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Alejandro Lobos Kunstmann
Mexico City, DF, Mexico
- Instruments:
- Piano (All), drums, sequencer
- Genres:
- funk (all), disco
Wrath 1970
Wadley, GA, United States
- Crafts:
- songwriter, session musician
- Instruments:
- 7 string guitar, Guitar (All), sequencer
- Genres:
- neo soul, alternative rock, Pop, soul jazz
- Influences:
- Incognito, Ozzy Osbourne, Ratt, Staind, Angie Stone, Living Colour
Featured Artist
Kriz Flew
Zurich, Switzerland
- Crafts:
- musician, recording engineer
- Instruments:
- Horn Instrument (All)
- Genres:
- jazz (all), soul jazz, funk (all), soul, latin jazz, electronica, nu jazz, house, disco
- Influences:
- Tower of Power, Incognito, The Brand New Heavies, Randy Brecker, Tom Harrell, Joo Krauss, Passport
Michael BENAMOU
paris, PARIS FRANCE, France
- Instruments:
- electric drums, drums, vocoder, Keyboard (All)
- Genres:
- soul jazz, brazilian funk, jazz-funk, acid jazz, chicago blues
- Influences:
- Stevie Wonder, George Benson, Al Jarreau, frank mccomb, ronnie foster, Donny Hathaway, Incognito
Featured Artist
Eleonora C.
United Kingdom
- Genres:
- electronica, house, deep house, techno, lounge, chill-out
- Influences:
- Carl Craig, King Britt, Sade, 4Hero, Michael Jackson, Madonna, George Michael, Afterlife, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Omar, Incognito
D Scott H.
- Crafts:
- composer, recording engineer, remastering engineer, mixing engineer, live sound engineer, producer
- Instruments:
- drums, Guitar (All), Bass (All), Keyboard (All), Mandolin (All), marimba, xylophone, steel drums
- Genres:
- folk, funk (all), jazz (all), rock, country blues, country rock, experimental, blues
LOUIS HAYSLETT
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
- Instruments:
- electric bass, keyboard, Organ (All), Drums (All), piano
Octavio N. Santos
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
- Crafts:
- singer, songwriter, dj, lyricist, MC, musician, music collector, blogger, band director
- Instruments:
- trumpet, voice (male), voice (lead), turntables, microphone
- Genres:
- jazz, hip hop, rhythm and blues (r&b), funk (all), electronic, soul
- Influences:
- Marvin Gaye, Raphael Saadiq, The Roots, Teddy Pendergrass, Barry White, Don Blackman, Roy Ayers, Roy Hargrove, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, George Benson, J Dilla, D'Angelo, Brian Mcknight, Boyz II Men, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Jazzanova, Gilles Peterson, 4Hero, Incognito, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Bugz in the Attic, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Earth Wind & Fire, Slum Village, The Delfonics
Mario Moya
Mexico , Cuautitlan Izcalli, Mexico
- Instruments:
- acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Keyboard (All), loop programmer, sampler, voice (backing)
- Genres:
- jazz-funk, disco house, acid jazz, soul jazz, rhythm and blues (r&b), drum and bass, bossa nova, electrofunk, electrojazz, samba, latin
- Influences:
- Earth Wind & Fire, George Benson, George Duke, Barry White, Stevie Wonder, Chick Corea, Kool & the Gang, Joe Pass, Scott Henderson, Simply Red, Incognito, Masters At Work, Jamiroquai, The Brand New Heavies, Daft Punk, Herbie Hancock, Herb Alpert, Jazzanova, Mondo Grosso, Fantastic Plastic Machine, Bobby Lyle, Pat Metheny, Dennis Chambers, Donny Hathaway, MC Jamalski, Snoop Dogg, Level 42, Al Jarreau, Michael Jackson, Marcus Miller, John Legend
Contest Honorable Mentions
DUBBY DUB
BRONX, NEW YORK, United States
- Crafts:
- mixing engineer
- Instruments:
- Laptop
- Genres:
- experimental, electronica, Hip-Hop, trip-hop, funk (all)
- Influences:
- Portishead, Beres Hammond, Parliament-Funkadelic, Esthero, Bebel Gilberto, Quantic, Last Poets, Beethoven, A Tribe Called Quest, The Notorious B.I.G., Simon & Garfunkel, Jimi Hendrix, The Pharcyde, UB40, Zero 7, Thievery Corporation, The Sneaker Pimps, Nirvana, Incubus, Manu Dibango, Tower of Power, Incognito, Bob Marley, Beck, Buju Banton, Linkin Park, Public Enemy, The Temptations, The Kinks, Metallica, Mos Def, Dj Six Seven, Face Defeat, Power, Percise aka Dan Sizzle, Brand Nubian, Cheri Dennis, Run Dmc, electric hellfire club, Gregory Isaacs, does stir?, Ras Kass, Fela Kuti, Isaac Hayes, Bootsy Collins, kc and the sunshine band, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Souls Of Mischief, Juggaknots, The Bee Gees, Garnett Silk, Hall & Oates, Guns N Roses, Goapele, Kool moe dee, ladysmith black mambazo, Otis Redding, Spandau Ballet, supercat, Terence Trent D'Arby, Ultramagnetic MCs, Telepopmusik
Gabor Molnar
Szeged, Hungary
- Crafts:
- session musician, mixing engineer, music editor, sound editor, sound technician, arranger, songwriter, composer, film composer
- Instruments:
- clarinet, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, recorder, Keyboard (All), voice (bass), voice (backing), voice (baritone), voice (lead), voice (male), voice (tenor), shaker, ocarina
- Genres:
- funk (all), Pop, jazz-funk, acid jazz, jazz groove, dixieland jazz, nu jazz, smooth jazz, soul jazz, vocal jazz, pop rock, dance pop, folk pop, instrumental pop, rhythm and blues (r&b), film score, crossover, a cappella, beatbox, orchestra, video game, choral, soundtrack, barbershop, improvisational, rap, World Music, electrofunk, electro
- Influences:
- Alicia Keys, Michael Jackson, George Michael, Stevie Wonder, Michael Buble, Jason Mraz, Michael Brecker, Michel Camilo, Kenny Kirkland, Sting, Level 42, Take 6, Josh Groban, Tommy Emmanuel, Justin Timberlake, The Jackson 5, Incognito, Tower of Power, Raul Midon, India.Arie, Timbaland, Christina Milian, Tina Turner, Christina Aguilera, Dave Koz, Queen, Toto, Craig David, Eric Benet, The Brand New Heavies, Jamiroquai, Extreme, John Legend, Genesis, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Earth Wind & Fire, Musiq (Soulchild), Robin Thicke, John Mayer, The Yellowjackets, Nelly, Wham!
Alexandra (Ali) Garrison
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Crafts:
- singer
- Instruments:
- voice
- Genres:
- opera, indie folk, choral, world, jazz, free improvisation, cabaret
- Influences:
- Odetta, Betty Carter, Abbey Lincoln, Renee Fleming, Joni Mitchell, Billie Holiday, Nina Siimone, Mary Lou Williams, Aretha Franklin, Pete Seeger, Milton Nascimento, Pointer Sisters, Cassandra Wilson, James Taylor, Angie Stone, Seu Jorge, Sergio Mendes, Pat Metheny, Fela Kuti, Zap Mama, Miriam Makeba, Maria Callas, Madness, The Specials, The Beatles, Incognito, Duke Ellington, Massive Attack, Victor Wooten, Carlos Santana, Erika Badu, The Eagles, Luciano Pavarotti, Keith Jarrett, Al Jarreau, The Brand New Heavies, Richard Bona, Randy Weston, Salif Keita, Les Nubians, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, En Vogue, War, The Band, Abdullah Ibrahim, Loreena McKennitt, Feist, Roberta Flack, Sting, Prince
Xande Almeida
- Instruments:
- drums, percussion
- Genres:
- brazilian jazz, brazilian, rock, funk (all), free, industrial rock, forro, fusion, samba-reggae, reggae, batucada, experimental, punk, blues, samba de pagode, samba de enredo, surf rock, jazz, jam band, roots reggae, rock and roll, soul rock, rhythm and blues (r&b), grunge, ambient groove, alternative rock, acid groove, art pop, art rock, Alternative, acid funk, acoustic rock, alternative pop, ambient, samba de breque, soul, samba
- Influences:
- Egberto Gismonti, Hermeto Pascoal, Fela Kuti, Gilberto Gil, Jorge Ben Jor, Caetano Veloso, Led Zeppelin, The Cure, Deep Purple, Herbie Hancock, James Brown, Flora Purim, Art Blakey, Dave Weckl, Airto Moreira, Miles Davis, Milton Nascimento, B.B. King, Bill Evans, Bjork, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Billie Holiday, Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, Chuck Berry, Cream, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Zappa, George Benson, Tina Turner, Michael Jackson, Jimmy Hendrix, John Lee Hooker, Joe Zawinul, The Beatles, Os Mutantes, Queen, Nirvana, Paco De Lucia, Pink Floyd, Phil Collins, Yes, Ray Charles, Lionel Richie, Salif Keita, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Stevie Wonder, Seu Jorge, Tribal Tech, Tower of Power, Gene Krupa, John Coltrane, Lenine, Incognito, Nuno Bettencourt, Joao Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim
Amy Ralston
Granville, Normandy, France
- Crafts:
- fan
- Instruments:
- ears
- Genres:
- jazz (all), jazz (all), disco house, ambient house, ambient, alternative rock, film score, rhythm and blues (r&b)
- Influences:
- George Benson, Norman Brown, Wes Montgomery, Ronny Jordan, Doc Powell, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Carmen McRae, Quincy Jones, Sarah Vaughan, Donny Hathaway, Lalitha Hathaway, Lou Rawls, James Brown, Frank Sinatra, Al Green, Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Michael Jackson, Ray Charles, The Earth, The Commodores, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Barry White, Incognito, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Radiohead, U2, Queen, Inxs, Pink Floyd, Doc Watson, Maxwell, Ll Cool J, Mary J. Blige, TLC, Will Smith, Bob Marley, Sade, Annie Lennox, Anita Baker, Robin Thicke, Aaron Copland, John Williams, John Barry
Soul Persona
London Area, United Kingdom
- Crafts:
- arranger, producer, a&r artist development, musician
- Genres:
- jazz-funk, disco house, soul jazz, electronica, rare groove, hip hop
- Influences:
- Marvin Gaye, Ramp, John Manuel, Tom Browne, Bobby Hutcherson, Wayne Henderson, Azymuth, Salsoul Orchestra, Barry White, Kool & the Gang, Love Unlimited Orchestra, Ohio Players, Shalimar, Eddie Henderson, Marlena Shaw, Linda Williams, Linda Lewis, Mtume, Harvey Mason, Wilbert Longmire, Noel Pointer, Patrice Rushen, Dexter Wansel, Don Blackman, Idris Muhammed, Bobbi Humphrey, Johnny Hammond, Donald Byrd, The Crusaders, The Brothers Johnson, Ramsey Lewis, Carmen McRae, Grover Washington Jr., The Mizell Brothers, Phyliss Hyman, Norman Conners, Aquarian Dream, Jocelyn Brown, Oliver Cheatham, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Pete Kuzma, Jazzanova, Chic, Poogie Bell, Roy Ayres, Al McDowell, Weldon Irvine, Donny Hathaway, The Soulquarians, Dennis Chambers, Ronnie Laws, The Rotary Connection, Minnie Ripperton, The Funk Brothers, Chaka Khan, Omar, Incognito, Maysa Leak, Ledisi, Bob James, Jeff Lorber, Anthony Hamilton, Angela Winbush, Talib Kweli, Common, The Foreign Exchange, Nicolay, CL Smooth, Pete Rock, Big Daddy Kane, Brand Nubian, Grand Puba, Cerrone, D'Angelo, Jay Dilla, Slumvillage, DJ Spinna, The Rebirth, Reel People
Pavol Jeno
Kosice, kosice, Slovakia
- Crafts:
- session musician, producer, songwriter, musician
- Instruments:
- Drums (All), Piano (All), trumpet, flugelhorn, brass, Bass (All), Percussion (All)
- Genres:
- classical, jazz (all), funk (all), rock and roll, Hip-Hop, nu jazz, nu breaks, nu soul, nu metal, gospel
- Influences:
- Hector Berlioz, Igor Stravinsky, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Weather Report, Jazzanova, Dmitri Shostakovich, Maurice Ravel, Marcus Miller, Stanley Clarke, Steve Gadd, Questlove, Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul, Mozart, Bach, Tom Morello, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Henryk Gorecki, Trvor Horn, Flea, Massive Attack, Electro Deluxe, Quincy Jones, Ron Kenoly, Kirk Franklin, Vinnie Colaiuta, Toto, Steve Lukather, Jeff Beck, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Jeff Ballard, Tomasz Stanko, Dusko Goykovich, Michel Camilo, Nirvana, Metallica, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, DJ Quik, The Roots, 213, Luther Vandross, Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra, Daby Toure, Incognito, Mezzoforte, Roni Size, The Herritage Orchestra, Sonar kolektiv, Medeski Martin Wood, John Scofield, Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, Oscar Peterson, Michel Legrand, Wah-Wah Watson, Rod Temperton, Dave Grusin, David Foster, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Peter Erskine, Trevor Rabin, beatles, Roy Ayers, Roy Hargrove, Terence Blanchard, Wynton Marsalis, Wynton Kelly, Jimmy Cobb, arturo sandoval, Burt Bacharach, James Ingram, Alex Acuna, Faithless, Groove Armada, Zero 7, Erik Truffaz, Nils Peter Molvaert, Stuart Zender, Jay KAy, jay z, D'Angelo, Dr. Dre, Pharrell Williams, Robert Miles, Trilok Gurtu, Antonin Dvorak, Anton Bruckner, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Brecker Brothers, Supertramp, Abe Laboriel, Jeff Porcaro, Charlie Haden, Charlie Chaplin, Charlie Hunter, Chad Hugo, Chad Smith, Charles Aznavour, Chopin, Chris Blackwell, Chris "Daddy" Dave, Chaka Khan, Christ., Chromeo, LTJ Bukem, Larry Carlton, Lee Ritenour, Q-Tip, DJ Quick, Handel, Joseph Haydn, Jack DeJohnette, Ja Rule, Jaga Jazzist, Def Jam, Modest Mussorgsky, Alfred Schnittke, Edvard H. Grieg, James Horner, John Williams, Serge Gainsbourg, Sergei Prokofiev, Keith Jarret, Jeff Lorber, Tavin Campbell, Tamia, Erykah Badu, Angie Stone, Joycelyn Brown, Anita Baker, J.N.Hummel, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Lars Ulrich, Gary Novak, Gregory C. Coleman, Adam F, Hospital Records, London Elektricity, Goldie, dizzee Rascall, Benga, Cindy Blackman, Joey Baron, Jason Bonham, Taylor Hawkins, Dave Grohl, Kaki King, Leon Thomas, N.E.R.D., Kurt Rosenwinkel, Jan Akkerman, Jan Hammer, John Cage, Steve Reich, Kraftwerk, Timbaland, Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, ac dc, Mettalica, Ojos de Brujo, Al Di Meola, Al Foster, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Rage Against The Machine, George Benson, Esperanza Spalding, Sadao Watanabe, Harold Fltemeyer, Nathan East, Lee Sklar, Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Jane'S Addiction, R.A.T.M., Teddy Campbell, Dana Hawkins, Busta Rhymes, Naturally7, Francesco Cespedes, Paul Chambers, Paganini, Peabo Bryson, Regina Belle, Sepultura, Take 6, Tchaikovsky, Tears For Fears, Telemann, ?uestlove, 9th Wonder, Nuno Bettencourt, Oleta Adams, Sylvain Luc , Ramsey Lewis
