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phil dawson

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About Me

Guitarist, producer, composer. Tracks currently up 'Nordestino' the first track from a new crossover dance project plus 'Manob Shomaaj' a collaboration with Bangla from Dacca Bangladesh. Guitar stuff to come later

As a guitarist, as well as playing all the usual stuff, I have focused on creating a playing style via intensive study of various African musics and blending them with brazilian, jazz, maghreb, afro-latin, funk etc. Currently playing with Geraldo Pino and the Heartbeats, Soothsayers, One Creative Force, Inemo, Adma and the Afoxés, Nana Tsiboe, Sonti Mndebele, Julian Bahula, Atongo Zimba etc. have performed or recorded with (in no particular order) Khaled (Algeria), Ed Motta, Moreno+2, Dadi Carvalho, Orquestra Imperial (all Brasil), Kodjo Antwi, Osibisa, Nana Tuffour, Jewel Ackah, Papa Yaankson (all Ghana) Ive Mendes, Monica Vasconcelos and Nois (Brasil again) Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Orchestra (Nigeria/UK), Dave Lewis and 1Up, Bush Doctor, Lokhi Terra, Bangla (Bangladesh), hKippers, Tiris (Western Sahara), Akim El Sikameya (Algeria), Herbert Groenemeyer (Germany), Alexander O'Neal (US of A) Joey Negro, Ben Onono, Charlotte Kelly, Eternal, Truce, Hinda Hicks, Pascal of Bollywood, Djolloff (Senegal), Kad Achouri (France), Natacha Atlas, Camelle Hinds, Road, Tina Grace, Captain Yaba Funk Roots (Ghana again), Sonti Ndebele, Mbawula, Julian Bahula (all South Africa), Andre Marie Tala (Cameroon), Bessa Band, Francis Fuster/Ninkiribi, Rowland Sutherland's Mistura, Tony Kofi, Frank Tontoh's Celebration of Life, Jennifer Paige, Delegation, Bukky Leo (UK/Nigeria) and some others...I have compositions/productions out on BMG/Zomba, DeWolfe Music, Family Recordings, Ektaar, Universal Music Library, BKP Music, Dancing Turtle Records and a couple of films. Myspace Layouts by Pimp-My-Profile.com

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Member Since: 2/26/2007
Influences: Music, art, food, friends and family from Salvador da Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Johannesburg, Lagos, Bamako, Freetown, Accra and Hull
Type of Label: Indie