About Me
Ian "flex"grant is a bassist/rythmguitarist/producer/songwriter from kingston jamaica drawn to music at an early age he was inspired from songs heard on the radio station back in jamaica, classically trained on the guitar at the brooklyn conservatory of music he switched to the bass after meeting burning spear guitarist lenvall"shayar" jarret, ian is a self-taught bass player and has his own style but was also encouraged by shayar,and delroy golding ian comes from a strong musical family which includes older brother jah hammed one of reggaes foundation singer who scored a hit with "ordinary natty" in the 70s,it was with jah hammed that ian met some of jamaicas top musiscian that would inspire him, ian who would be around talents like junior dan, noel alphonso,cleon douglas(original soul syndicate guitarist) bugsy taylor,roland alphonso,jackie mitto,jhonny dizzy moore,ronnie butler and the rest of denroy morgans black eagle band rehearsing while watching future morgan heratige playing in the yard, his other brother felmin played keyboards alongside Lloyde barnes bullwackies players in the bronx and is related to the twinkle brothers ralston grant from his fatherside of the family, ian is also related to the browne bunch from his mother side of the family which include glenn browne,danny from"bloodfire posse",dalton, & cleveland from steely&clevie fame, to his nephew leon smillie owner of total satisfaction label,his other nephew patrick is the owner of the powerhouse sound system earthquake international, so its only natural for him to be a part of the musical family,ian have been active on the n.y. reggae scene for many years which includes artists like derrick barnett,ras droppa,ossie dellemore,ronnie butler,glenn washington,taj weeks&adowa and many others, ian has toured europe&the u.s with "shayar"& cruical force band,patrick jr,krrud,sammy dread,t-man &the aggresson,chalwah,cherry rock, scepta , jd smooth,ghana sensation fode kouyate and has recorded in the studio for luciano,mikey general,sizzla,jah hammed, frankie paul,anthony b,luckie d,tony curtis,triston palma,lutnan fyah, michigan,freddie mcgreggor,ed robinson,jah mason,naturalblack,jd smooth,burro banton, junior x,kharri kill,fragga ranks, yvad,sluggy ranks,jimmey riley, daniel brown(dennis brown son),tribe of djembe and patrick jr to name a few and has worked with musicans on the level of sydney mills of steel pulse, guitarist lenvall" shayar" jarrett(burning spear,anthony b),andy bassford of Lloyde parks&we the people band, and roots radics fame,junior jazz,drummers cornell marshall(third world original drummer,wailers)robbie hewitt of kingston studio,squidley cole of ziggy marley,glenn grant(israel vibration,souljahs)master percussionist bongo herman,delroy golding(burning spear,tanya stevens) saxman dean fraser, jerry jhonson(skatalites),the legendary val douglas,earl"chinna"smith and noel alphonso and has shared the stage with ziggy marley,damian marley,culture,the abyssians,kymani marley,lucky dube,burning spear,the itals ,the wailers and many others, in 2008 flex has relocated to switzerland to set up his studio and take on the challenges of europe,and has laid tracks for frankie pauls new album,rythms for patrick junior,"tribe of djembe "suffers anthem"wu-tan clan brooklyn zu with assistance from bhudda monk,pad anthony and alongside sly&robbie rythms,for various artists for total satisfaction label,now working with keyboardist,engineer alan on some new rythms on a different level.
