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ilya janos

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About Me

since moving to new york city at the end of 2003, i've played drums for the bands riotonred (rock), slim francis (rock), lanky (rock), hãhãhães (brazilian), and currently play with brilho de luz (brazilian) - i've also played percussion with seeds of baobab (afro-beat), drumadics, countless dj's, and currently play with diego costa (brazilian). my mother was from guayaquil, ecuador (of french/italian descent), and my father is from mexico city, mexico (of hungarian descent). i was born and raised in houston, texas, but now live in brooklyn.(riotonred.com, slimfrancis.com, lankymusic.com, mamadele.com, brilhodeluzband.com, mandiago.com, drumadics.com, diegocosta.com, arthuryoria.com)

My Interests

djembe/ drums/ percussion/ rhythm/ polyrhythm/ languages/ culture/ travelling/ touring/ healthy eating/ stretching/ scootering in nyc/ cycling in nyc/ watching/ listening/ learning/ communing with God

I'd like to meet:

my grandfathers

Music:

la musique traditionnelle et la musique populaire d'afrique de l'ouest/ música brasileira/ música latina/ xtc/ kraftwerk/ cocteau twins/ oingo/ ladysmith black mambazo/ bill withers/ robert nesta marley

Movies:

old films (sad but true!)/ all hitchcock/ all sherlock holmes (with basil rathbone)/ black orpheus (1959)/ nearly all james bond/ nearly all woody allen/ all star wars/ all lord of the rings/ all three stooges/ all marx brothers/ contact/ gladiator/ going in style/ kansas city confidential/ to kill a mockingbird/ the pink panther/ time bandits/ brazil/ the game/ the chronicles of narnia/ alien/ aliens/ the thing (1982)/ braveheart/ baraka/ o brother, where art thou/ saving private ryan/ schindler's list/ djembefola/ the Jesus film

Television:

the C-SPANs/ the beautiful game/ austin city limits/ later with jools holland/ charlie rose/ snl

Books:

The Good Book/ any c.s. lewis/ any watchman nee/ my dictionaries

Heroes:

Jesus the Christ/ mi madre/ c.s. lewis/ dr. timothy keller/ dr. charles stanley/ dr. gerald mann/ fr. benedict groeschel/ thomas merton/ dr. michael brown/ dr. carl baugh/ dr. hugh ross/ ravi zacharias/ greg laurie/ luis palau/ elisabeth elliot/ watchman nee/ beth halford/ fred mccall/ nana yao akenten/ airto moreira/ carlinhos brown/ dendê/ zigaboo modeliste/ herlin riley/ matt johnson/ chris dave/ gene lake/ jeff "tain" watts/ elvin jones/ tony williams/ alex acuña/ carlton barrett/ tata güines/ michael markus/ mamady keita/ famoudou konate/ soungalo coulibaly/ m'bemba bangoura

My Blog

luis fonsi, billy gibbons, ilya janos and drumadics - latin grammys 2006

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKx-czeKlGc ilya plays djembe with luis fonsi, zz top's billy gibbons, and drumadic's okai and william johnson at madison square garden, new york city...
Posted by ilya janos on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:26:00 PST

one world (we are all one) - diego costa and ilya janos live from the u.n.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYCMlH39wa4 diego costa and ilya janos perform at the u.n....
Posted by ilya janos on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:22:00 PST

Starvation by Okai

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rS_ohVk25s ...
Posted by ilya janos on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:51:00 PST

sub hitters - reese, dolores, yuichi and ilya play 42nd street platform

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al6LxCB_4k8 ...
Posted by ilya janos on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:28:00 PST

One Solitary Life

(regarding Jesus) He was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in still another village, where he worked in a carpenters shop until he was thirty. Then for three years h...
Posted by ilya janos on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 02:10:00 PST

what are we to make of Jesus Christ?

"This is a question which has, in a sense, a frantically comic side. For the real question is not what are we to make of Christ, but what is He to make of us? The picture of a fly sitting deciding w...
Posted by ilya janos on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 07:39:00 PST

salvation - salvación - salvação - salut

salvation"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.For God sent not his Son into the world to condem...
Posted by ilya janos on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 08:44:00 PST

humility

"In God you come up against something which is in every respect immeasurably superior to yourself. Unless you know God as that-and, therefore, know yourself as nothing in comparison-you do not know Go...
Posted by ilya janos on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:18:00 PST