Jessie J

Love deeply. Live freely.

I WANT LOVE OUT NOW.

www.jessiejofficial.com

Robbie Williams

First finding fame as a member of 90s boy band Take That, Robbie Williams (born February 13th, 1974) has since become a global star, selling millions of records and becoming one of the UK's most treasured celebrities.

Jorja Smith

Ms. Lauryn Hill

New Jersey local Lauryn Hill (born 26 May 1975), is a solo artist, singer-songwriter, rapper, producer and former member of Hip-Hop group The Fugees.

Scorpions

Scorpions are a hard rock/heavy metal band from Hannover, Germany, best known for their 1980s rock anthem "Rock You Like a Hurricane" and their singles "Wind of Change", "No One Like You", "Still Loving You", and "Send Me an Angel". The band has sold over 70 million records worldwide. Formation and early history (1965-1973) Rudolf Schenker, the band's rhythm guitarist, set out to find a band in 1965. At first, the band was school-kind with beat influences and Schenker himself on vocals. Things began to come together in 1969 when Schenker's younger brother Michael and vocalist Klaus Meine joined the band. In 1972 the group recorded and released their debut album Lonesome Crow with Lothar Heimberg on bass and Wolfgang Dziony on drums. During the Lonesome Crow tour, Scorpions opened for upcoming British band UFO. At the end of the tour the members of UFO offered guitarist Michael Schenker the lead guitar job; an offer which he soon accepted. Uli Roth was then called in temporarily to finish off the tour. The departure of Michael Schenker led to the break up of the Scorpions. In 1973, guitarist Uli Roth, a friend of the Schenker brothers, was in a band called Dawn Road. He had been offered the role as lead guitarist in Scorpions after Michael Schenker's departure but turned the band down. Rudolf decided that he wanted to work with Roth but did not want to resurrect the last Scorpions lineup. Rudolf Schenker attended some of Dawn Road's rehearsals and ultimately decided to join the band, which consisted of Roth, Francis Buchholz (bass),Achim Kirschning (keyboards) and Jurgen Rosenthal (drums). Roth persuaded Rudolf Schenker to invite Klaus Meine to join, which he did soon after. While there were more members of Dawn Road than Scorpions in the band, they decided to use the Scorpions name because they had released an album and were known in the German hard rock scene. Rise to popularity (1974-1978) In 1974 the new line-up of Scorpions released Fly to the Rainbow. The album proved to be more successful than Lonesome Crow and songs such as "Speedy's Coming" and the title track began to establish the band's sound. Achim Kirschning decided to leave after the recordings but subsequently guested on keyboards for the next two albums. Soon after, Jürgen Rosenthal had to leave as he was being drafted into the army, and was replaced by a Belgian drummer, Rudy Lenners. He later joined German progressive rock band called Eloy in 1976 and recorded three albums with them. It wasn't until the following year that the band hit their stride with the release of In Trance. In Trance marked the beginning of Scorpions' long collaboration with German producer Dieter Dierks. The album was a huge step forward for Scorpions and firmly established their hard rock formula, while at the same time garnering a substantial fan base, both at home and abroad. In 1976, Scorpions released Virgin Killer. The album's cover, which featured a fully nude prepubescent girl, brought the band considerable criticism and was ultimately pulled or replaced in several countries. In spite of the controversy - lead singer Klaus Meine even expressed shock - the album garnered significant praise from critics and fans alike. The following year, Rudy Lenners resigned due to health reasons and was replaced by Herman Rarebell. The follow-up to Virgin Killer, Taken by Force, was the first Scorpions record to be aggressively promoted in the United States. The album's single, "Steamrock Fever", was added to some of RCA's radio promotional records. Roth was not happy with the label's efforts and the commercial direction the band was taking. Although he performed on the band's Japan tour, he departed to form his own band, Electric Sun prior to the release of the resultant double live album Tokyo Tapes. Tokyo Tapes was released in the US and Europe six months after its Japanese release. By that time in mid 1978, Scorpions recruited new guitarist Matthias Jabs. Commercial success (1979-1990) Following the addition of Jabs, Scorpions left RCA for Mercury Records to record their next album. Just weeks after being evicted from UFO for his alcohol abuse, Michael Schenker also returned to the group for a short period during the recordings of the album. The result was Lovedrive. Containing such fan favorites as "Loving You Sunday Morning", "Holiday" and the instrumental "Coast to Coast", the "Scorpions formula" of hard rock songs mixed in with melodic ballads was firmly cemented. Lovedrive peaked at #55 on the US charts proving that Scorpions were gathering an international following. After the completion and release of the album, the band decided to retain Michael in the band, thus forcing Matthias Jabs to leave. But after a few weeks of the tour, Michael, still coping with alcoholism, kept missing a few gigs and Matthias Jabs was brought back to fill in for him on those occasions when he couldn't perform. In April 1979, during their tour in France, Matthias Jabs was brought in permanently to replace Michael Schenker. In 1980, the band released Animal Magnetism, again with a provocative cover showing a girl kneeling in front of a man's crotch. While Animal Magnetism contained classics such as "The Zoo" and "Make It Real", it was a critical disappointment when compared with Lovedrive. The band then began working on their next album. Blackout was released in 1982 and quickly became the band's best selling to date, eventually going platinum. Blackout spawned three hit singles: "Dynamite," "Blackout" and "No One Like You". It was not until 1984 and the release of Love at First Sting that the band finally cemented their status as rock superstars. Propelled by the single "Rock You Like a Hurricane", Love at First Sting went up the charts and went double platinum a few months after its release. MTV gave the album's videos "Rock You Like a Hurricane", "Bad Boys Running Wild", "Big City Nights", and the power ballad "Still Loving You" significant airtime, greatly contributing to the album's success. The band toured extensively behind Love at First Sting and decided to record and release their second live album, World Wide Live. Recorded over a year long period and released at the height of their popularity, the album was another success for the band, peaking at #17 on the charts. After their extensive world tours, the band finally returned to the studio to record Savage Amusement. Released in 1988, four years after their previous studio album, Savage Amusement represented a more polished pop sound similar to the style Def Leppard had found success with. On the Savage Amusement tour in '88, Scorpions became only the second Western group to play in the Soviet Union (the first being Uriah Heep in December 1987), with a performance in Leningrad. The following year the band returned to perform at the Moscow Music Peace Festival. Wishing to distance themselves from the Savage Amusement style, the band separated from their long-time producer and "Sixth Scorpion," Dieter Dierks, ultimately replacing him with Keith Olsen when they returned to the studio in 1990. Crazy World was released that same year and displayed a less polished sound. The album was a hit, propelled in large part by the massive success of the ballad "Wind of Change". Later days (1991-present) After the release of Crazy World Francis Buchholz, the band's long-serving bassist, left the group. Replacing him was Ralph Rieckermann who handled bass duties until 2002. In 1993 Scorpions released Face the Heat. For the recording process, Scorpions brought in producer Bruce Fairbairn. The album's sound was more metallic than melodic. Face the Heat was a moderate success. In 1995, a new live album, Live Bites, was produced. The disc documented live performances from their Savage Amusement Tour in 1988, all the way through the Face the Heat Tour in 1994. While the album had a much cleaner sound in comparison to their best-selling live album, World Wide Live, it was not as successful. Prior to recording their 13th studio album, 1996's Pure Instinct, drummer Herman Rarebell left the band to set up a recording company. Curt Cress took charge of the drumsticks for the album before James Kottak took over permanently. 1999 saw the release of Eye II Eye and a significant change in the band's style, mixing in elements of pop and techno. While the album was slickly produced, fans were unsure what to make of the band, responding negatively to almost everything from pop-soul backup singers to the electronic drums present on several songs. The video to the album's first European single, "To Be No. 1", featured a Monica Lewinsky lookalike which did little to improve its popularity. The following year Scorpions had a fairly successful collaboration with the Berlin Philharmonic that resulted in a 10-song album named Moment of Glory. The album went a long way towards rebuilding the band's reputation after the harsh criticism of Eye II Eye. In 2001, Scorpions released Acoustica, a live unplugged album featuring acoustic reworkings of the band's biggest hits, plus new tracks. While appreciated by fans, the lack of a new studio album was frustrating to some, and Acoustica did little to return the band to the spotlight. In 2004, the band released Unbreakable, an album that was hailed by critics as a long awaited return to form. The album was the heaviest the band had released since Face the Heat, and fans responded well to tracks such as "New Generation", "Love 'em or Leave 'em" and "Deep and Dark". Whether a result of poor promotion by the band's label or the long time between studio releases, Unbreakable received little airplay and did not chart. Scorpions toured extensively behind the album, and played as special guests with Judas Priest during the 2005 British tour. In early 2006, Scorpions released the DVD 1 Night in Vienna that included 14 live tracks and a complete rockumentary. In May of 2007, Scorpions released Humanity - Hour 1 in Europe. Humanity - Hour 1 became available in the U.S. on August 28, 2007 on New Door Records, entering the Billboard charts at number #63.

Mika

Mika, (born Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr. on August 18th 1983) stylized as MIKA is a Lebanese-British singer-songwriter, who is also the recipient of a BRIT Award.

Juanes

JUANES goza del reconocimiento de la crítica y de un éxito sin precedentes a nivel global, lo que lo han convertido en el músico hispanoparlante más importante del planeta.

El diario The Los Angeles Times lo nombró “la figura individual más relevante de la década dentro de la música latina”, mientras que la revista Rolling Stones se refirió a él como “una superestrella latinoamericana [y] una de las estrellas de rock más grandes del mundo”.

Extraordinario guitarrista y compositor dotado de intensa expresividad, Juanes es hoy un activista social líder, frecuentemente comparado con artistas como Bono y Bruce Springsteen por su firme creencia en el poder de la música como factor de cambio social.

Nacido en Medellín, Colombia, el 9 de agosto de 1972, Juanes fue atrapado en las redes de la música desde temprana edad, influenciado por sonidos encontrados, desde la música arrabalera y los tangos de Carlos Gardel, hasta Soda Stereo, pasando por Led Zeppelin, Silvio Rodríguez y Jimi Hendrix.

Durante 8 años fue cantante, guitarrista y principal compositor del grupo de Rock Ekhymosis (1987-1999) con el que produjo cinco álbumes.

Sus composiciones reflejan estrictamente vivencias personales y su temática va desde el amor hasta el humor y el doble sentido , donde se destaca además el mensaje de alto contenido social y de paz que inquieta al cantautor Juanes y que se opone a la violencia generada por la continua lucha en su natal Colombia, así como por todos los conflictos que marcan la faz de la tierra, y destaca el amor de la familia y el respeto por la humanidad como el camino que nos llevará más allá del encono.

Millones de seguidores de este poético rockero han adoptado sus composiciones como verdaderos himnos dedicados al orgullo latino, la esperanza por la paz, y la fuerza del amor.

Nombrado recientemente una de las 100 personas más influyentes del mundo por la revista Time, Juanes ha dedicado gran cantidad de tiempo a su labor como activista global, y su trabajo en este sentido va mucho más allá de las apasionadas letras de sus canciones. Lo anterior puede comprobarse al constatar la gran cantidad de causas filantrópicas a las que apoya continuamente. Así, el trabajo de su propia fundación Mi Sangre ha sido reconocido a nivel internacional como uno de los más activos en contra de la utilización de las minas personales, tanto en Colombia como en el resto del mundo.

Además de dicha labor en pro de la erradicación de estos mortíferos dispositivos bélicos, la Fundación Mi Sangre proporciona asistencia y rehabilitación a las personas lesionadas por minas terrestres en todo Colombia. La cruzada de Juanes en favor de estas víctimas lo llevó a ser el primer artista en dar un concierto en la sala principal del parlamento de la Unión Europea, evento que trajo consigo una donación de dos y medio millones de Euros.

Asimismo, organizó el muy exitoso recital benéfico Colombia sin minas en Los Ángeles, recolectó fondos para la creación del Parque de la Paz en Medellín, con juegos especialmente adaptados para los individuos con capacidades diferentes, y fungió como orador de honor durante la Cumbre de Cartagena para un mundo libre de minas. Al expandir de esta manera su misión, la Fundación Mi Sangre trabaja actualmente en el área del desarrollo de la niñez temprana a través de toda América Latina.

Además de todos estos esfuerzos específicos realizados mediante esta organización, Juanes se ha ganado el reconocimiento internacional por su papel como cofundador y principal promotor de los históricos conciertos Paz sin Fronteras, mismos que buscan unir a los ciudadanos comunes sin distingo de nacionalidades o ideologías e impulsar la utilización de las resoluciones no violentas para dirimir conflictos.

Organizado en tan sólo una semana en 2008 como respuesta a las crecientes tensiones entre Colombia y Venezuela, el primer concierto Paz sin Fronteras unió a más de 200 mil espectadores (así como a millones de televidentes) que se dieron cita en la frontera entre ambas naciones para demandar un esfuerzo por mantener la paz en la región.

El segundo de estos conciertos se llevó a cabo en La Habana el 20 de septiembre de 2009, para hacerlo coincidir con el Día Internacional de la Paz de las Naciones Unidas. Allí, un millón 200 mil jóvenes atiborraron la Plaza de la Revolución en una impresionante manifestación de unidad y de esperanza en formar “una sola familia cubana”. El evento recibió una extensa cobertura mediática alrededor del mundo, y la cadena CNN lo calificó como “un enorme éxito… en el que Juanes se ganó el cariño de todo el pueblo cubano”; por su parte, The Economist declaró ese día como un “parteaguas en la relación entre Estados Unidos y Cuba”.

En reconocimiento a tan destacada labor filantrópica, el presidente colombiano nombró a Juanes “el Embajador más importante de Colombia”. El compositor también fue distinguido en 2005 por Sir Paul McCartney durante el concierto de gala Adopt-a-Minefield, y poco después se le designó Caballero de la Orden de las Artes y las Letras de la República Francesa. Asimismo, la Organización de Estados Americanos lo nombró en 2008 como el personaje humanitario del año, y en fecha reciente se le otorgó en Colombia el prestigioso Premio Nacional de la Paz, en un voto conjunto del Programa para el Desarrollo de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (UNDP) y representantes de los medios de comunicación colombianos.

Finalmente, Juanes se ha presentado dos veces en vivo como parte del Concierto de Entrega de los Premios Nobel de la Paz en Oslo, y en 2009 encabezó junto con Alicia Keys el programa artístico de la Clinton Global Initiative en Nueva York.

Obviamente, todos estos mensajes de altruismo no serían efectivos si el mensajero no tuviese un gran arrastre popular. A este respecto, no es arriesgado afirmar que Juanes es una de las figuras más importantes del rock latino, tanto por el número de álbumes vendidos como por la enorme cantidad de conciertos con localidades agotadas que ofrece. En su carrera ha celebrado mas 800 conciertos en America, Europa y Asia.

Hasta la fecha, los fans de Juanes han adquirido más de 12 millones de sus discos a nivel mundial, a lo largo de una carrera que abarca sólo cuatro entregas. Ha obtenido nada más y nada menos que diecisiete premios LATIN GRAMMY, todo un récord, siempre encabezando la categoría en la que participa. En 2008, Juanes volvió a arrasar en la entrega de estos galardones —con cinco de cinco—, incluyendo los reconocimientos a mejor álbum y canción del año. De igual manera, en 2009 ganó el premio GRAMMY al mejor álbum pop latino.

Juanes ha ganado además 18 Premios MTV y 16 Premios Lo Nuestro entre otros reconocimientos internacionales.

Adicionalmente, Juanes se encuentra de manera frecuente en los primeros lugares de las listas de popularidad de los Estados Unidos, Europa y toda Latinoamérica. Su disco más reciente, titulado La vida… es un ratico fue el álbum latino más vendido en iTunes durante todo 2008, y “Me enamora”, su primer sencillo, se mantuvo por cinco meses (20 semanas) como el #1 de la lista “Hot Latin Songs” de Billboard. Esto representó la permanencia más larga en el primer lugar de cualquier canción latina durante los últimos tres años. En todas sus grabaciones Juanes toca la guitarra.

La canción “Camisa Negra” del álbum MI Sangre, fue #1 en mas de 43 países

Juanes ha grabado duetos con Nelly Furtado, Black Eye Peas, Tonny Bennet, Miguel Bosé, Raphael y Colbie Caillat.

Recientemente grabó con la leyenda del Jazz, Herbbie Hancock una nueva versión de “La Tierra” canción escrita por Juanes en 1996 y considerada por muchos el segundo himno nacional de Colombia.

En el 2010 Juanes recibió el premio NAFTRA a la Excelencia Categoría Grabación Musical y el Premio Presidente BMI por su larga trayectoria de éxitos como compositor.

Más allá del sólido respaldo de sus seguidores, las estaciones radiofónicas y sus compañeros de profesión, la música de Juanes ha recibido grandes elogios de la crítica especializada:

“…canciones inolvidables en discos que retan, inspiran y cautivan…

uno de los artistas más influyentes de la década… capaz de vender millones al tiempo que compone música inteligente, que invita a la reflexión”-NPR

“El cantante y compositor más candente de América Latina…

un poeta con guitarra eléctrica” - New York Times

“Un héroe cultural con gran imaginación musical y un don para las letras poéticas: un John Lennon latino” – Amazon

“El más grande e importante artista latinoamericano

en este inicio del siglo XXI” – All Music

Thee Sacred Souls

Stepping off the stage after their very first club date, Josh, Sal, and Alex were tugged aside by producer Bosco Mann whose seasoned ears had been tickled by their set. Backs were patted, hands were shook, and three days later heads were bobbing in Mann’s Riverside studio, as the Souls laid their first notes to tape.

Inspired by the souldies around which they were reared, Alex Garcia and Sal Samano found chemistry when they began cutting bedroom demos of rhythm tracks together in 2019. Multi-instrumentalists both, Alex migrated from the guitar to the drums where he discovered the sensitive touch and unique feel that would be the pillowy pulse of the band’s sound, while Sal learned to carve winding bass lines through the deep spidery grooves of their vamps. Though the jams they created together were scintillating, it wasn’t until they connected with vocalist Josh Lane that the real sound of Thee Sacred Souls came into focus. Josh had recently relocated to San D. from Sacramento where he had studied singing, honing his voice into a weightless vehicle that could carry the Smokey-esque lyrics and Marvin-ous melodies he had bubbling within him. The connection was electric, Josh’s mellifluous poetry floating weightlessly atop Alex and Sal’s rhythms, and Thee Sacred Souls were born.

Their first two releases, “Can I Call You Rose?”, a sumptuous love song, and “Weak for Your Love”, a chilling hard-hitter are both available online via streaming or for purchase on vinyl.

Gente De Zona

Selah Sue

Charlotte Cardin

Born in Montreal and based in Paris for the past few years, Charlotte Cardin shines on the global stage thanks to her striking authenticity and emotional depth. Named Billboard’s Global Woman of the Year in 2025, the Canadian singer-songwriter has amassed hundreds of millions of streams worldwide, confirming her remarkable international reach. She has graced some of the world’s most renowned stages — from Bonnaroo to Festival d’Été de Québec to Les Vieilles Charrues — earning praise from major outlets such as Harper’s BAZAAR, W Magazine, TF1, and Le Parisien.

In late 2024, following a triumphant sold-out show at the Zénith de Paris and a standout performance on Star Academy, Charlotte was thrust into the spotlight with the single Feel Good. The song quickly became a true phenomenon, standing out as the most-played track on French radio and television. It sustained over three million weekly streams for several weeks and earned Platinum certification.

Released in 2023, Charlotte Cardin’s second album, 99 Nights, marked a major turning point in her career. The project brought her international visibility, with a billboard in Times Square, a dedicated Apple Music 1 radio show, a COLORS performance, and a debut at #9 on Spotify’s Global Debut Chart. In Canada, the album was widely acclaimed, earning JUNO Awards for Album of the Year and Pop Album of the Year.

Charlotte first broke through in 2021 with Phoenix, a critically acclaimed debut that garnered six JUNO Award nominations and four wins, including Album of the Year and Single of the Year for Meaningless. Certified Platinum in Canada, Phoenix made Charlotte the first Canadian artist to reach the top of the Canadian Billboard chart since Céline Dion in 2016.

Following the Big Boy EP and Main Girl EP, Cardin emerged as an international phenomenon with her 2021 debut Phoenix. At the 2022 JUNO Awards, the LP took home “Album of the Year” and “Pop Album of the Year,” while Meaningless garnered “Single of the Year” and she personally received “Artist of the Year.” Inciting unanimous tastemaker applause, HYPEBAE christened her “one of Canada’s brightest young talents.” Following sold-out headline dates and powerhouse turns at Bonnaroo and Festival d’Été de Québec, Cardin topped the bill at Osheaga in 2021, marking a momentous Montréal homecoming.

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Deluxe

Si ça t'a plu, reviens moustachu !

Faouzia

Riles

Jose James

Jose James (born January 20th, 1978) is an American singer known for his signature blend of modern jazz and hip hop. He hails from Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Cory Wong

Meute

„The party's most unforgettable moment.” Resident Advisor

Saib

Madison McFerrin

Throughout her fruitful independent career, Madison McFerrin has earned accolades from NYT, NPR, FADER, and Pitchfork, who named her a Rising Artist in 2018. Her genre-bending style led to Questlove dubbing her early sound “soul-appella.” In addition to a stirring performance on the renowned COLORS Studio, Madison has also performed at Central Park SummerStage and BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn, and shared stages with the likes of De La Soul, Gallant, and The Roots. Off the stage, Madison’s music has been featured in episodes of Broad City and Random Acts of Flyness. Working at the intersection of artistry and community building, Madison co-curated the BRIC Jazz Festival in 2021, and in 2022, aligned her MAD LOVE initiative with the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy to provide some much needed space for healing from the collective trauma of the pandemic. Last fall, she mesmerized crowds with sold out shows in London and Paris during her EU tour and made her debut at the Corona Capital Festival after releasing, "Stay Away (From Me)," which she performed live on The Colbert Show's #LATESHOWMEMUSIC series. Ahead of releasing new music in 2023, she has blown away sold out crowds in NYC and LA.

Fantastic Negrito

My new album “White Jesus Black Problems” is out now. Buy or listen to the album here: https://orcd.co/wjbp

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Part love story, part history lesson, Fantastic Negrito’s extraordinary new album, White Jesus Black Problems, is an exhilarating ode to the power of family and the enduring resilience of our shared humanity. Inspired by the illegal, interracial romance of his seventh generation grandparents—a white indentured servant and an enslaved Black man—in 1750s Virginia, the collection is bold and thought provoking, grappling with racism, capitalism, and the very meaning of freedom itself, all without ever losing sight of the desire and determination at the heart of the tale. While each track could stand easily on its own, stepping back to absorb the album and its companion film in their full context yields a far more transcendent experience, one that challenges our notions of who we are, where we come from, and where we’re headed.

Born Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz, Negrito grew up in an orthodox Muslim household in Oakland, CA. After a car cash nearly robbed him of his ability to play guitar, he began an unlikely redemption arc in 2015, when he won the first NPR Tiny Desk Contest. In the years to come, Negrito would go on to take home three consecutive GRAMMYs for Best Contemporary Blues Album, tour with everyone from Sturgill Simpson to Chris Cornell, collaborate with the likes of Sting and E-40, launch his own Storefront Records label, perform at nearly every major festival on the map, and found the Revolution Plantation, an urban farm aimed at youth education and empowerment.

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Hiromi

Hiromi Uehara (上原ひろみ, born March 26, 1979) is a jazz composer and pianist born in Hamamatsu, Japan. She is known for her virtuosic technique, energetic live performances and blend of musical genres such as jazz, progressive rock, classical and fusion in her compositions. She performs as a trio alongside bassist Tony Grey and drummer Martin Valihora. On October 19, 2006, the trio added guitarist David Fiuczynski (from the Screaming Headless Torsos), to form Hiromi's Sonicbloom. Hiromi's official website is located at http://www.hiromimusic.com/. Hiromi first mesmerized the jazz community with her 2003 Telarc debut, Another Mind. The buzz started by her first album spread all the way back to her native Japan, where Another Mind shipped gold (100,000 units) and received the Recording Industry Association of Japan's (RIAJ) Jazz Album of the Year Award. The keyboardist/composer's second release, Brain, won the Horizon Award at the 2004 Surround Music Awards, Swing Journal's New Star Award, Jazz Life's Gold Album, HMV Japan's Best Japanese Jazz Album, and the Japan Music Pen Club's Japanese Artist Award (the JMPC is a classical/jazz journalists club). Brain was also named Album of the Year in Swing Journal's 2005 Readers Poll. In 2006, Hiromi won Best Jazz Act at the Boston Music Awards and the Guinness Jazz Festival's Rising Star Award. She also claimed Jazzman of the Year, Pianist of the Year and Album of the Year in Swing Journal Japan's Readers Poll for her 2006 release, Spiral. Hiromi continues her winning streak as Hiromi's Sonicbloom with the 2007 release of Time Control and her 2008 release of Beyond Standard. Born in Shizuoka, Japan, in 1979, Hiromi took her first piano lessons at age six. She learned from her earliest teacher to tap into the intuitive as well as the technical aspects of music. "Her energy was always so high, and she was so emotional," Hiromi says of her first piano teacher. "When she wanted me to play with a certain kind of dynamics, she wouldn't say it with technical terms. If the piece was something passionate, she would say, 'Play red.' Or if it was something mellow, she would say, 'Play blue.' I could really play from my heart that way, and not just from my ears." Hiromi took that intuitive approach a step further when she enrolled in the Yamaha School of Music less then a year after her first piano lessons. By age 12, she was performing in public, sometimes with very high-profile orchestras. "When I was 14, I went to Czechoslovakia and played with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra," she says. "That was a great experience, to play with such a professional orchestra." Further into her teens, her tastes expanded to include jazz as well as classical music. A chance meeting with Chick Corea when she was 17 led to a performance with the well-known jazz pianist the very next day. "It was in Tokyo," Hiromi recalls. "He was doing something at Yamaha, and I was visiting Tokyo at the time to take some lessons. I talked to some teachers and said that I really wanted to see him. I sat down with him, and he said 'Play something.' So I played something, and then he said, 'Can you improvise?' I told him I could, and we did some two-piano improvisations. Then he asked me if I was free the next day. I told him I was, and he said, 'Well, I have a concert tomorrow. Why don't you come?' So I went there, and he called my name at the end of the concert, and we did some improvisations together." After a couple years of writing advertising jingles for Nissan and a few other high-profile Japanese companies, Hiromi came to the United States in 1999 to study at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. For as open as her musical sensibilities had already been when she came to the U.S., the Berklee experience pushed her envelope even further. "It expanded so much the way I see music," she says. "Some people dig jazz, some people dig classical music, some people dig rock. Everyone is so concerned about who they like. They always say, 'This guy is the best,' 'No, this guy is the best.' But I think everyone is great. I really don't have barriers to any type of music. I could listen to everything from metal to classical music to anything else." Among her mentors at Berklee was veteran jazz bassist Richard Evans, who teaches arranging and orchestration. Evans co-produced Another Mind, her Telarc debut, with longtime friend and collaborator Ahmad Jamal, who has also taken a personal interest in Hiromi's artistic development. "She is nothing short of amazing," says Jamal. "Her music, together with her overwhelming charm and spirit, causes her to soar to unimaginable musical heights." At 26, Hiromi stands at the threshold of limitless possibility, constantly drawing inspiration from virtually everyone and everything around her. Her list of influences, like her music itself, is boundless. "I love Johann Sebastian Bach, I love Oscar Peterson, I love Franz Liszt, I love Ahmad Jamal," she says. "I also love people like Sly & The Family Stone, Dream Theater and King Crimson. Also, I'm so much inspired by sports players like Carl Lewis and Michael Jordan. Basically, I'm inspired by anyone who has big, big energy. They really come straight to my heart." But she won't, as a matter of principle, put labels on her music. She'll continue to follow whatever moves her, and leave the definitions to others. "I don't want to put a name on my music," she says. "Other people can put a name on what I do. It's just the union of what I've been listening to and what I've been learning. It has some elements of classical music, it has some rock, it has some jazz, but I don't want to give it a name."

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NUBIYAN TWIST

Nubiyan Twist are a 10 piece musical collective founded by producer and guitarist Tom Excell. The group draw on their backgrounds in jazz, reggae and soul, with a fusion of afro-beat and latin rhythms, to create a modern sound that embraces live electronics alongside traditional instrumentation and jazz inspired improvisation. A culmination of musicians, DJ's and producers alike Nubiyan Twist boasts a 4 piece horn section, 5 piece rhythm section, 4 part vocal harmonies, live dubs and electronics. Every member brings their own musical strengths and their live show has intimate moments allowing each talent to shine, however the whole is always greater than the sum of its parts with powerful, full arrangements seamlessly transitioning throughout their performances. Over the band's 5 year lifespan they have shared stages with the likes of De La Soul, Hot 8 Brass Band, Quantic & Robert Glasper. Their debut album received 4 star reviews from the Independent, Mojo, Songlines, Blues n Soul (to name a few) and has had radio support from David Rodigan, Craig Charles, Trevor Nelson and Huey Morgan. 10 PIECE AFRO-BEAT, DUB & JAZZ! www.nubiyantwist.co.uk

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