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JAHNO (France) ROOTS OF DUB FUNK
6: Track 6 - "KING SHADOCK DUB" J.A.H.N.O. was born in the mountains of Auvergne, France. Introduced to music in his childhood by his mother, herself a pianist and organist, she teaches him the essentials of keyboard. At the age of 5, he goes to music school and begins trumpet for 5 years. Then, he tries saxophone, continuing musical theory. At age 15, after 5 years of saxophone, J.A.H.N.O decides to beat the barrels (normal when you live in the rue des caves (= cellarstreet). In 1998, after exploring the drums, inspired by the rhythms of Sly Dunbar, he falls in love with reggae drumming technique. At that time, he has lessons with Christophe Merzet, master of the Tambours d’Auvergne. In 2000, J.A.H.N.O. and some musicians from Clermont-Ferrand form the «Magwaman Riddim Section». This backing-band plays around the regions’ bars and parties during 3 years. They used to be support acts of U-ROY, BIG YOUTH & MAX ROMEO, ANTHONY B, SLY & ROBBIE, IMPROVISATORS DUB, ZENZILE a.o. The band splits in 2002, but will reborn under the same name with new electro-dub elements. From then on, J.A.H.N.O. pushes his own musical project of oldschool sounding dub forward. From the center of france Jahno try to (re)produce some"rootsy" reggae music. 70's jamaican dub sound is his main musical & technical influence. Working with mid class and cheap studio equipment he try to recreate reggae riddims that keep that "oldskool" grainy sound. Playin live drums, various percussions and recording it straight to multitrack, keybords and bass parts recorded live to the midi recorder, jahno dedicated his little studio to combines digital and analog technology with always in mind of soundin' different from others. Multitrack recording being done in digital and two track mixdown done in analog. For the "rotten
roots" track Jahno is helped by kemist kris of Reality Shock Records
UK based artist Dub mixes are recorded and mixed only on a 4 tracks roland sp808 due to budget necessity. Dub mixes are done in one live pass, with sp808 parameters controlled live with a midi controller and combined with external analog FX. STUDIO Yamaha drums CONTACT: Jahno |
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