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damumalik

'Imagism' coming in '08

About Me


buy unique gifts at ZazzleALBUM ON SALE NOW AT CDBABY.COM! Just click on link below.http://cdbaby.com/cd/damumalikPRONOUNCED da-MOO-ma-LEEK-His music has been described as “smooth and sexy” and “timeless and intense”. damumalik’s debut album “Fragment”, which he wrote and produced, is a blend of hypnotic rhythms, tasty guitar licks added by Khari Green of Sakrid and alluring vocal arrangements that seem to speak directly to the core.The name “damumalik”, which is part Swahili and part Arabic, is a combination of his first and middle names and is as unique as his music. You would be hard pressed to classify this US born artist’s work into any one genre of music but his undeniable appeal has led to him composing music as well as licensing tracks from Fragment for such television shows as the CW’s “Girlfriends” and ESPN’s “Back in the Day”. damumalik’s music has also been featured on “The Upper Room with Joe Kelley” radio show and in Mavericks Sports’ ad campaign. Other credits include licensing and composing music for “The Living Series” and “5 Guys, 5 Questions” as part of the SHONEXT original series PIRATENET.Credited as Damu Quarles, damumalik has also recorded tracks for one of hip-hop’s finest, Blackalicious, on “Blazing Arrow” and for Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe on “The Bridge”. damumalik went on to tour with Blackalicious providing background vocals for the group in Australia, Japan, France, Germany and England. While abroad, damumalik sang live on BBC Radio and performed on German TV. Back in North America his journey with Blackalicious included opening for Alicia Keys and touring with Jay-Z and N.E.R.D.damumalik resides in Southern California where he can be seen performing at such venues as The Temple Bar, B.B. King’s and Harvelle’s. He continues to produce new tracks and he is currently working on his second album.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/2/2005
Band Website: damumalik.com
Band Members: Damu Quarles (ASCAP) writes and produces, Khari Green (www.myspace.com/sakrid) is on guitar.
Influences: Genuine art.
Sounds Like: Uh...music.
Record Label: Tonglen Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Grateful

I would just like to take a minute to express how grateful I am for all the love and support that people have shown me over the last couple of weeks. It's truly been inspirational and motivationa...
Posted by damumalik on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 10:47:00 PST

"Suffering is not enough"

It was pretty profound to me the first time I read it and I imagined that each individual would have a different interpretation. I don't want to color anybody's thoughts on it so I hesi...
Posted by damumalik on Mon, 19 Jun 2006 09:02:00 PST

Tonglen

I'm breathing in your pain and my suffering and breathing out my love for you.
Posted by damumalik on Sun, 12 Feb 2006 08:39:00 PST