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shamik...my album is on iTunes!

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About Me

RELEASES:
Equal Eyes
2008
-Purchase digitally on iTunes
-Purchase with packaging on CD Baby
COUNTRIES INVADED:
-Canada, United States, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Taiwan.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

-Method Man

-Qbert

-Tanya Tagaq

-FreQ Nasty

-Craze

-Skream

-Bassnectar

-Dhruva & Juakali of Subswara

OPENED FOR/ PERFORMED ALONGSIDE:

-Electronica/ Drum & Bass/ Hip Hop:

AK 1200, Akshai Sarin, Ali B, All Good Funk Alliance, Andy C, Autobots, Bassnectar, Bass Society, B-Traits, Brockie, Capital J, Chase & Status, Chili Thom, Christopher Lawrence, Cilvaringz, Concord Dawn, Craze, Dara, Dean, Degree, Demolition Man, Derb, Dieselboy, Dom & Roland, Fort Knox 5, Freaky Flow, Freq Nasty, Friction, General Midi, Hype, Johan Gielen, John B, Kai Tracid, Kenny Ken, Kenzie Clarke, Kev, Killa Kela, Kool Herc, Krafty Kuts, Kutmasta Kurt, Lord, Malente, Mama Miche, Maneesh The Twister, Marcel Woods, Marcus Visionary, Mat The Alien, Mathematics, MC Daddy Earl, MC GQ, MC J. Messinian, MC Juakali, MC Sharpness, MC Skibadee, MC Vandal, Merk Meny, Method Man, Myagi, Neal K, Neighbour, Nesh, Octo, Phantasy, Phil York, Preach, Q-Bert, Rap, Reid Speed, Rich-E-Rich, Ronin, Ryan Ruckus, Salah Edin, Shimon, Shout Out Out Out Out, Shy FX, Skool of Thought, Skratch Bastid, Skream, Smalltown DJ's, Spilt Milk, Spooky That Subliminal Kid, Stanton Warriors, Street Life, Subswara, Sueside, Tanya Tagaq, Team Canada DJ's, Top Cat, Transient Vortex, UK Apache, Vinyl Ritchie, Vivek Shraya, X-Ecutioners, Yoji Biomehanika, Z-Trip, and Zilla.

-Rock/ Blues/ Pop/ Folk
Autorickshaw, Bill Bourne, John Boutte, Laurelle, Marigolds, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald, Mihirangi, Paul Ubana Jones, Scott Cook, Shaa’ir & Func, Skeena Reece, Slammin All Body Band, Tim Williams, and Tippy Agogo.


2008 TIMELINE:/p
June
-performed with Tanya Tagaq (Nunavut) for the Strawberry Moon Festival at Gordon Best Theatre in Peterborough, Ontario, June 22.
-opened for Mat The Alien (BC) at The Temple in Edmonton, June 14.
-performed at Aurora Club in Banff, June 13.
-performed with Smalltown DJ's at Hifi Club in Calgary, June 5.
May
-performed with Degree at Rumors in Grande Prairie, May 22.
-opened for Concord Dawn (Drum & Bass, New Zealand) at What About Bob's in Calgary, May 16.
-opened for Dom & Roland (Drum & Bass, UK) at Polish Hall in Calgary, May 9.
-performed at the "All The Best Things" Magazine launch at Kensington Plaza Theatre, May 8.
April
-performed at the 8th Annual Four Twenty "8-Bit" at The Starlite Room and Y Afterhours in Edmonton, April 19.
-performed at "Step in the Arena" at Cherry Lounge in Calgary, April 18.
March
-opened for Rusko (Dubstep, UK) at The Pawn Shop in Edmonton, March 30.
-opened for Rusko at Creston Heights Community Centre in Calgary, March 28.
February
-headlined "Bass Awareness 2" with Goran at The Lyric Bar in Golden Feb 29.
-performed at Kila in Taoyuan, Taiwan, Feb 22.
-performed at Hen House in Jhongli, Taiwan, Feb 22.
-performed at Grooveyard in Taichung, Taiwan, Feb 21.
-headlined "Essential Elemental" at The Zoo in Taichung, Taiwan, Feb 16.
-performed at Bed Supperclub in Bangkok, Thailand, Feb 15.
-performed with Kutmasta Kurt (Hip Hop, L.A.) at Q-Bar in Koh Samui, Thailand, Feb 14.
-performed with Kutmasta Kurt at Q-Bar in Bangkok, Thailand, Feb 10.
-opened for Shimon (Drum & Bass, UK) at Club 808 in Bangkok, Thailand, Feb 8.
-performed with Octo (Hip Hop, UK) in Bangkok, Thailand at Twisted Republic, Feb 7.
-performed at Q-Bar in Bangkok, Thailand, Feb 6.
-performed with Nesh (Hip Hop, Malaysia) at the grand opening of The Office sponsored by Tuborg Beer in Melaka, Malaysia, Feb 1.
January
-was a resident of Laundry Bar (performing every weekend) for the month of January in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
-featured on Hitz FM in Kuala Lumpur Jan 26.
-performed with Diplomats International (Hip Hop, Indonesia) at Public in Jakarta, Indonesia, Jan 17.
-performed with MC Vandal at Amare Bar in Bandung, Indonesia, Jan 16.
-performed with Diplomats International at "Podfarm" at Foodism in Senayan City in Jakarta, Indonesia, Jan 13.
-featured in Malaysia's Faces Magazine for the month of January.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/23/2006
Band Members:

Shamik
"Sometimes it seems as if Shamik has 3 or 4 very different sounds; bass, drums and melody, all coming out of his mouth at once. Other times it seems he has mastered the ancient art of circular breathing."
-Vancouver Island Music Festival

"Shamik required nothing but his mouth to pull off a DJ's stint."
-Midday Magazine India

"It's hard to believe the beats he throws down with nothing other than his voice."
-The Force Gazette

"Shamik will continue to forge ahead and break barriers. He is a man who thinks music is about the people, the growth of an idea, and deeply emotional."
-All The Best Things Magazine


Influences:
View Shamik The Human Beatbox's EPK

Join the SHAMIK group on Facebook here
BOOKINGS:
-International: Kim, [email protected]

-Domestic: Martin, [email protected]

UPCOMING SHOWS:

PAST SHOWS:


Sounds Like:

VIDEOS:

SHAMBHALA MUSIC FESTIVAL, FRACTAL FOREST STAGE, August/07

LIVE w/ QBERT IN CALGARY, October/07

TEACHING SKRATCHY SEAL HOW TO BEATBOX...

SHAMBHALA MUSIC FESTIVAL, VILLAGE STAGE, August/07

LIVE w/ QBERT IN SAN FRANCISCO, October/07

LIVE w/ QBERT IN CALGARY, February/07

"2 BEATSMITHS" w/ UNKLE $AM

BEATBOXING FOR KIDS IN INDIA

THE NATIONAL MONUMENT QUEST:

THE STATUE OF LIBERTY (New York)

THE TAJ MAHAL (Agra)

THE PETRONAS TOWERS (Kuala Lumpur)


Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

international love spreading: thailand/ taiwan tour

Okay so I'm at the point in my career where it's hard to tell who's real anymore.Who really is in it for the love? For me it's the love for music. Who wants to move forward with it? I do.The last leg ...
Posted by shamik...my album is on iTunes! on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:42:00 PST

sporadic accidental coincidental manifestations: india tour

So after a busy summer of festivals...and an autumn which brought me to perform in New York and San Francisco...and an insane cross Canada tour opening for Method Man...I decided to leave for Asi...
Posted by shamik...my album is on iTunes! on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:16:00 PST

heartbeats & footsteps: malaysia/ indonesia tour

Well, I definitely was uber alert after beginning my tour in India.After soaking in countless moments on the beaches of Goa, I knew that it was unfortunately time to leave. The trip was all over the m...
Posted by shamik...my album is on iTunes! on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:53:00 PST