Jason Shae, Newton da Costa, Pete Bandit and Kouam Djoko
Influences
Cabanne, Herbert, Dandy Jack, Pheek, Thomas Melchior, Matthew Dear, Pantytec, Mossa, James Ruskin, Dimbiman, Daniel Bell, Ben Sims, Steve Bug, Akufen, Richie Hawtin, Ricardo Villalobos, Carl Craig, Josh Wink, Jeff Samuel, Quincy Jones, Jamiroquai and everyday things like light, oxygen and jazz music... Further more, sorry for not listing anyone who ever blew our frikkin' mind!
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Jason and the Argonauts Live@Fijn Festival (The Hague)
Sounds Like
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With it’s origins in Ancient Greek Mythology Jason and the Argonauts came to life about 5000 years ago. A man with a mission, steered by the Gods, got together with all the hero’s of his time went on a life’s adventure to forfill his destiny. The myth is symbolic for brotherhood and cherishing a life’s dream in an eternal existence.
With this in mind four friends decided to honour this symbolic value and bring it back to life in the summer of 2004. A second Jason and the Argonauts (J&A) spawned for a shared pupose: creating a live-act en letting everyone know they’re there.
In 2005 they renewed their setup and changed this again and again many times. From playing with 3 laptops, a Machinedrum and FX for vocals they’ve now found themselves in a setup combining 4 laptops and a mic. Throughout the whole Holland they’ve played many and very diverse venues & locations. Abroad partypeople in Belgium, (Northern) Ireland and Germany have danced to their grooves at different clubs & festivals.
Production wise this project brings out the best in all of the bandmembers. Both soloreleases aswell as elaborate collaborations have brought some fine releases. As J&A you will find several netreleases en two nice rmx’s which have been received very well by both dutch and international artists.
To get a good understanding of what they sound like during a performance the guys recommend yu to come and see for yourself: “Our live-act is best experienced live. It combines sounds and some showelements with live interaction with the crowd, thriving it to a peak with loads of energy. Not to vague of a concept like you see a lot these days but concrete deep-going beats brought with a lot of fun/pleasure. Entertainment, if you will.”
One thing’s for certain: Jason and the Argonauts is an act that guarantees an energyboost for everybody, stimulating both visual and auditory senses!!
Jason and the Argonauts consists of:
Jason Shae, Pete Bandit, Newton da Costa and William Kouam Djoko
Collaborations formed in J&A:
Bandit&Shae (DJ)
Le Chien Perdu (Live) [Karat, CATWASH)
William Kouam Djoko (Live&DJ) [ThirtyOneTwenty, Quagmire]
Sven Väth Collabs feat. Speedy J & Chris Liebing Marco Carola Loco Dice James Holden Karotte Cristian Varela Technasia Gaiser LIVE Clickbox LIVE Michel de Hey Secret Cinema LIVE Remy Daniel Stefanik Marek Hemmann LIVE Darko Esser Daniel Sanchez Dennis Ruyer Seebase Nekes Sandeep Joey Daniel Gideon Bouwens Bo & Nijs Size
