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BlackJack Productions

Producer & Vocalist

About Me

Daniel Nii Ankrah a.k.a BlackJack was brought up in a lively and musical Ghanaian family. He has always been a performer and loved to impersonate Michael Jackson's dance moves/singing, which was one of many influences which inspired him to make his own music. BlackJack has been making tunes since he was around 4, when him and his sisters (Ayika - www.myspace.com/ayika - and Ama - www.myspace.com/1ama) started playing around on their Dad's organ player and writing songs. He has been singing since he was 5 and started producing aged 15 starting on Music 1, then onto Music 2000, both on the Playstation. He then moved onto Logic and Cubase, now he produces on Reason 2.5. He was previously a solo artist performing under the name DA'man at Linbo1 studios. In that time he performed at Bristol's Carling Academy at 'The Urban Showcase' which was hosted by Timmi Magic (The Dreem Team). He and his sister Ayika also helped produce a track with Timmi for their managers band, Focus. Nowadays he is apart of the group Circle Of Funk, on the Slapped Up Soul label *WHO ARE IN HIS TOP FRIENDS*. He is also producing tracks for his wife Helen - (www.myspace.com/sweetsince86). COMING SOON - Look out for new tracks here & on the Slapped Up Soul label/Circle Of Funk page!!

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Member Since: 11/16/2006
Influences: God, for giving him talent and ideas and his family, especially his Dad's love of music and his record collection. BlackJack is influenced by many styles of music including Funk, Soul, ALL types of Jazz, Proper RnB, Blues, Old skool Hip Hop, Jungle, Old skool DnB, UK Garage, Funky House and anything with a phat melody and good beat! BlackJack grew up mainly listening to real, classic artists such as, Michael Jackson, James Brown, George Benson, Stevie wonder, Earth,wind & fire, Santana, Quincy jones, Ray Charles, Spyro Gira, Chick corea, and jazz musicians, Herbie hancock, Dave Brubeck and Joe pass. In the past, when using the program Music 2000, BlackJack was very limited with sounds and instruments he could use, so began sampling to create songs. Now when making his music he aspires to create something that draws upon all his influences but without sampling. His main goal is to make each one stronger than the last.
Sounds Like: You can hear elements of certain artists that BlackJack is influenced by, but he always tries to make his music sound unique.
Record Label: Slapped up soul
Type of Label: Indie