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Daniel Marcellus Givens

NEW ALBUM "EGRESS" OUT NOW!!

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Member Since: 10/13/2005
Band Website: aesthetics-usa.com, dunderbelly.com
Band Members: My imagination is at the core of my project. Each release has a different configuration of artists. Along the way I have enlisted the talents of Jeff Parker (guitar), Fred Lonberg Holm (cello), Nikki Mitchell (flute), Josh Abrams (bass), Seth Hitsky (vocals), Glenda Baker (vocals),Doug Scharin (percussion & engineer) MonstahBlak (vocals & dancer), Matana Roberts (sax), Semay Wu (cello), Mike Ladd (synth), Yael Archer (flute), Baraka de Soleil (dancer), Casey Rice (engineer),Lehni Davis (vocals), G.Rizo (vocals), Fred Ones (engineer), Mutale Kenyatta (vocals), Tomeka Reid (cello), Wayne Montana (bass), Rusty Santos (engineer).
Influences: MUSICAL: Sun Ra, Arthur Russell, Curtis Mayfield, Nina Simone, Can, Alice & John Coltrane, Tricky, Miles Davis, ESG, Jamie Lidell, Attica Blues, Keith Hudson, Miles Davis, Robert Wyatt, David Bowie, Ike & Tina, Al Green, J-Dilla, Lil' Louis, King Tubby, Burial, Mike Ladd, Prince, Me'shell Ndegeocello, Adrian Sherwood, The Art of Noise, Jamie Principle, Prefuse 73, Kraftwerk, Kanye West, Massive Attack, Brian Eno, Saul Williams, Soul II Soul, Fela Kuti, Cluster, Mark Stewart, Theo Parrish, Sa-Ra Creative Partners, Screaming Jay Hawkins, Gil Scott-Heron, Lee Perry, Andre 3000, The Eternals, J*DaveyNON_MUSICAL: Gus Van Sant, Spike Lee, David Lynch, Jean Michel Basquiat, Kerry James Marshall, Kehinde Wiley, Rod Serling, William H. Johnson, Francois Rousseau, Amri Baraka, Nathaniel Mackey, James Baldwin, B-boys,
Sounds Like: All of the above
Record Label: Aesthetics
Type of Label: Indie

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NEW CD "EGRESS" OUT 5/13/08

Finally, after a year delay, the offical albumknow as "EGRESS" hits the streets and online on Tues May 13th. A deep and more accomplished journey into the sub consciousness of hip-hop. Self produced &...
Posted by Daniel Marcellus Givens on Thu, 08 May 2008 02:19:00 PST