Roykey Creative Reggae Elementary Overdrive Band

Roykey is a musician of truly outstanding talents and cosmopolitan stature, who has matured from virtuoso session star into a fullblown and charismatic album artist through the course of his career: Born in Aruba, an island near the coast of Venezuela and governed by the Dutch, with its racially mixed population of some 60 000 people a tiny melting pot of African, South American and European cultural traditions, Roykey soon attracted attention as a kind of musical child prodigy who at the age of eight played in his first band. Soon the island turned out to be to small for an artist of his calibre, so Roykey went to Europe in the mid-eighties where his skills soon were soon well in demand in the blossoming studio scene of Munich, Germany. As a studio crack, arranger and tour musician he worked with such greats as Brian Auger, Larry Coryell, Alphonse Mouzon, Passport,and many others and frequently did TV- and soundtrack work. He also created the theme music for the popular weekly nation-wide tv-programme “Blickpunkt Sport”. In 1993 he finally decided to follow his own musical vision and started his own band: Roykey soon realized that he had to go back to his musical roots to really unearth what he had to say. Going back to his roots meant to deal with the creo culture of his home island, especially since Roykey ha s Indian, Egyptian, African and French blood in his veins. What Roykey finally came up with was a unique blend of his influences he dubbed “Creo Reggae”. With his internationally composed band his has successfully toured all over Europe ever since, acquiring a huge and faithful following. He released four albums on the European label PRUDENCE during the following years: “Creo Roots” (which contained the Airplay hit “Jogging”) in 1993 , “It Smells Live”, “Look Arong” and “Guitar Man”. Always hungry for new experiences and influences Roykey worked and lived in New York early in the post-millenium decade. In 2004 he returned to Germany where he finished his brandnew album “Creative Reggae Elementary Overdrive” which once more shows not only his outstanding musical gifts but also a deep joy of life and a positive, uplifting spirituality.THE TITLE SONG NEW DAY IS A NEW TRACK FROM OUR NEW CD WICH WILL BE RELEASED 16.03.2007 in Europe and in april 2007 in the USBand Line up 2006/2007 Roykey Creo Wydh Guitars Vocal George Aryeetey Bass Guit Backing Vocals Steff Da Drummer Trapset Backing Vocals Timmo Odoy Perc Backing Vocals Hansleh Enzensperger Keys Sounds and RhythmGerman bioEine konsequente musikalische Weiterentwicklung der Creo Reggae. Was ins Ohr springt, ist die intensivierte Solo Gitare von Roykey und Gesang Hooklines. Ãœberhaupt habe er sich bemüht eine einfache Struktur für seine Kompositionen zu finden, alles überflüssige wegzulassen und selbst auch auf die Gitare möglichst einfache Melodien und Sololinien zu finden. Gesang und Texte mit einer Positive Attitude, Themen wie, "Saying Save this Planet", Politik und soziale Probleme manchmal sind die Stücke auch autobiographisch und handeln wie z.B. "Jogging" - davon das man sein Schicksal in die eigene Hand nehmen muss. Seine Musik könne man im weitesten Sinne auch als Ethno-World Sound bezeichnen, aber eigentlich ist es CREATIVE-REGGAE-ELEMENTARY-OVERDRIVE (Creo). Mit Elementen aus afrikanischen Klängen, Latin, Salsa, Reggae, Blues, World und Blue Beat ( flavour of da creo sound). Manchmal sind die Stücke Reggae Roots Overdrive und Jazz Reggae Lounge. Während man überlegt welche Stillrichtung möglicherweise noch fehlen könnte, kommt es wieder, das Wort: Musik ist Musik. Die Stärken von Roykey Creo Band ist die "Druck Dynamik" und die Energie mit hypnotische bass riffs, die brisante Tiefenwirkung entwicklen. Das Projekt ist multikulturelle Musik, ebenso die Band Musikers aus Afrika, Karibik, Süd Amerika usw. Roykey verblüffte als LIVE Musiker erster Güte. Von seiner karibischen Heimatinsel Aruba kam Roykey nach Europa, wo er bei seinen Musikerkollegen und seinem Publikum für erstauntes Aufhorchen gesorgt hatte. Das neue Album Creative Reggae Elementary Overdrive wird ende 2006/ anfang 2007 erwartet. email: [email protected]