Nobody Cares Show #105 JB and Groove Fiery, Faimkills, MCD
November 19th, 2009 — nobodycaresshowNobody Cares Show #105
JB and Groove Fiery - Champagne
Reggae
Seattle, WA
JB and his band Groove Fiery have been stimulating the Pacific Northwest underground reggae scene with JB’s unique lyrical style of delivering original and obscene realities, backed by some of the rootiest rhythms on the west coast. Hailing from St. John’s, Antigua in the Caribbean, JB’s musical roots can be traced back to the young age of 8, when he began playing steel drums/soca and chanting to his favorite rhythms on stage whenever invited. This natural talent has developed into writng and composing music for steel drums/soca/reggae bands. Since relocating to Seattle JB has followed his musical journey and recently landed JB AND GROOVE FIERY. A calabash of musicians bringing their experiences from a variety of genres and adapting to JB’s unique musical arrangements and rhythms, with the infectious blend of roots reggae,rude-boy/ragga,dancehall,lovers rock with a dash of humor poured over JB’s energetic stage presence is one performance you dont want to miss. Consistently rocking and grooving crowds of all ages with their sultry dance beats for the past 5 years and counting. Prior to playing with JB this group of musicians have been rocking individually and together around the East/West coast, Hawaii, England and the Caribbean. This artist has had the great honor to perform with some of the worlds best reggae artists! jb has been causing a ruckus in the Caribbean, Hawaii and thePacific Northwest. Now expanding to the cyber world and beyond with his passion for rocking any audience.
mililani69@comcast.net (Amy)
www.myspace.com/jbandgroovefiery
www.wadadlie.com
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Faimkills - M.O. (produced by Curtiss King off of my recent mixtape entitled “A Thought-Ghetto Messtape)
Hip Hop/Indie/Rap
San Bernadino I.E.
Been rapping since I was 11, I grew up on the Golden Era of Hip Hop (I.E. Pac, Big, Jay-Z, OutKast, Nas, Wu-Tang, Tribe). I was all about emulating my favorite rappers and went to great lengths to get my favorite rap tapes and cds (because my parents wouldn’t let me buy the parental advisory stuff). In high school I was into 50, Eminem, and the Clipse then got into more “conscious” rap like Talib Kweli, Mos Def, and The Roots, this is where I began developing my skills more. In college my girlfriend introduced me to the world of the underground/indie rap scene where I got heavily influenced by acts like BusDriver, Atmosphere, Murs, Sage Francis, El-P, Company Flow, Aesop Rock, etc. Amongst all of this I got into tons of different music and I am heavily influence by post-hardcore/experimental/folk/indie music and punk-aesthetics in theory.
I graduated with a degree in English from the University of California, Riverside, which makes me look at my approach to Hip-Hop and song-writing very critically, I attempt to apply transdisciplines of art, film, pop-culture references, literature, poetry, creative writing intertwined with Hip-Hop styles, and great song-writing with outside influences from Jesse Lacey of Brand New, Tim Kasher of Cursive, and Morrissey to name a few. Quickly, the name Faimkills simply means that I feel fame and America’s celebrity obsession deplete the greatness of art because we put emphasis on the artist and not the art itself. Also fame has been the underlying cause for the deaths of some of the greatest minds, be it presidents, rappers, musicians, artists, actors.
Interesting tidbit: When I first hit you guys up I was a bit ill-prepared to send something when I found out that you honestly critique the music you play. However,having finished my mixtape and finding out more about myself as an artist, I am ready for that sort of thing. I have sent you one of the songs from my mixtape that has been getting pretty decent attention from everyone I show locally, and even got some podcast play on soprupradio.com. I split my time playing guitar for a band called Spirit Fangs.
faimkills@gmail.com
www.twitter.com/faimkills
www.myspace.com/faimkills
www.faimkills.bandcamp.com
link to free download of my mixtape:
www.mediafire.com/?wnywmmni4zm
- 11/22/09 I have my mixtape release party at the Common Ground at The Vibe in Riverside, hit me up for more information.
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MCD - Swing and Stomp
Rap/Hip Hop
Portland OR
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