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Nadir
Funk / Soul / Progressive

"How's Your Funk???"

Detroit, MI
United States

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Last Login:  7/6/2008
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  http://www.myspace.com/nadirdistortedsoul  

   Nadir: General Info
Member Since5/18/2005
Band Websitedistortedsoul.com
Band MembersNADIR's Distorted Soul is:

Nadir on vocals and guitar
Nadir

The Legendary Kris K on guitar and vocals
KrisK

Funkmaster Kamau on the bass
Kamau

The Reverend Doctor Brandon Holland on keyboards
Brandon

Dan "Of Course He's the Man" Eichinger on the drums
Dan

The Soulful Yaminah on vocals
Yaminah

Influences
Malcolm X, Prince, P-Funk, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, Public Enemy, Langston Hughes, Fela Kuti, Wynton Marsalis, The Black Panther Party for Self Defense, A Tribe Called Quest, Curtis Mayfield, Me'Shell Ndegeocello, James Cleveland, Muhammad Ali, Terrence Trent D'Arby, Marcus Garvey, Bad Brains, Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Omar, Alice Walker, Stanley Clarke, Kwame Nkrumah, Van Halen, Herbie Hancock, Mohandas Gandhi, The Roots, Tin Machine, Marvin Gaye, John Henrik Clarke, D'Angelo, Bill Withers, Ntozake Shange, Sly Stone, Andre Crouch, James Brown, Rush, The Isley Brothers, Kahlil Gibran, Hall & Oates, Bootsy Collins, Gil Scott-Heron, Fishbone, Al Green, Charles R. Johnson, Cameo, Sting and The Police, John Coltrane, Che Guevara and Bob Marley
Sounds Like
Record LabelEclipse America Productions
Type of LabelNone





   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jun 18 2008 6:00P
NADIR Solo - Juneteenth at The Woodward Detroit, Michigan
Jun 20 2008 5:30P
NADIR’s DISTORTED SOUL - River Days Festival Detroit, Michigan
Jul 2 2008 11:30A
NADIR’s DISTORTED SOUL - Lunch Time Jam at Campus Martius Detroit, Michigan
Jul 4 2008 10:30P
NADIR’s DISTORTED SOUL - The Village Idiot Maumee, Ohio
Jul 5 2008 8:00P
NADIR’s DISTORTED SOUL - Water Festival Ecorse, Michigan
Jul 30 2008 1:00P
NADIR Solo - Vets 4 Vets at VA Medical Center Detroit, Michigan
Aug 2 2008 8:00P
NADIR’s DISTORTED SOUL - Jazz on the River Trenton, Michigan
Aug 8 2008 10:30P
NADIR’s DISTORTED SOUL - The Village Idiot Maumee, Ohio
Sep 12 2008 10:30P
NADIR’s DISTORTED SOUL - The Village Idiot Maumee, Ohio
Oct 10 2008 10:30P
NADIR’s DISTORTED SOUL - The Village Idiot Maumee, Ohio
Nov 14 2008 10:30P
NADIR’s DISTORTED SOUL - The Village Idiot Maumee, Ohio
Dec 12 2008 10:30P
NADIR’s DISTORTED SOUL - The Village Idiot Maumee, Ohio

Nadir's Latest Blog Entry  [Subscribe to this Blog]

Concert Review: Nadir @ BAM Café, Brooklyn Academy of Music - Brooklyn, NY, Feb. 9, 2008  (view more)

Loving Detroit, Leaving Detroit: Part 2 - Corner Boy  (view more)

Loving Detroit, Leaving Detroit: Part 1 - Detroit’s Daughter  (view more)

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   About Nadir
Some artists defy classification.
Detroit’s revolutionary soul man, Nadir, rebels against it.


His solo debut Distorted Soul 2.0 was crowned "Best Funk Album of the Year" by Soul-Patrol.com and earned a Detroit Music Award for "Outstanding Urban Funk/Hip-Hop Recording", after international spins on Urban A/C, Rock, Urban Contemporary and even Smooth Jazz radio.

Slave: The Remixtape, which offers fourteen very different remixes of Nadir’s award-winning composition "Slave" (and six additional tracks online) - in Crunk, Funk, Hip-hop, Rock, Funky House, Techno styles and more - was a top 5 Breakout track on Billboard's Club Play chart.

Witnesses can catch Nadir skanking funk guitar on tour in the U.S., Canada or Europe, or rocking an acoustic in front of the White House demanding that George Bush step down. His funk-rock jam band, Distorted Soul, rips through Nadir’s diverse originals, then fires off hard rocking versions of soul classics like "Love TKO" or reincarnates rock anthems like "Life in the Fast Lane" as dance floor friendly funk burners.

"When you get right down to it," Nadir explains, "I'm all about telling stories, singing songs and making music that moves people - spiritually, emotionally, physically, politically, whatever. Don't just sit there! Do something!"

This Southern-bred singer-songwriter and his stalwart band play with an aplomb that could raise the corpses of Marley and Hendrix. No $h!t To label them simply neo-soul would be downright reductive." Metro Times, Detroit"

NADIR has received several recent awards for his work including:

- Five Detroit Music Awards: Three in a row (2005-2007) for Outstanding Urban/Funk Songwriter; Outstanding Urban/Funk Vocalist (2006); Outstanding Urban/Funk/Hip Hop Recording (2005)

- Distorted Soul 2.0 named Best Funk CD of 2005 by SoulPatrol.com

- A finalist berth in the John Lennon International Songwriting Contest for "Slave"

- He was selected by the editors of Billboard Magazine as a finalist in the 2004 Independent Music World Series

- Listeners at GarageBand.com raved over his song "Slave" voting the track No. 1 Best Male Vocals in Funk, all-time, No. 1 Bitter Breakup Song in Funk, all-time, No. 2 Best Lyrics in Funk, all-time

Distorted Soul 2.0 is a ground-breaking album that has received rave reviews from critics and listeners alike. Chris Rizik of Soultracks.com says "The praise is well deserved, as this is absolutely infectious urban rock, calling to mind the better moments of artists from Ernie Isley to Lenny Kravitz." Dirk Binsau, publisher of the website Jazz-Not-Jazz.com, believes NADIR "has really developed a sound and style of his own and Distorted Soul 2.0 is very different from what Ive heard in a long time and thats what makes this album special."



""Its STONE COLD FUNK, it makes you DANCE, it ROCKS your world, its got GREAT LYRICS, it's got POWERHOUSE SOUL SINGING, it's got GREAT MUSCIANSHIP, it makes you THINK about the world and it makes you SMILE." - www.soul-patrol.com-

Slave: The Remixtape features 14 captivating new versions of NADIR's award-winning song by some of the best young producers on the scene. Guaranteed to make you a slave to the dancefloor!



"It’s a fantastic example of what remixers can do when given good material... If you’re into remixes, Nadir’s Slave: The Remixtape is a tour-de-force of remixing." -Synthtopia-

Distorted Soul

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Nadir's Friends Comments
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Jul 4 2008 1:00 PM

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Jul 5 2008 6:04 AM

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Jul 2 2008 11:14 AM

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Jun 29 2008 12:03 PM

Thank you for being my friend!

Can i come over later and see what's in
the fridge and hangout?? :o)
DJ Baltimore Boogie Man





Jun 26 2008 7:45 PM

LOVE & PEACE !

Fractile Lights
Suzy





Jun 26 2008 12:14 PM

I will have my dancing shoes on!! See you there ;)
kedra L'Etiopienne





Jun 25 2008 6:01 AM

1 Thanks so much for the add and welcome in Africa , ethiopia and Hailé Sélassié' s memory !
Bless, kedra
Suzy





Jun 24 2008 3:12 PM

CONGRATS!! Sorry I missed you at the Village. Will see you again soon.
Mr. Prophet





Jun 22 2008 6:51 PM

Hey Nadir, had a great time with you this weekend up in Alpina. We need more hits like that one.
Lets get recording!!
RHEN





Jun 20 2008 11:49 AM

Hey,
hope you're having a good afternoon. Things are good here, just lazying around :)
much love
~adrian
adrianrhen. com
DADDIE RICH





Jun 20 2008 6:12 AM

SHOWIN SOME LUV!!
Vinson and Masoandro Band





Jun 17 2008 9:24 AM

Hi Nadir
I love your sound and your music.
Vinson from Madagascar
Ionne





Jun 16 2008 4:46 PM

Nadir , just stoped by to say hi chico, hope you had a great weekend and hope that everything is going well!
I luv neosoul LLC


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Jun 14 2008 5:49 PM

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Jun 10 2008 6:44 AM

peace nadir. glad to see all is well. stay blessed :),

"epiphany"
Odell Jones





Jun 9 2008 6:36 AM

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Jun 7 2008 1:27 PM

SUP SHOWIN YA PAGE SUM COOL L
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

1
Tee Turner





Jun 5 2008 9:08 AM

Thanks for the add. Great show at the DMA. Congratualtions on your award.
Tee Turner
Paul Travis (Power Drummer)





Jun 4 2008 8:00 AM

Saw you online, just stopping by to say whats up with ya. Stop buy my page check out the new live video's for D-Town.
Peace!
KIREINA New album soon





Jun 3 2008