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Renes BBWI Lophanor

About Me

I am a 31 year-old musician who loves music more than himself. Without music, I can not feel happy. Those who know me will have noticed that I tend to always be in a good/ positive mood. The secret is that I have got a lovely family, lots of true friends and of course a lot of music in my life... "La musique adoucit les moeurs"(="music binds customs together"), we could say by extension). I live in Southampton and perform as a freelance musician, getting involved in many bands, all styles. Some of the artists I have worked with are Semitone, Lonnie Liston Smith, Moe's Kitchen, Maceo Parker, Jamiroquai, Arnie Cottrel, Karen Gibson, Les Martial, Panama, Boss Nass, Spiral, Big Red, Phat Funk, ColdShot, etc... I play a variety of instruments which allows me to be as versatile a musician as I can. My freetime is very limited nowadays, so I burn the midnight oil almost every single night so that I can compose and write songs for myself and others. I have released my FOURTH solo album, titled "Né Ici vivre Ailleurs" (composed, produced and mixed in 6 days). The title is from one of the songs which was kindly written by my very good friend and poet Vanessa Loubier-Profir. Merci Vaness.) If you want to get in touch with her, contact me and I will get her in touch with you. All my albums can be ordered directly from me or from CDBABY or Itunes. And like with the 3 previous albums, I am the sole instrumentist, singer, composer and producer of this new 17-track-album. However, there is one guest musician playing Flugel and trumpet (Paul Hawkins) on two tracks and another friend (Resco)rapping with me on two other tracks. This adds more spices to the songs. In the meantime you can purchase it directly from me by e-mailing me and it will be dispatch to you anywhere in the world.I am available for session work/ recording. If you are looking for someone to arrange your music, to put your words into music, etc...I can your be your man. My preferred styles are latin/funk/Gospel/Jazz/soul/caribbean/afro-cuban/Hip-hop/Com pa. But I love to open myself to every style as you can hear in my last 3 albums.PLEASE READ: AFTER CLICKING ON THE "BUY NOW" BUTTON, YOU WILL SEE A SECURITY ALERT WINDOW, WARNING YOU OF THE TRANSFER TO ANOTHER SITE WHICH COULD BE AN ATTEMPT TO STEAL YOUR USERNAME AND PASSWORD; IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. THE WARNING IS IRRELEVANT. YOU WILL BE TRANSFERED DIRECTLY TO THE CD BABY WEBSITE. THANKS FOR YOUR TRUST. .. BEGIN SHOPPING CART --> ..>
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My Interests

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Member Since: 27/02/2006
Band Website: http://www.freewebs.com/renesbbwi
Band Members: Me,myself, my mouth my instruments and my special photographer FRANZ LOPHANORcheck out my CD at the following links
Influences: Free MySpace Layouts by Iron Spider
My main influences come from listening to my fellow musicians play. Then comes the music from my home country, HAITI: Tropicana d'Haiti, Emeline Michel, Magnum band, Coupé Cloué, Beethovas Obas, Tabou Combo. There are also Michael Jackson, Tania Maria, Bobby Mc Ferrin, Erykah Badu, Marcus Miller, Jaco's (wacko and Pastorius), the Godfather James Brown, JK(the Jazz/funk band), Ram, my friend Bill Mudge, Jamiroquai, Snoop, James Jameson, Victor Bailey, Stanley Clarke, D'Angelo, Mario Canonge, Moe's Kitchen, Brand new Heavies, Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, Aretha Franklin, Harry Connick Jr, Jamie Cullum,, and many more. But I have to say that the main sparkle which set my musical life alight has been Nickson Charles, a friend of mine with whom I STARTED making music, composing, arranging, singing, jamming. He has been and still is my main source of inspiration, especially for acoustic guitar and bass guitar playing.
Sounds Like:

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I sound like many artists, but I mainly sound like myself. My musical recipe contains ingredients from every piece of music that goes through my ears, regardless the genre. Most of the music I listen to would be unfamiliar to you, as they tend to be from modestly known/unknown by the general public artists.Below is just a improvised jam of Summertime Summertime

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My Blog

New album +special thanks to Luke Jennings for his support.

My 3rd solo album (I am Gonna), which was recorded at the end of the Summer is about to be internationally released. As usual a first series of limited edition will be launched and then you might have...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:22:00 GMT

PANAMA at the Talking Heads

Panama, the only authentic salsa/merengue latin band from the South of England did an outstanding performance last night at the Talking Heads. Although this was a last minute gig, as the band which wa...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 05:18:00 GMT