocals and lead guitar), Juicy (funk from the Leiden area > guitar and vocals), Coco Jr & Vibes Alive (a Belgian reggae cover project > guitar) and Ska-D-lite; authentic ska from Leiden (first on guitar, later on bass).
Throughout the years, he is also still working on his own repertory, which consists of acoustic songs in a singer/songwriter atmosphere, and also reggae, funk and occasionally rock songs.
Furthermore, he teams up with Not Easy At All Productions; an Amsterdam based roots reggae production crew, consisting of Manu G (The Vibe, Coco Jr & Vibes Alive) and Marc Baronner (Kraak & Smaak, Coco Jr & Vibes Alive). This collective produces reggae rhythms, for which Marcus writes and records vocals, guitars and sometimes rhythm ideas. The first online releases of these talented and upcoming reggae producers are currently released on iTunes.
Some years ago, when Marcus dropped a voice fragment for a radio show hosted by DJ Solid Slide (aka Angelo Bott) at the forums of DI.FM - an internet dance radio station - the DJ decided to use the voice fragment in his show, which eventually lead to a one off production with this Swiss DJ. The result of this collab has been released on the 2008 Zurich Street Parade dance compilation CD, which apparently went straight to number 1 in the Swiss album charts.
The style and melodic progression of Marcus Hillman's voice and guitar playing is appreciated all around and it touches many hearts.
Note: for extensive biography and for discography, check the blog on this MySpace.
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Part One. 1.Eljai - I Know 2.Eljai ft. Capleton - Blessed 3.Sahmuel - Check Yourself 4.Black Judah - Don't Give Up 5.Romain Virgo - Who Feels It Knows It - Serve & Protect riddim 6.Domaino - Wanna Be With You - Serve & Protect riddim 7.Tony Rebel - Life Is Too Short - Serve & Protect riddim 8.Tony Rebel - Step Up In Life 9.Sizzla & Teflon - Can't Sell Me Out ***Adverts*** 10.Luv Fyah & Million 7 - So Many Lights 11.Luv Fyah & Million 7 - Dready Take Over 12.E-Dee ft. Irie Love - Revolution 13.Mekka - I Believe 14.Jemini - Time 15.Singer Jah - Wicked 16.Xpresive ft. Jah Mason & Sammy Dread - Can't Stop Me (dubstep mix) 17.Culture Lion - Money Train 18.Bushman - Born Fi Di Ting
Part Two. 1.Chanter - Tappi Tappi (dubplate) - Chalice riddim 2.Chanter - Jah Bless The Herb - Chalice riddim 3.Wild Life - Ganja Yard - Collie Weed riddim 4.Rudy Alba - High Grade - Collie Weed riddim 5.Addis Ivory Elimbi - Crazy Crazy - Collie Weed riddim 6.Addis Ivory Elimbi - Don't You Cry 7.Addis Ivory Elimbi - God Is - Roots Defender riddim 8.Nicola Lionfish - Slip Away - Roots Defender riddim 9.Saina - So In Love - Roots Defender riddim 10.Marcus Hillman - Hold On Tight - Roots Defender riddim ***Adverts*** 11.Melloquence - Royal Woman 12.Classical Eska & Melloquence - Heart Cries Out 13.Melloquence - Love You - Baba Roots riddim 14.Nahswitch - Hard To Handle - Baba Roots riddim 15.Lea-Anna - Searching
he daddy marcus wah gwaan, je hebt nog een verrassing van me tegoed man... en verder heb ik deze week wat gepield met de party time riddim, wat hulp gehad van een melodica, staat in m'n playertje met als titel 'double agent'.. nice vibe, talk soon, @
Check out the slackers may 1 - 24! Ska - Soul - Reggae - RockNroll to hear the latest mp3s go to www.myspace.com/theslackers May 1 – Carcelles, Be – Pacrock Festival May 2 – Eeklo, Be – N9 May 3 – Lelystad, NL - Underground May 4 – Dordrecht, NL - Bibelot May 5 – Leeuwarden, Nl - Liberation Fest May 6 – Tampere, Fi – Klubi May 7- Helsinki, Fi – Tavestia May 8 – Paris, Fr – Music To Rock the Nation Fest May 9 – Koln, DE - Werkstatt May 10 – Braunschweig, De – Jolly Joker May 11 – Lindau, DE – Club Vaudeville May 12 – Geneva, CH – L’Usine May 13 – Zurich, CH – Club Future May 14 – Hazelbrouk, Fr – Shaka Laka > May 15 Brighton - Engine Room > May 16 Sheffield - Carling Academy 2 > May 17 Southampton - Soul Cellar > May 18 Bristol - Thekla > May 19 London - Underworld > May 20 Plymouth - White Rabbit > May 21 Dublin - Academy > May 22 Belfast - Spring & Airbrake > May 23 Carlisle - Brickyard > May 24 Leeds - Slam Dunk Festival New Self Medication vinyl! New dvd – Live at the Flamingo Cantina out now! for new cds, dvds, and vinyl in europe check out www.phonocaster.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Rocksteady 7 – on tour may 26-30 Rocksteady 7 on tour, featuring dave from slackers on sax.
New cd, out in may, Get Back Up, from Brixton records. www.brixtonrecords.com To hear new mp3s go to www.myspace.com/davidhillyardrocksteady7 May 26 – Madrid – Gruta 77 May 27 – Valencia - Black Note May 28 – Barcelona - Sala Rocksound May 29 - Xix
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