John Gatling/CEO/Recording Artist "T@z". Igor "Igo!"Stamenic/Executive Producer. Lisa Sharpsteen/Project Manager. Adam Horowitz/Project Coordinator. Melodi Lawson/Recording Artist, Actress and Choreographer. Ajdin Duzel "Lyrakane"/Recording Artist. Darko Stamenic/Project Assistant.
Influences
My mom and all her late 70's soul and constant singing around the house. I was a really big fan of Michael Jackson, still am. I remember really admiring the audacity of Madonna. She represents everything an artist and a person should be as far as I'm concerned. I thought the world of Aaliyah. She was so far ahead of her time and I will never forget her. The mid 90's Hip-Hop had a huge effect on me. The power of Tupac Shakur, the smooth precision of Notorious BIG, the intelligence of NAS... T.I. is a great artist whom i have tremendous respect for. But propably the most influential (and my personal favorite) of them all happens to be Jay-Z. I love his approach to music.
Sounds Like
All the guys you hear me reference as influences. I believe other artists help to point you in a certain direction until you find your way- and I'm home now. All by myself.
Mal hombre. Literary. Boy interrupted. Lyrical. A teenage way and middle-aged man’s mentality. Maestro and sonic genius. A fan of classical music and resident hip-hop aficionado, he is as likely to read the latest edition of the Wall Street Journal as he is Penthouse Magazine (and we gather not for the journalistic content). There is no genre of music that can accurately describe his presentation or one he seemingly cannot delve into. Unabashedly bold, his is a persona that would probably do it just for kicks.
The former prodigy and star of several Broadway stage productions hails from the gritty streets of New Jersey, where he was reared by his great aunt and a glamourous, fast-lane living mother with a lust for drugs and alcohol. An unfocused and irascible (yet still gifted) student, "jon-jon" sought solace in school while escaping a turbulent home environment and street action. He would forego a career path in the arts for politics, only to find religion before ultimately losing himself. Hence the redemptive saga “The Dark Apology”, a stunningly versatile array of dark, poetic and provocative menace. True to his nature- his approach to music refuses a script or adherence to any formula or any guidelines of any kind. And though graphic and sometimes caustic, he does so in a rather melodic way.
A rebellious non-conformist in possession of an almost supernatural thematic sense of apperception (his IQ hovers around 170) - his songs are derived from a mind flooded with cinematic scope. Always ever original and truly one of a kind, his penchant for bravado and high octane swagger belies a man of aristocratic charm. At once elegant and articulate or poised and graceful, to animated and full of adrenaline- he speaks in beautifully illustrative fragments. Such is the dichotomy and curious case of John Gatling aka “T@z”. A cult of personality and a born leader eager to be his own man, such a sort doesn’t necessarily bode well for a 9 to 5 working man’s existence. “I think your natural inclination as a human being is to question your existence and why you are here,” he offers. I think I’ve answered all of the questions regarding myself except for the ones pertaining to art. To me music is life, in all its forms, that offers so much by way of inspiration. It is a journey that never ends.”
With a plethora of styles, uncanny wit, dexterity and an unorthodox vocality- he embodies all of these elements while also having the most important intangible of them all: presence- or the aura of a star. It is unclear whether he will stumble across redemption or revolution (or both), but what is clear is that he will certainly provide the listener with a degree of uncertainty with each effort, for no 2 songs ever sound alike. “Is that really so amazing? The snowflake, even in its simplicity still has its own authenticity. And it doesn't even live long.” he retorts, and then this. “I think I’m that box of chocolate Forrest Gump’s mother never expected anyone to get.” ******* **************** ******** ******** ******** ******** ***** ****** ******* *********** ******** ******* ********
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