You decide…. But these are some of my all-time favourite artists and music cultures that are in there somewhere…!
Folk music of the world (particularly from: Mali, Madagascar, South Africa, Cape Verde, Jamaica, Ecuador, Ireland, the Balkans, Puerto Rica, Cuba and Guatemala), David Sancious, Son House, Joni Mitchell, Egberto Gismonti, Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind and Fire, Black Uhuru, Ali “Farka” Toure, Donny Hathaway, Joyce, Paul Simon, Van Halen, Al Green, Curtis Mayfield, S.E. Rogie, Meshell Ndegeocello, Caron Wheeler, Gil Scott Heron, Aretha Frankiln, R.H. Harris, George Benson, Hermeto Pascoal, The Wailers, Carmen Gonzalez, Cassandra Wilson, Jimi Hendrix, Bacharach and David, and many of my new people on Myspace….(This list is getting longer all the time….!)
MUSICALIST: a music enthusiast with a healer's mission.
TRACKS:
1) "THERESA" (demo) – (feat. Cleveland Watkiss on Vocals). Asheber: Engineering, Musicalist:all instruments. (From the forthcoming album:MIGRATION STORIES.)
2) "KINGDOM OF KINDNESS" (demo) – (feat. Tunde Jegede on Kora and Orphy Robinson on Vibraphone), Deka Ameyibor, Georgette Okey and Andi McClean: Engineering, all other instruments:Musicalist. (From the forthcoming album:RISING SON.)
3) "YOU CAN'T RUN" - HKB FiNN: vocals, Jose Joyette: Kit Drum, and D'Jembe, Jorge Joyette: Chorus Vocals, Derek Johnson aka Musicalist: Acoustic and Electric Guitars and Piano, Steve Lowe: Engineering. From HKB FiNN's Album SPOKEN HERBS.
ALL TRACKS PRODUCED BY DEREK JOHNSON aka MUSICALIST
Born in London, England in 1965 to Jamaican parents, number seven of eight children, Derek Johnson (Musicalist), has been involved in the arts most of his life.
His prime instruments are: Guitar, specialist Drum Programming, Flutes and Electric Bass.
Though playing live from eleven, he started his recording career on guitar at sixteen with the UK group Loose Ends. Over the years, as well as composing for film and theatre, he has worked with a wide variety of international artists, bands and organisations that include: Caron Wheeler (UK/USA), Tunde Jegede (UK), Oumou Sangaré (Mali), Kassé Mady Diabaté (Mali), Toumani Diabaté (Mali), Sambou Suso (Gambia), Juldeh Camara (Gambia), the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (UK), HKB FiNN (UK), Dub Asante (UK), Mafia & Fluxy (UK), Alton Ellis (Jamaica), Yellowman (Jamaica), the Brodsky String Quartet (UK), Marcia Griffiths (Jamaica), Gyptian (Jamaica), Cleveland Watkiss (UK), Blacksmith (UK), Carmen Souza (Cape Verde/Portugal), Salt ’n’ Pepa (USA), John Holt (Jamaica), Asheber (UK), Eternal (UK), Mighty Diamonds (Jamaica), Twinkle Brothers (Jamaica), Trebunie-Tutki (Poland), Kwame Kwei-Armah (UK), Suprême NTM (France), Lord Kossity (France), Sai-Sai (France), Ton-Ton David (France), Jah Mason (Jamaica), Eric Roche (UK/Ireland), Wumni (Nigeria/USA), Meshell Ndegeocello (USA), Amy Newton (UK), Ultra Nate (USA), Donna Marie (UK), Johnny Clarke (Jamaica), Mica Paris (UK), Pauline Oduro (Ghana), Steel Pulse (UK), Eugene Skeef (South Africa), Bheki Mseleku (South Africa), Sonti Mndebele (South Africa), Shorty Rogers (USA), Leon Ware (USA), the Random Dance Company (UK), Tippa Irie (UK), Alpheous Little (UK), the Temba Theatre Company (UK), Scientist (Jamaica), The Soothsayers (UK) and many, many more….
His personal ongoing major musical interest is the development of his particular modern twist on folk-roots inflections from around the world. As a producer, composer and musician, this influence is ever-present in his work to some degree or other. He is also part of a particularly vibrant scene of creativity based in London that has brought forth many talented people who are also dedicated to mixing folk music sounds from all over the world and weaving their own contemporary influence through it. These include: Asheber, the Children of Aya, HKB FiNN, Tunde Jegede, El Crisis, Ade Sose Wallace, Eugene Skeef, Caron Wheeler, Jason Yarde, the Soothsayers, Cleveland Watkiss, Byron Wallen, Sona, Orphy Robinson, Jazz Jamaica, Skatronics, Ray Carless, Courtney Pine and Bheki Mseleku - to name just a few.
Drawing from his wide experiences over the past two decades, he has created the sound Blu-Dub - consisting largely of the spiritual, rhythmic, melodic and harmonic sentiments of Jamaica, the Acoustic Blues of the American South and the music of North-West African Griots, all wrapped in the relentless, driving pulse of the modern-day London experience. (See HKB FiNN’s recent Spoken Herbs album for just a few examples.)
Soon to be completed are two solo albums by Derek Johnson as Musicalist: Rising Son (instrumental) and Migration Stories (with voice) – featuring guest vocalists that include: Cleveland Watkiss, Caron Wheeler and Kwame Kwei-Armah – all singing melodies (no lyrics), with the point being to free the songs to the listener – beyond the barriers of national languages.
He has also been a holistic educator in music and music business since 1989, teaching over 5500 individuals in many major institutions including: the Academy of Contemporary Music (Surrey), City University (London), the Cass Business School (London), the Dulwich Music Academy (London), the Cultural Industries Development Agency (London), The Gateway School of Music (Kingston University) and Westminster University (London). He specialises in the field of human psychology, revealing how the everyday expressions of this area deeply affect (subjective) artistic creativity, as well as (objective) professional practices in business within the music industry.
Derek is the author of a new book: The Roots of Our Game: Decoding the Culture and Philosophies That Built and Drive the Music Industry (watch this space for availability!) – a 650-page piece on the collisions (the bruises and the victories!) between human behaviour and developing culture; music history; and the music business. In 2007, he appeared at the 41st Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland discussing the contents of this major work. The author also interviewed Jamaican legend Horace Andy in conjunction with this session, examining the artist's career as a creative; his views on the music world; and his opinions of the music business. All questions were based on the philosophies that are at the core of this book.
Current ongoing live and/or recording musical projects include: the African Classical Music Ensemble, the Dub Asante band, the Soothsayers, the Drovers Street Band with HKB FiNN, Horace Andy, Asheber, Children of Aya, Born 4 This, as well as continued works with the Bese Saka Arts Foundation, the film company Rice N Peas and his own solo career....
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Hello! Thank you so much for such a warm comment,we are humbled..your music brings sunshine into the darkness and the cold weather here in Berlin ..THANK YOU!!! Kindest..
Hi Derek, Thank you for your kind message,i love your sounds they give me a peaceful heart. I met Juldeh in Rye where i live he was playing with Justin Adams and the whole place was up and grooving to the music a truly memorable night,i would like one day to have him play on one of my tracks.........One day Perhaps? Must see you live one day. Hang on to the spirit Andy
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