Jake Savona, Vida-Sunshyne Borquaye, Desire Sibanda, Barry Turnbull, Julian Goyma, Andy Papadopoulos, Neda Rahmani, Grant Smith, Jordan Murray, Andrew Jackson, Rob Tremlett, Georges Nicolas, Glen Christiansen and guests including Nigel Wright, Ben 'Scoops' Gillespie, Nui Moon, Shanti, Tariro, Claudia and more...
BOOKINGS OR ENQUIRIES
Please contact Ross Ganf at ross.ganf@lifelounge.com
Influences
REMEMBER - WE DIDN'T CREATE
SOUND,
SOUND CREATED US.
Infinite and humble
thanks to
divine consciousness
that blessed us with the
great gift of
sound. Music is such a blessing.
Selah
INFLUENCES Capleton, Sizzla,
Anthony B, Damien
Marley,
Lenky, King Tubby,
Augustus
Pablo, Lee Perry, The
Observer, The
Congos, Yabby U,
Jackie
Mittoo, Studio
One, Prince Allah,
Alton Ellis,
Burning Spear,
Big Youth, U Roy,
I Roy,
Dennis Brown, Bob
Marley, The Wailers,
The Gladiators,
Busta Rhymes, Roots
Manuva, Timbaland,
Lauryn Hill, Jay-Z,
Missy Elliot, Common,
Mos Def, Talib Kweli,
Kanye West, The
Neptunes, Dr Dre, Dead
Prez, K'naan,
DJ Shadow, Clipse, J-Live,
M.I.A,
SquarePusher,
Coldcut, The Fugees,
JS Bach,
Zelenka, Hildegard Of Bingen,
Thomas Tallis, CPE Bach,
Mozart, Debussy, Albeniz,
Stravinsky, Coltrane, Miles, Monk,
Mingus,
Wynton Kelly, Cannonball,
Herbie, Paul
Chambers, Elvin Jones,
Eric Dolphy, Charlie
Christian,
Jimmy
Smith, McCoy Tyner,
Duke
Ellington, Oscar
Peterson,
Ella and
Louis, Dinah, Billie,
James Brown, Jimi Hendrix,
The Meters, Ray Charles,
The Emotions and the whole
era of dirty,
soulful, black
funk artists ruling the 70's
in the States. Also MELB
CREWS!!! : Vida
Sunshyne ya the Queen,
Peso, Curse Ov Dialect,
Illzilla, Rootbound
System, The Bamboos,
Cookin' on 3 Burners, Elf
Transporta, Mantra, The Herd, TZU,
The Cat Empire, Choi,
Rankin Yoni, Jesse I,
Ms Butt, Natty Sisten, Bass
Bin Laden,
Paz, Tom Tom.....peace to
y'all
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK :
"All those who are
unhappy in the world
are so as a result of
their desire for their
own happiness. All
those who are happy
in the world are so
as a result of their
desire for the
happiness of others."
(Shantideva)
Yes people thanks 4 checkin out my site...RESPECT!
New Savona productions have just been released worldwide! The heavy hitting 'Fire Dragon' riddim is currently available on 7" vinyl from One Love Records and Ernie B Reggae. Featuring brilliant guest Jamaican vocalists including Sizzla Kalonji, Burro Banton, Junie Platinum and Massyka alongside talented Australian artists Vida-Sunshyne and Raz Bin Sam, the 'Fire Dragon' is truly an international collaborative effort - check out the megamix above! Digital downloads are now available (click below) - for more information please visit the:
Available in Australia and New Zealand through Elefant Traks,
distributed by Inertia. Beautiful packaging including a 24 page booklet,
and available on CD and double vinyl (vinyl limited so be quick!).
Also available online at Elefant Traks
Do yaself a favour and check this one out,
its my KILLER 3rd album recorded in Jamaica and Australia,
featuring heaps of artists including Anthony B, Determine,
Big Youth, Vida-Sunshyne, Stevie Culture, Lisa Dainjah and many
more. Mad tunes, Mad lyrics, Mad energy! This is a first for
Australian music so pls support this release, you won't be
disappointed.
If ya want a taste
just check out the tunes above...
For
those who don't know, I'm a Melbourne based
producer/engineer
/songwriter and keyboardist specialising in cutting edge new
sounds
and heavy vintage roots music. Hip-Hop, Dancehall, Roots
Reggae
and Heavyweight Dub sounds are my speciality. A lot of
my music is still unpublished and unreleased so any labels out there
should holla this way! Same goes for any artists lookin for beats or
remixes. Me nah check ya with no lightweight stuff - strictly
heavyweight!
As well as performing as a solo artist, to present my music live I've brought together an incredible 10-12 piece band, including a horn section, African dancers and Melbourne vocalist Vida Sunshyne (whose credits include work with Nitin Sawhney and Lionel Richie). The shows are by far one of the toughest and most exciting presentations of authentic, raw roots reggae and dancehall music in Australia. Featuring members of Diafrix, The Cruel Sea, Illzilla, Tumburumba, Natty Sistren and more, we've been blazing up venues and festivals around the country!
BOOKINGS OR ENQUIRIES: Please contact Ross Ganf at ross.ganf@lifelounge.com
I'm currently working on two new albums that are sounding HEAVY! Keep checkin here for updates, new tunes, downloads etc.
Look forward to ya posts, respect everytime.
Peace, Jake
VIDEO DESCRIPTION Determine voicing the massive tune
'World A Run So' over Mista Savona's 'Coolibah' riddim,
at Jah Freedom Studios in Jamaica.
VIDEO DESCRIPTION: Anthony B on his first listen to Mista
Savona's 'Arabian Nights' riddim - 30 minutes later in an
incredible recording session he had put down the
incendiary tune 'Blaze The Fire'!
Greetings ayah, new stuff out now! Get nu shirtz & hoodies fi dem cold days dem on www.jah-army.com. for more infos plz subscribe to I&I blog: http://lnk.ms/0NXCt or become a fan on facebook at http://lnk.ms/1w2wl 1love J.A.H.
Sitars n Bleeps - Melbournes first Eastern Electro and Dub festival! This Saturday 17th October at First Floor, 393 Brunswick St, Fitzroy. 9 PM!! Featuring Dub the Magic Dragon, Bulke, DJ Lord Lingham, DJ BP, with Visual Arts from Arnold Eye and Irons! It will be a call for racial harmony in the wake of recent violence towards Indian immigrants living in Australia! We will celebrate our cultural diversity and human likeness with performances from artists of a wide variety of racial and cultural backgrounds. One world, One people, One love!
