Bob Marley, Steel Pulse, Nat King Cole, Sting, Alpha Blondy, Baba Maal, Spear Head, Peter Gabriel, R.Kelly, Angelique Kidjo and more
Genres/Styles
Gospel, Reggae, Jazz, Hip Hop, Pop/Classics, World Music and traditional African music
Sounds Like
Selasee's original songs have the unique blend of American Pop, Reggae and West African Hi-life music. With a mix of English and West African lyrics, his unique voice will captivate you instantly.
However, if this is not enough, then maybe these great artists might give you a better idea of what Selasee sounds like: Baba Maal, Angelique Kidjo, Ben Harper, Ziggy Marely, Damian Jr. Gong Marley, Bob Marley, Steel Pulse, Baba Maal, Spear Head, Angelique Kidjo.
Born in Accra, Ghana, west Africa, Selasee Atiase learned to play guitar, and started composing and performing Gospel music during his early teenage years with his local church group. However, he had a strong desire to reach beyond the gospel audience.
His first attempt to further this ambition was by joining a group called Makuma, made up of five acapella singers. Soon he enrolled on a three-year music program at the school of performing arts at the University of Ghana in Legon.
In August 1996, Selasee performed in front of an audience of 5,000 people at a seminar at the International Trade Fair site in Accra. There, he met Sean Cassidy from Montreal, Canada, who was among the attendees.
Shortly after connecting, Sean sponsored the recording of Makuma's first album and also helped record an album for his local church group know as 'Heart to Heart'. In 1998, the church group was invited to perform at the Worldwide seminar at the Minneapolis Convention Center; after which they stayed an extra week to record a second album. Selasee graduated from the University of Ghana in Legon in May 1999 and moved to the U.S.A. the same year with a dream: to pursue his personal musical vision.
After a couple of years in Utah and a brief six month sojourn in southern California - during which he worked variety of odd jobs as well as composing tunes and performing at coffee houses and restaurants - he increasingly gained confidence and finally moved to Boulder, Colorado. He became the lead singer of a local band that soon became one of the "hot" groups in town.
He started recording his new songs at Flabbey Road Studios in Boulder. In 2003, during a meating with Sean Cassidy in Minneapolis, Selasee gave him a copy of the new tunes he had recorded. Sean was duly impressed by them, and promptly signed on as his manager. He then created RunningDream Records to represent Selasee's growing music career.
Sean attended the 2005 Midem in Cannes, France where he presented one of Selasee's compositons, a Reggae track entitled 'RUN'. It was consequently selected as a soundtrack for the EA Sports 'Fifa 2006' soccer video game available for X-Box, Playstation2, PSP and Nintendo Game Cube. Coincidentally, Ghana his home country, for the first time qualified to participate in the 2006 Football World Cup competition.
Finally, Selasee's first debut album was recorded with RunningDream records at Immersive Studios and Home away from Home Studios in Boulder, Colorado. Selasee's original songs have the unique blend of American Pop, Reggae and West African Hi-life music. With a mix of English and West African lyrics, his unique voice will instantly captivate you.
After landing a spot on the prestigious MIDEM 2006 Buzz Bands showcase, Selasee's music currently is impacting airwaves and enjoying success across the United States; Europe and West Africa. Most recently, Selasee has taken top honors with the International Songwriting Competition; placing first in the World Music category and second in the People's Choice category. The winners were selected out of almost 15,000 entries from 80 countries. Judges included Sonny Rollins, Macy Gray, Tom Waits, John Scofield and many others.
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Yo Selasee, I need you to check out my hot new soca track for 09 'Turn It Up' and also of course to show your page some love. So drop by let me know your views. Well you take it easy and keep in touch.
Thanks Thanks a word which rings out very rare, Thanks a word which is so often forgotten, Thanks a word which will not be used, Thanks a word which will be so often mususe, Thanks a word which much people just say or hear but believe me , please cause it..s true Thanks. (WRITTEN BY MYSELF, RUSUDAN CHIKOBAVA, SAME Ruska...Ruska_Dream On...)
P.S. THANK YOU EVER SO MUCH FOR YOUR FREIDNSHIP MY DEAR FRIEND
JUST WANTED TO LET YOU SOME WORDS, WISH YOU FROM WHOLE HEART WONDERFULL START IN THE NEW WEEK AND SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING MY FRIEND , FOR RESPECT! GOD BLESS YOU TAKE CARE RUSKA DREAM ON....
Feather....Ink....Paper 26 th oktober 2006
When the time comes, to change something, leaf through a book to touch empty page, paper to close last one
When the hand, fingers feel the Feather feel the Ink how it touches empty white Paper and this two...threee...four...more will be one
When the hand writes itself Soul...Heart...Minds... during feeling this Paper then you notice that you are loking for somehitng so long time whole life for LIFE
One and only wish to feel the life your life
One and only Dream to feel your life
You feel Fear alsaw you are afraid everywhere so cold darkness all around you you are scared
The deeplest Dream to feel HAPPINESS at the same time the deeplest Fear from your Dream
PARADOX
You feel how you would just run away, hide in your corner again, in the darkness behind all clounds just run away, whole life with shadows you feel how it beginns how this all happends how you fall down darkness nears you
BUT
the same
FEATHER .... INK....PAPER
you hear how it talks to you and says to go forward don..t let to win this Fear to see HE/SHE/IT !!!F E A R !!! deep and through into the eyes to leave the place of "DUELL" as Winner and go forward with a smile (=) tears forward to the Destiny DREAM to feel live your own L I F E HAPPYNESS = UNHAPPYNESS Your Life DREAM ON.... (WRITTEN BY MYSELF,RUSUDAN CHIKOBAVA SAME RUSKA DREAM ON....)
I'm just dropping by to say Hi SELASSEE! I hope life is being good to you. It's been awhile since I've visited your page, and listened to the best song ever, MAKUMA!! Why don't you have this song released on a CD??? This song is AWESOME!!!!!
Meli-Melo announces that the club is closing down this sunday 10th August 08.
LAST FAREWELL REGGAE PARTY
will be held on
THIS SATURDAY 9TH AUGUST 2008
DJ TURNER & JAH ATOM SOUND SYSTEM & DJ ROSS THE BOSS
night full of roots reggae, dancehall, soul, hip hop and much more
We thank you for your support for all those years, we had great time and we hope to see you there this saturday on our last reggae party. The club will be reopened, more info soon on our web site.
...Happy Belated Birthday to our beloved brethren "Lucky Dube" 8-3-1964 ~~ 10-18-2007 They killed you Lucky, but they never killed your spirit, music or your advocacy for peace, love & unity. We know you have finally found that Peace, Perfect Peace with Jah the Creator. Love & respect always