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adam von passow
santa monica, CA, United States
- Crafts:
- musician
- Genres:
- ambient acoustic
- Influences:
- Fela Kuti
Michał R.
Cracow, Poland
- Instruments:
- Guitar (All)
- Genres:
- jazz (all), funk (all), World Music
- Influences:
- Fela Kuti
Jovian B.
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- Instruments:
- Guitar (All), Bass, Keyboard (All), synthesizer
- Influences:
- Jimi Hendrix, Fela Kuti
Sila M.
San Francisco, CA, United States
- Instruments:
- Guitar (All), keyboard
- Genres:
- afrobeat, funk (all), afro-soul, african
- Influences:
- Fela Kuti, James Brown
Dirk Lind
Neah Bay, WA, United States
- Crafts:
- songwriter
- Instruments:
- Guitar (All), Percussion (All), Bass (All)
- Genres:
- worldbeat, folk, Alternative
- Influences:
- Youssou N'Dour, Paul Simon, Fela Kuti, Bob Marley
Michael Etchells
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Crafts:
- producer
- Influences:
- Danger Mouse, Fela Kuti, J Dilla, Madlib
Latifah Akilude
Egbeda., Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
- Crafts:
- musician, arranger, composer, a&r artist development
- Instruments:
- Keyboard (All)
- Genres:
- World Music, Hip-Hop, soul, rhythm and blues (r&b)
- Influences:
- Celine Dion, Fela Kuti, King Sunny Ade
Michael Hyde
Bellflower, CA, United States
- Crafts:
- producer, musician, recording engineer, composer, film composer, songwriter, lyricist, arranger
- Instruments:
- drum machine, drums, electric guitar, Bass, Synthesizer (All), Keyboard (All), voice (male)
- Genres:
- reggae, reggaeton, rhythm and blues (r&b), jazz (all), hip hop, Pop, World Music, punta rock, Soca, calypso, dancehall, african, afro-zouk
- Influences:
- Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, Herbie Hancock, Fela Kuti, Etc.
Papa M.
- Instruments:
- Keyboard (All), drum machine, computer (mac), computer (pc)
- Genres:
- contemporary, Hip-Hop, rhythm and blues (r&b), Soca, dancehall, Pop, afro-juju, soul, rock
- Influences:
- Fela Kuti, Sade, Quincy Jones, Sting, King Sunny Ade, Bob Marley
Andrew Shewell
- Instruments:
- Guitar (All), piano, drums
- Genres:
- experimental, rock, electronic
- Influences:
- michael oldfield, Fela Kuti, Daft Punk, Flying Lotus, Beck, The Beatles
Lyndon BNP Menard
- Instruments:
- drums, Organ (All), Synthesizer (All), Midi Controller (All), midi keyboard, microphone, mixer, effects, electronic bass
- Genres:
- garage, house, deep soul, experimental, jazz groove, afro-zouk
- Influences:
- Larry Lavan, Giorgio Moroder, Kraftwerk, Roger Troutman, Herbie Hancock, Fela Kuti, Bob Marley
Featured Artist
Nick P.
NY, United States
- Instruments:
- Guitar (All), Banjo (All), Bass (All), Dulcimer (All), Keyboard (All)
- Genres:
- rock, Math-rock, Indie, post-rock, post-minimalism
- Influences:
- Minus the Bear, The Books, Dmitri Shostakovich, Fela Kuti, Nick Drake, Prefuse 73
Joey McGuire
- Crafts:
- producer, band director, songwriter, musician
- Instruments:
- Guitar (All), Bass, Keyboard (All)
- Influences:
- Fela Kuti, James Brown, Coxson Dodd, Studio One, Norman Whitfield, Motown
Bradford James
- Crafts:
- label owner, dj, producer, distributor
- Genres:
- deep house, hip hop, soul jazz, spoken word
- Influences:
- Fela Kuti, Roy Ayers, John Jellybean Benitez, Little Louie Vega, Stevie Wonder, Larry Lavan, Osunlade
DJ TURMIX
Manhattan, United States
DR FLOWTRON
PHILADELPHIA, PA, United States
- Crafts:
- producer
- Instruments:
- loop programmer
- Genres:
- Hip-Hop, deep house, afrobeat, drum and bass
Darien Train
Brooklyn, NY, United States
- Crafts:
- producer
- Instruments:
- computer (pc)
- Genres:
- hip house, electropop, dance pop, electronica
- Influences:
- Talking Heads, Basement Jaxx, Andrew Bird, Fela Kuti, War, Justice, Beck, Cake
Freddie Moises
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ, United States
- Crafts:
- musician, songwriter, session musician, singer, sound technician, music archivist, poet, lyricist, arranger, music philosopher, spoken word artist
- Instruments:
- alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute, Guitar (All)
- Genres:
- acoustic, jazz (all), blues, reggae, folk rock, rock and roll
- Influences:
- Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Jerry Garcia, George Harrison, Fela Kuti, The Police, John Coltrane
Contest Honorable Mentions
Featured Artist
The Twinsbee
paris, France
- Instruments:
- drums, Bass, Guitar (All), Keyboard (All)
DJ Smash
SAN FRANCISCO, California, United States
- Crafts:
- musician, music editor, music psychologist, producer, dj, educator/teacher, arranger, a&r artist development
- Instruments:
- keyboard, turntables, computer (mac)
Nadina Mauri
- Instruments:
- voice, Guitar (All), cajon, shaker, tambourine, Bass, conga
- Genres:
- reggae, Latin Music, soul, jazz, dance, dancehall, Hip-Hop, afrobeat, salsa, cumbia, samba-reggae, musica popular brasileira, mariachi
- Influences:
- Bob Marley, Erykah Badu, Joao Gilberto, Jill Scott, Damian Marley, Fela Kuti, The Beatles, D'Angelo, Lila Downs, Manu Chao, Antonio Carlos Jobim
Nicholas "Nocky J" C.
Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Crafts:
- recording engineer
- Instruments:
- drums, Synthesizer (All), acoustic guitar, cowbell, conga, bongos, Bass (All)
- Genres:
- funk (all), acoustic jazz, afrobeat, soul, Hip-Hop, protopunk, reggae
dave k
- Instruments:
- mixer, turntables, software, Piano (All), Guitar (All), voice
- Genres:
- house, deep house, deep soul, lounge, latin
- Influences:
- louie vega, Kenny Dope, joe claussel, dimitri from paris, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Fela Kuti, Blaze, lil louis, Dennis Ferrer, quentin harris, Osunlade
kunle
Dublin, Ireland
- Crafts:
- musician, photographer, visual artist
- Instruments:
- Bass, alto saxophone, drums
- Genres:
- afrobeat, jazz, reggae, electronica, folk
- Influences:
- Fela Kuti, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Tony Allen, planxty, luke kelly, Maceo Parker, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea
T Bird
Barcelona, Spain
- Instruments:
- turntables, Keyboard (All), computer (pc)
- Genres:
- house, jazz (all), funk (all), World Music
Katharine Johnson
- Crafts:
- songwriter, singer
- Instruments:
- piano
- Influences:
- cesaria evora, N.E.R.D., Nina Siimone, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, casia eller, soweto swing, Fela Kuti, timbalada, D'Angelo, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, diana washington , De La Soul, klezmmer
black diamond
Atlanta, GA
- Instruments:
- flute
beef wellington
Orlando, Florida, United States
- Crafts:
- producer, remixer, composer, illustrator, band director, graphic designer
- Instruments:
- synthesizer, clavinet, percussion, rhodes piano, keyboard, drums
- Genres:
- jazz-funk, alternative hip hop, electrofunk
