AS A LITTLE BOY JOHN "XC" NELSON STARTED HIS MUSIC CAREER IN SURINAME (SOUTH-AMERICA ) . AS A GUESTSINGER HE PERFORMED ON A SPECIAL "SREFIDENSI"(independence) ALBUM FROM THE POPULAR AND LEGENDARY BAND "THE KASEKO STARS ", CONDUCTED BY HENK "SPALLY" SPALBURG. (kaseko stars was a guest in the famous surinam movie " WAN PIPEL").
UNTILL THEN JOHN GREW UP IN A FAMILY WITH LOTS OF MEMBERS ACTING IN MUSIC ;( HIS MOTHER WAS A MEMBER OF THE LOCAL WOMANS CHOIR IN PARAMARIBO , AND HIS SISTERS ACTS IN A LOCAL CHURCH BAND AS SINGERS , BOTH PLAYING GUITAR AS WELL).
HIS FIRST EXPERIENCES ON "REAL " MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS WERE ON HIS SISTERS GUITARS AND LATER ON THE ORGAN WHILE GETTING LESSONS FROM THE CHURCH ORGANIST.
AFTER THE RECORDING SESSION WITH THE KASEKO STARS HE START GETTING TROMBONE LESSONS FROM KASEKO STARS TROMBONIST AND CONDUCTOR HENK SPALBURG .
TOGETHER WITH OTHER PUPILS FROM HENK SPALBURG HE STARTED THE J. S SHOWBAND ( FIRST KASEKO SHOWBAND AT THAT TIME with NO MEMBER OLDER THAN the AGE of 14 yrs ). THE BAND WAS VERY SUCCESFULL AND STARS AT SEVERAL BIG SHOWS AS SUPPORT ACTS FOR INTERNATIONAL ARTIST AS OSIBISSA AND LOTS OF OTHERS . HE ALSO WAS a MEMBER OF THE LOCAL SYMPHONIC YOUTH ORCHESTRA CONDUCTED BY THE LEGENDARY EDDY SNIJDERS ( father of RONALD SNIJDERS ) . with MEMBERS as IWAN VAN HETTEN , ETTIENE(ATN) STADWIJK , HARVEY WIRHT and LOTS OF OTHERS .
THE NEXT STEP IN HIS CAREER WAS WITH THE " KASEKO/SOUL" BAND "NJOENG TENG" WICH BECAME VERY POPULAR IN SURINAM , SCORING SEVERAL HITS IN THE LOCAL CHARTS , with MEMBERS AS KENNETH ("KRE") HERFST , EDJE RUST , MARLON TJON A KON , CHRIS SEMMOH and OTHERS . THE BAND NJOENG TENG WAS ALSO FOR YEARS THE "BACKING BAND" AT MOST OF THE NATIONAL SINGING CONTESTS IN SURINAM .
DURING THAT TIME JOHN ALSO ACTS AS GUEST IN A LOT OF LOCAL BANDS , and ON A LOT OF RECORDINGS IN THE MUSIC SCENE FROM SURINAME , HE ALSO OFTEN JOINS AS A GUEST THE BAND "MOKSI MORIONG" , WICH WAS A "ALL STAR" PROJECT FROM THE LEAD SINGERS FROM THE TOP KASEKO BANDS IN SURINAME AS THE LEGENDARY "COJUNTO LATINOS " (WITH DAGGA AND FRANKY AS LEADVOCAL SINGERS) , "THE COSMO STARS" and "THE MIXMO STARS" ).
AFTER THIS PERIOD HE AND A LOT OF SURINAMESE MUSICIANS MOVE TO EUROPE , AND IN HOLLAND JOHN JOINED THE BAND : "YAKKI FAMIRIE" .
YAKKI FAMIRIE WAS FOUNDED BY DAGGA , ( ex LEAD SINGER FROM COJUNTO LATINOS ) . AND DOMINATES FOR YEARS THE KASEKO SCENE IN HOLLAND AND SCORED HIT AFTER HIT IN HOLLAND EN SURINAM .
IN 1999 THEY SIGN A RECORD DEAL AT THE " WORLD CONNECTION " LABEL AND RECORD THE ALBUM "GOWTU" PRODUCED by MANOLITO SIMONET ( "MANOLITO Y SU TRABUCO" ) .
GUESTS MUSICIANS ON GOWTU : MANOLITO SIMONET , DENISE JANNAH , GERARDO ROSALES . and JUAN NAVIA SIGNS FOR THE ARRANGEMENTS !
GOWTU BECAME A A BIG SUCCES , AND AFTER A WHILE YAKKI FAMIRIE HIT THE CHARTS WITH THE KASEKO DANCE VERSION OF THE SONG " FALUMA DING DING DING". ON THIS SONG YAKKI FAMIRIE WAS FEATERED BY ROSS FROM THE HIP HOP GROUP : "ROSS AND IBA " .
WITH YAKKI FAMIRIE JOHN TOURED ALL OVER EUROPE ON THE BIG VENUES FROM THE WORLD MUSIC SCENE IN EUROPE , SHARING THE STAGE WITH LOTS OF RESPECTFULL AFRO , LATIN , CARIBBEAN AND JAZZ
ARTISTS !
ONE OF HIS HIGHLIGHTS (among a lot ) WAS WITH YAKKI FAMIRIE ON THE FAMOUS "NORTH SEA JAZZ FESTIVAL " IN THE HAGUE (NL) .
JOHN IS ( anno 2007 )STILL MEMBER OF YAKKI FAMIRIE (new cd out soon !!!) BUT IN THE MEANWHILE HE ALSO DID SOME SOLO PROJECTS OF HIS OWN WICH BECAME VERY SUCCESFULL !
HE PRODUCED TWO "KASEKO CHRISTMAS" ALBUMS WICH BOTH WERE UNIQUE IN THE KASEKO HISTORY OF SURINAM .(SWITIE SRANAN KRESNETIE 1 and 2 ) .
HE ALSO WROTE AND PRODUCE THE ALBUM : "KASEKO SUPERSTARS" WICH IS A ALBUM WITH THE TOP OF THE KASEKO SCENE IN HOLLAND AND SURINAME AS DAGGA , FRANKY ,(YAKKI FAMIRIE ) IWAN ESSBOOM ( KING OF KASEKO AFTER THE LATE " LIEVE HUGO " ) , NEEF YAKKI (LA CAZ ) STEVEN MAAYEN (SABAKU) , RONALD POWER(YAKKI FAMIRIE) ,AND WILGO WILLEMS (COJUNTO LATINOS ) , ALL PERFORMING HIS OWN COMPOSITIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS .
TWO TRACKS FROM "KASEKO SUPERTARS" HITS THE CHART IN SURINAME :
"WINKELE" : (nr "1" position ) , and "SEKI YU BAKA" : (nr "3" position).
ALL THESE SOLO PROJECTS HE BRINGS OUT AS : XC (X Cazeko)PRODUCTIONS .
HIS MUSIC CONTAINS INFLUENCES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD BUT HAVE ITS ROOTS IN AFRICA , AND SOUTH AMERICA !
WITH HIS MUSIC JOHN WANTS TO SPREAD OUT KASEKO FOR THE WHOLE WORLD SO THAT EVERY MUSIC LOVER CAN ENJOY THE ENERGY AND POWER OF KASEKO !
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