Misha Fair

Misha Fair, a prolific singer songwriter, has been making a bold impression with her classic country vocals and expressive lyrics. Those who have been fortunate enough to see her dynamic performances are in high expectation of her upcoming solo releases.

A product of a musical family, the singer-songwriter’s family has had major label success from RCA to Atlantic Records. As a result, she spent most of her early childhood development in the same studios as Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, the SOS Band, Isaac Hayes, and many other music legends.

With a rich musical legacy written into her DNA, her childhood was shaped by this reality in remarkable yet complicated ways. While most of her kindergarten classmates were toting My Buddies to Show-n-Tell, her father would join her, off tour, with members of the S.O.S. Band, fully costumed. Enthralled in the family business, she quickly earned a reputation as the little girl with the big voice, wowing audiences with renditions of LeAnne Rimes’ ‘Blue’ and other tunes byo Country artists such as Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, as well as rock singer-songwriters Pat Benatar, and Joan Jett.

She was trained from a young age as a classical vocalist, but found her passion in jazz, hip hop, and the gritty alternative sound of the mid9 0s. She performed in countlessmarquee, and children’s choirs in her hometown. Unbeknownst to her, there was a wave of hip-hop and RnB sweeping Atlanta, and the young Misha Fair found her tribe along the confluence of the shared and varied traditions that make up the musical ethos of the United States. Misha Fair attended college on a vocal performance scholarship. Minoring in linguistic studies, she may be one of the few country artists able to sing and write in multiple romance languages.

In 2008, she began an internship at Wondaland Arts Society after a chance meeting with Janelle Monae. Her professional career was kickstarted after she began assisting creatively with many of her early projects.

She has collaborated with artists, songwriters, and producers including the likes of Blanco Brown, Breland, Demun Jones, and Yelawolf.

As she embarks on a solo musical career she looks to join her country musico Contemporaries as a prolific singer-songwriter. All the while, she remains in high demand as a vocal trainer and artist developer. “I’m a classically trained, Southern girl, who fell in love with everything great about this country. My songs have been deep-fried in folk, gospel and bluegrass and are best served with a side of rhythm and blues, and rock and roll,” Misha Fair comments on her music.

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Mikolas Josef

Mikolas Josef, born 4.10.1995, is an independent singer/songwriter/multiinstrumentalist/producer and music video director. Josef was born in Prague and raised in a village in central Bohemia.  Half Moravian, he first began making folk records moving on to hiphop, house and pop music. His current sound however still carries signs of folk music, thus creating a unique combination and style. 
 He started his carreer at the age of 15 recording with local producers and busking in the capital. He almost failed his third year in high school when awarded grade E for Music. He continued busking throughout Europe in cities such as Oslo, Hamburg or Zurich saving up for his productions. 

Furthermore, Josef was awarded gold medal with distinction from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts for acting, and had a one year carrier as a model.

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Jaxen Spurs

"Waking Up" is a direct look into growth throughout Jaxen's life. Covering just about everything from personal struggle to building spiritual happiness, Jaxen breaks through a few boundaries with this single, and really gets emotional with the lyrics. Co-writer Ben Fuller does an amazing job capturing an image both with lyrics and melodies, and the combination of those talents along with Jaxen's knack for a great rhythm make for a song that is sure to catch listeners attention. The song is maintaining a 33% listener to save ratio on Spotify.

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DownTown Mystic

 "Live" is the 3rd single to be released off the new DownTown Mystic "AmeriKarma" album. "Live" features Steve Holley (Paul McCartney, Elton John) on drums and harmony vocals while Paul Page (Ian Hunter, Dion) steps out front on bass. Harmonica wiz Jerry Fierro adds some funky flavor to the track, which was mastered by the legend, Leon Zervos at Studios 301 in Australia.

DownTown Mystic writer/producer Robert Allen comments, 'Most of the songs on "AmeriKarma" are a product of the Covid pandemic. I think people had a chance to really take stock of their lives and "Live" is a song about getting a second chance to do something'.

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Urban Walrus

 

Self-proclaimed as the «probably most boring band in the world», is based in Zurich and was formed in 2022 by Swiss/German Singer/Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Fabian Koerber.

Their debut single "Pie in the Sky" was followed by "Shades" and "August Rain". Making an impact straight away, with just three tracks Urban Walrus has struck a chord with fans and clocked over half a million streams on Spotify alone.

Their animated video clips on YouTube and TikTok gaining on popularity too. Dozens of radio stations, mainly in the English-speaking world, have been broadcasting Urban Walrus' songs in regular rotation.

Teaming up with “Salzburger Stier”-award winning Producer Jeannot Steck, the new Song was recorded at Soundcheck Studio, Switzerland and released through Flying Pig Productions (FPP).

https://urbanwalrus.bandcamp.com/

Armored Dawn

Find a concept, work with the right partners and invest in the potential to pursue your dreams. From this perspective, Armored Dawn was born in 2014 and within a few years became relevant in the Brazilian metal scene. After all, they toured alongside great bands such as Saxon, Megadeth, Scorpions, Whitesnake, Europe, Hammerfall, Rhapsody, Fates Warning, Sabaton, Tarja Turunen, in addition to joining Motörboat, the cruise of the legendary band Motörhead.

The first two albums, Power of Warrior (2016) and Barbarians in Black (2018), were produced by important professionals such as Tommy Hansen (Helloween, Jorn), Bruno Agra (We Are Harlot) and Kato Khandwala (The Pretty Reckless, Papa Roach). The third, Viking Zombie, was produced, mixed and mastered by Rodrigo Oliveira and Heros Trench, who is a veteran producer, with more than 200 bands under his belt and a Latin Grammy winner.

Presenting a sophisticated and versatile metal, the group collects great works in music videos, such as the very special production “Sail Away” and “Beware of the Dragon”, shown in all movie theaters in Brazil during the trailers for the 2018 Aquaman movie. Besides, “Ragnarok” and “Animal Uncaged” (recorded at the Rockfest festival, at Allianz Parque, São Paulo, when they played to around 37,000 people) have millions of views on YouTube.

During the pandemic, they released the single “Stronger Together”, very well accepted by the fans, as well as the most recent, “S.O.S.”, which came out last July.

The fourth album in Armored Dawn's career is currently being produced by the band.

Site: www.armoreddawn.com

Marcus Sukiennik

 

"It's nice to be able to surprise yourself while you're playing...."

Marcus Sukiennik sees himself as a wanderer between sound worlds. As a pianist, composer and arranger, he explores centuries of musical history with his work - and examines the developments of current listening habits.

Living in Cologne since 1993, the artist uses components of classical music and jazz, motifs of traditional folk songs as well as pop music elements.

Sukiennik writes arrangements of classical melodies, composing mainly for piano solo, occasionally for jazz bands. As a bar pianist, he has also been playing contemporary background music for more than 25 years in a wide variety of venues, including as artistic director in the piano bar of the Excelsior Hotel Ernst in Cologne and at the Musical Dome as the entrée to the show Moulin Rouge.

BETWEEN KICKING, JAZZ AND CLASSICAL MUSIC

Born in the Rhineland, Sukiennik comes from a music-loving family. He takes up the piano at the age of 8, later founds a school band together with his brother and develops more and more his own style, influenced by jazz music. At that time, however, the young amateur musician is also preoccupied with a second passion: playing football. After some deliberation, he makes a choice - and decides in favour of music.

From 1987 Marcus Sukiennik studies jazz piano and classical piano in Hilversum, the Netherlands, with Karel Boehlee, Henk Elkerbout and Rob Madna. He completes further studies in composition/arrangement under the supervision of film composer and conductor Jurre Haanstra at the Conservatorium in Amsterdam between 1997-2011, as well as with jazz pianist and WDR big band leader Bill Dobbins at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne.

GETTING TO THE CORE

Sukiennik's artistic development is shaped by his encounter with the Cologne pianist and composer Eckart Wilkens in the early nineties. Their exchange leads him to an in-depth study of classical piano literature and variation works. It also awakens his interest in tracing the unifying element of music-making and its essential core beyond stylistics and forms of expression. As a pianist, Sukiennik has mastered a wide range of styles - what his pieces have in common though is simplicity, clarity and feeling.

To date, his published work includes 7 albums, several singles and 4 music books released on Sukiennik's own label Line 21. Among them, the most significant works are the big band project A Night In Tunisia Suite (2000), the piano solo album Atme Seele, heile - Breathe soul, heal - (2016) and the first live performance in front of an audience at LOFT Cologne in 2017 Beste Tage (Best days)..

For his compositions and arrangements, Sukiennik has been repeatedly honoured with the VDM Award and occupied top spots on the charts99 with his releases.

Marcus Sukiennik lectured combo and big band at the University of Duisburg, taught music history at the VHS Cologne and has been running his own piano school since 1993.

SELECTED PROJECTS

2010 to date: Pianist at the Excelsior Hotel Ernst Cologne, since 2015 artistic director

2022 to date: Pianist at the Musical Dome, greeting before the show Moulin Rouge

2022 to date: Pianist in the ensemble Classic Light Cologne

2022 to date: Pianist at the Sheraton Pelikan Hotel Hanover

2021-2022: Participation as pianist of the Klezmer Concerts Cologne Academy Orchestra

2009-2017: Pianist at the Steigenberger Grandhotel Petersberg

2014-2016: Pianist at the WDR Funkhaus Cologne

2000: Participation as pianist and composer at the MusikTriennale Cologne.

https://sukiennik.de/