Music:
Member Since: 12/07/2006
Band Website: www.joakimarenius.com
Band Members:The singers:
Maria Engström, Lina Häger, Felicia Brandström, Julia Nilsson, Josefine Petterson, Sara Björlemyr, Emilia Havsed, Jakob Wiborg, Johannes Häger, Jacob AlmThe band:
Tobias Grenholm, Kristoffer Sjöberg,
Kristian Kraftling, Filip Stenlund, Andreas ÖjebrandtMusical director and MC:
Joakim Arenius
Influences: A clip from "O Helga Natt", the annual outdoor Christmas concert in central Örebro. "How great thou art", arranged and directed by Joakim Arenius.A clip from Gospel Music Workshop of America in Nashville 2008. The outro of "All the time", written and directed by Joakim Arenius.First and most of all Jesus Christ! And also Brooklyn Funk Essentials, Tye Tribett, Prince, Kurt Carr, James Cleveland, Max Lucado, George Clinton, Israel & New Breed, Salvador Dali, the greater Allen Cathedral singers, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, C.S. Lewis, Karen Clark-Sheard, Mark Twain, Tom Waits, Rickey Grundy, The Salem Coffee House band, Rev. Lowe & Generations, Henri Nouwen, Ricky Dillard, King David, Bootsy Collins, John P Kee, Ethan & Noel Cohen, Donald Lawrence, Stella & Aina, the apostle Paul, Walt Whitman & the soul children of Chicago, Queen, Hezekiah Walker, Led Zepelin, Kim Burrell, Oak Street Choir, Mary J Blige, Bill Hybels, Steely Dan, the Tommies, Kirk Franklin, Dixie Cool & the Funky Kangaroo, the original blind boys of Alabama, Lenny Kravitz, Mohandas K. Ghandi, O'Landa Draper, Rick Warren, Terry Gilliam, James Brown, New Direction, Marwin Gaye, Joseph, Lewis Taylor, Fred Hammond, Nelson Mandela, Stanley Davis, Herbie Hancock, Benjamin Tankard, Earth Wind & Fire, J.R.R. Tolkien, Larry Graham, Stevie Wonder and again... Jesus Christ!
Sounds Like:Old school funk when it's sweating meets new school r'n'b when it's chilling meets classic soul when it's cooking meets contemporary gospel when it's anointed!
Record Label: Bubblejam Music Productions
Type of Label: Indie
