DA*J*LA

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Dajla Soul Poetry
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Dajla - DAJLA is the Arabic translation of River TIGRIS, Mesopotamian river, soul sister of Euphrates River. Dajla is like this river: her spirit runs free and strong amongst the land of MUSIC. She used to be mad but now she's a big girl she 's learnt how to hide it better. Doesn't stop her from feeling lonely in this fucked up world where money and shallow assholes seem to rule. But this is her quest indeed:seeking real human beings, staying one of them, not giving in to the "robots world" (Titanium cards and Gucci pants won't bring me nuttin but a Plastic Man ...Champagne Cocaïne and Bling Bling Bling won't bring me nuttin but plastic friends...Hype 'n Hustlers, Fake Ass Posers) Indeed she is Not interested by this part of the music business - which she has had plenty time to experience already-) thank you very much, but no, thanx! - She is ....Seeking Humanity...through music and travelling. Her debut album SOUL POETRY released in France May 2006 and produced with partner Benji BOUTON opens the way for this mutant and talented young woman-man-who knows who we really are?- Soul Poetry so far has been plaed live throughout France, but also took Dajla & Benji and their bandmembers to Europe, Mexico (Ollin Kan Festival and Mexico City Opera Theatre), the Carribbean, and Gabon, Africa on a long adventure looking for their Soul and tryin' to bring it back to ya'll.
Biography: Dajla is a lead singer, a songwriter, a pianist and a bassplayer- she comes back to France in 2003 after 5 years spent in London, and travelling back and forth between Paris, London, and the USA....
Dajla grew up in the West coast of France, raised by a soul-and Rythmn 'n Blues loving dad originally from Tunisia, and a French American rock loving mum in the midst of the cool 1970's...She started playing jazz and classical piano at the age of 6 at the local music college. She picked up the bass at 17 deeply influenced by her encounter with Angelo Mooore and Norwood Fisher from L.A. band Fishbone in 1992. After a few years experimenting (but not really finding her real space) playing bass and keys for various bands in London (Z Star, One Hundred Men, Eversholt...) she meets producer/drummer/guitarist/keyboardist/beatmaker Benjamin Bouton on her return to France Benji on MySpace - Benji played drums and produced beats for acoustic Hip-hop band SAT and for Tribeqa (with Magic Malik).....
Together they found what they'd been looking for.....Their love for hip-hop beats, p-funk, Soul, Blues, Jazz -this is silly I should really say...all musics, Music with a capital M!!- took them to another space, where Music knows no boundaries...."Soul Poetry", their first LP, was released May 9th with French label Under Cover. Daj & Benji got a band together - as well as a trio version (where she plays bass and sings) and are about to hit the road all over France and Europe. Watch out for them , not to be missed...Soul Poetry was released for a second time in Feb. 2007 with two bonus tracks. Dajla and Benji are currently living on the West Coast of France and writing the music score for Dancer Herwann Asseh's next 2008 solo show : "99" (company Moral Soul) whose theme is based around griwing up in Western world while being of mixed origins. Dajla will perform live singing and playing bass next to Herwann dancing on stage, check our schedule!! +++Dajla and Benji are now recording their second album - a fabulous blend of Soul, Hip Hop, Afro Beat and Electro Funk featuring the Procussions, Magic Malik, Allonymous, Anthony Joseph, Angelo Moore from Fishbone....Stay Tuned!! All business partners (labels, dstribution, promotion, Tour) are welcome to come forward and see how we can develope this great up and coming album together++++ Peace to all and see ya on and around the stage...
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FRançais++++ Dajla est la traduction du fleuve "Tigre" qui coule, avec l'Euphrate, à travers les vallées et montagnes d' ancienne Mésopotamie- Turquie et Irak- et se jettent ensemble dans la mer. Dajla est telle la rivière: elle coule, sauvage et libre dans l'univers de la Musique. Née à saint Nazaire ville portuaire tournée vers l'océan, ses parents, Mad et Françoise Lalia (respectivement d'origine tiunisienne et franco américaine) l'élèvent dans la soul, le reggae, le rock, le jazz....elle commence le piano classique et jazz à l'âge de 6 ans et prend la basse dans les groupes de punk rock locaux à 17 ans, fortement impressionnée par sa rencontre avec Angelo Moore, chanteur du groupe Fishbone. le rêve se dessine à cet instant, mais il faudra beaucoup de patience avant d'en voir l'ombre d'un sourcil....Après de longues années d'errance et d'aventures plus ou moins heureuses, de Londres à Paris en passant par Los Angeles, New York ou Miami, elle transforme son desarroi et sa solitude face à l'absurdité du monde des hommes, et au gré de ses rencontres humaines et musicales, la maturité lui donne enfin la force dont elle avait besoin: après 5 années passées à Londres (pianiste et bassiste pour Z Star, One Hundred Men, Eversholt, puis chanteuse avec Novela) elle rentre en France en 2003 et rencontre le multi-instrumentiste- producteur-batteur- Homo Sapiens de génie Benjamin Bouton - dit Benji. 6 mois plus tard, l'Odyssée est en marche: Soul Poetry est né, leur premier album sort chez Under Cover grâce à Wax Tailor, en mai 2006. Soul Poetry les emmène, avec leurs musiciens, parcourir le monde, avec des escales remarquées au Festival Ollin Kan de Mexico City, le Boubou's Festival aux Antilles, et Libreville au Gabon, entrecoupé de rencontres et de concerts mémorables (Elysée Montmartre, la Maroquinerie, les Transmusicales, le Printemps de Bourges) et de rencontres humaines et musicales (-Amp Fiddler, De La Soul, MC Solaar, Manu Dibango, Badal Roy, Pierre Akendengué, Jacques Schwartz Bart, les Procussions, Hocus Pocus, Tribeqa, Joy Denalane, Nneka, Wax Tailor, Foreign Beggars, Anthony Joseph, Tumi and the Volume....) Benjamin et Dajla vivent actuellement à Nantes et travaillent avec le danseur franco-gabonais hip-hop/contemporain et chorégraphe Herwann Asseh (compagnie Moral Soul) sur la musique de son prochain spectacle solo "99" (création 2008) basé autour du métissage. Dajla et Benji sont en studio pour leur prochain album sortie 2008 (featuring the Procussions, Allonymous, Angelo Moore from Fishbone, Anthony Joseph...) et recherchent des partenaires pour la commercialisation de cet album (label, tour, management, promotion, distribution, publishing)- info: [email protected] // http://www.dajla.com) PEACE+++Une seule Race, Une seule Foi- restez Humains, restez Vrais++++
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