J9 MusicMaking music to touch peoples soul's and lift spirits is an honour J9 - Prolific music maker
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Prolific music maker..."J9" is constantly making music! From Bhangra beats, soulful acoustic guitar tracks, hard electronic dance music, electro chill, relaxing reggae all the way to orchestral symphony fusion! J9 has and will keep stretching the boundaries.
J9's latest collaboration project...J9's latest project involves collaboration with welll respected UK, European and Indian musicians. Built on J9's original music and song writing, collaborator add they unique styles and virtuoso talents. See more below.
Other J9 music...J9 is a founding member of RSVP and for over 30 year has been entertaining audiences at the biggest UK and European festivals. J9 also help create the ground-breaking Bhangra/BrassBand fusion act "Surtaal Symphony" (www.SurtaalSymphony.com) and is also half of the Electronic music partnership DanceGuru (www.DanceGuruMusic.com).
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J9's style...
J9’s music has been described as Daft Punk meets Nitin Sawhney and features collaborations with 18 international all star artists, including Sheema Mukerjee (Transglobal Underground), SHIN (DCS), Shruti Jain (Bollywood), CELESTINE (BBC´s The Voice) and Jaz Delorean (Tankus the Henge). He has also done remixes with international producers Dr Meaker, DJ Swami, and DJ Drez. J9’s collaborations cover a wide range of music styles from dub, dance to DnB, but his consistent qualities are finely written songs, intricate electronica, virtuoso instrumentation (including sitar, tabla, cello, saxophone, flugelhorn) and powerful vocals.
J9's music...
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'Aah Bhi Jaa' is a western fusion Bollywood love song. It features Bollywood singer Shruti Jain from Mumbai and Indian-man on guitar. It exquisitely tells of longing for a lovers return and uses western music structures and harmonies, with a jazzy feel.
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'Crossroad' is a gentle Drum & Bass track featuring UK soul singer Vanessa Sylvester and Bhangra legend SHIN (from the DCS band). It smoothly moves between English to Punjabi vocals, as the lovers ask each other where to go at this crossroad in their relationship.
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'Tomari' features virtuoso sitar and vocals from Sheema Mukherjee (from Transglobal Underground), which float gently over a powerful beat. J9 performs a counter melody with English lyrics.
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'Get offline' is a fun protest song against online overload. Jaz Delorean (from Tankus the Henge) provides gritty vocals, supported by Hannah Browning's sweet harmonies. The rap listing the apps we all carry provides just a hint of why we need to get offline.....sometimes!
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'Maybe in the next life (MITNL)' has a Bristol-meets-New York jazzy vibe. Hannah Browning's poignant vocals and James Morton's evocative saxophone tells the story of love lost....and positivley moving on. Featuring J9's cameo vocal, the last track of the album hints that there is more to come.... NACENT 2 is on the horizon.
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J9's music videos...
J9 works with International video makers to create interesting and beautiful videos that compliment his music. See some sneak previews below....
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J9 - Remixes by renowned international DJs...
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The '7th Haven remix' was created by Drum & Bass maestro DR MEAKER. He has transformed the 7 beat soul track into an 8 beat hard hitting Drum & Bass banger....ready for the clubs dancefloors!
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The 'Tomari remix' was created by Bhangra/Garage legend DJ SWAMI. Over an extensive career he has produced many crossover hits and 'Tomari' is a Garage/House smash.
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The 'Aah Bji Jaa remix' was made by popular US based DJ DREZ. Featuring his laid back Dub style, he has transformed Aaa Bhi Jaa into a super chilled track.
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J9 collaborates with these amazing artisits...
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Shin - DCS Band
Sheema Mukerjee - Transglobal Underground Jazz Delorean - Tankus the Henge Buzz Singh - Kissmet Band Shruti Jain - Mumbai Singer Celestine - BBC 'The Voice' Singer Ron Unity - Loinstar Band Sarah Moody - Cello Jake Hight - XJX Rapper Iain Cullross - Flugel soloist Jack Salt - Beatbox James Morton - Saxophone soloist and....... Dr Meaker - Producer DJ Swami - Producer DJ Drez - Producer |
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Other J9 music...
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RSVP are arguably the UK Favourite Festival Bhangra Band. For over 25 year they have performed at most of the UK biggest festivals including Glastonbury (10 times), WOMAD (3 times) and at 100s of other large, boutique and community festivals in the UK and have toured across Europe including Belgium, Germany, Poland, Luxembourg and Italy.
RSVP have also twice won the South West’s MTM award for "Best Music Act" and nominated twice at the National British Bhangra Awards for "Special contribution to Bhangra"! |
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Surtaal Symphony is an exciting new 45 minute piece for Bhangra band, brass band and soprano voice - engaging and upbeat with huge energy and excitement. Created by composer Liz Lane, J9 and RSVP Bhangra with additional words by Andy Rashleigh, Surtaal Symphony is a cross-cultural collaboration, blending and inter-weaving Western and Punjabi musical traditions. Following the success of Premier of Surtaal Suite No 1, Surtaal is now collaborating with one of the world's most famous bands, the Brighouse and Rastrick Band.
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DanceGuru is a collaboration between J9 and long time friend and collaborator Reg Shaw. Reg is a punk fronting the band Internationally touring band "London Calling".
Whilst experimenting in a jam, they wondered if they could mix the raw energy of punk, with unstoppable Bhangra beats......and wrap it all up in beautifully constructed electronica, played with live instrumentation? They have and its called DANCEGURU!! |
Contact J9...Email: Judge@J9-music.com
Tel: 07825 220 210 |
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