Punky Donch
A few years ago deep down in a small bar in down town Amsterdam a couple of friends who were meeting each other every weekend decided to create an live music night.It was until a cold winter night after a jam session they decided to start a band and Punky Donch was what they called it. Since that day the music industry has encountered itself with a whole new breath. They called it Gangsta Reggae. On that cold December night they decided to go and do something together,… make some music. Music that comes right from the heart.
Awa Ras the lead singer, a talented young upcoming star hypnotizes you with his unique vocals. Next to him we have Don Dutch with his profound deep bass voice that will thrill your heart. Juicing up the beats is Von Rast on the bass guitar making you move to his island groove. Leading the guitars is Nando beach who surfs his way through the sweet sound of his guitar. Scrubs the booty shaker ensure you with his percussion that you will swing. Choco Chriz drumming his way in a punky donch style. And last DC giving the rhythm and vibe to the unique sound they call Punky Doch.
Myspace: www.myspace.com/punkydonch
Smiley
Smiley was born on the beautiful island of Aruba as Tavis Nedd in 1980. He has been making music since he was seventeen years old. He moved to The Netherlands in 2000, where he started touring with the popular Dutch reggaeband band Out of Many for three years. After that Smiley formed his own band and as from 2004 Smiley performed at several Dutch festivals and venues in Holland such as UITmarkt, Reggae on the Beach, Pleasure Easter Party and Gospelfestival. Smiley has started a more international career since 2007 by performing in Germany for example the Popkomm Music Conference in Berlin, Club Yaam (Berlin) and Club Bahia (Aruba). His first single “Tomorrow” had quite a lot of airplay on various radiostations in Holland, Aruba and Belgium and the musicvideo of this song reached a number three position in the reggaechart of Dutch musictelevision The Box in the first two weeks. From then on Smiley’s music has been played on radiostations in Aruba, Surinam, Germany, Belgium and some local radiostations in the United States. A collaboration between Smiley and Surinam band Ondrofeni resulted in a unique song called Wailing Home; a combination of reggae and the Surinam music-style Kawina. On September 2nd 2008 this song was released on a compilation-album called “I believe in Amsterdam”. Recently Smiley travelled to Jamaica to work with great producers and musicians such as Barry ‘o Hare and Altafaan Records. As a result he recorded a new song with Junior Kelly The video of “Dem a Wonder” has been released on YouTube on November 10th 2008 and is set to be a hitsong. It’s being aired by Reggae Entertainment Television and Tempo TV and is being played on the biggest reggae radiostation in the world Irie FM.
Orange Grove
Orange Grove consists of five young healthy men all originating from the Caribbean.
“We’re probably not that much different from you in many ways; we like having fun…we like it when people around us are having fun too…sometimes we have our bad days and sometimes we get into trouble….sometimes we make mistakes and sometimes we learn from them….some of us believe in this and some of us believe in that….but one of the few things we do have in common is that we all believe in ourselves…and whenever we get together..whether it’s to write a song or to practice or to get on stage or whatever ..we always make sure we have a good time!!”
Meer info via: http://orangegrove.move.nl/
http://www.myspace.com/orangegrovemusic
