In collaboration with Regi, the top DJ in Belgium, Kaya spent the summer of 2010 touring behind the recent success of their single, “Take It Off”. The album has reached Platinum and hit the UK Dance Charts and was in the Top 10 Charts in multiple countries. Kayas single & video “Waiting for Saturday” shot in Milan, Italy released in Europe, April 2011. Kayas newest hit single and video of “Boyfriend” was dedicated to the two judges on the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Stephen Reinhardt and Judge Michael Daly Hawkins, who had the courage to rule in favor of equality and same sex marriage which made the single a hit and a gay anthem performed at gay pride festivals throughout the United States.

April, May and June of 2011, Kaya was to the only American Female Pop artist to join the Hennessy Artistry Tour in China, touring 15 cities. “Kaya was the best International Artist they have had on this long running tour” President of Hennessy.

As a seasoned entertainer, Kaya has performed at events such as, VH1′s Diva’s Live, VH1′s Fashion Rocks and MTV’s Rock the Vote, What’s Trending among many others. Showcasing her stunning good looks, Kaya Jones has appeared on the covers a myriad of publications and fashion magazines including: Esquire, Interview, Maxim, Stuff, FHM, Blender, Guitar and Us Weekly.

As a supporter of the troops, in 2010 Kaya did a 2-week USO tour in Iraq. Performing 2- shows each day for the troops, in the middle of the war torn desert which has been a life changing experience for her. A trailblazer, Kaya is also the only female pop artist to tour the actual outlying bases, where the only mode of transportation was Blackhawk helicopters.

In 2011 Kaya Jones became the youngest female in history to start her own record label; HueMan Race Records Inc which stands up for artists. Kaya decided to launch her company on the back of her career. With the success of her solo career and record label Kaya has signed a distribution deal with Mando Tunes Formerly JMD Distribution & Interscope for worldwide international distribution and 73 countries through TOCO Asia and Gold Typhoon out of China for physical distribution. Earlier this year Kaya endorsed All Day Energy Drink and is now the face of the company which is also distributed worldwide and is now physically in the largest retail chains with TV commercials in the near future. Kaya has also signed a licensing deal with Frame by Frame which is a company that licenses music to film and television such as Weinstein Company and Lions Gate.

Kaya Jones is a proud supporter of the LGBT Community and was recently featured as an Honorary Host for Glaad the Gay & Lesbian Alliance against Defamation. She has performed throughout the United States at many Gay Pride events showing her support of “Equality”. Kaya Jones is a strong supporter in “Equality” and believes that no one should be treated differently based upon race or sexual orientation. She shows her support for the LGBT Community through her latest single “Boyfriend” which talks about her finding out her boyfriend has a boyfriend.

As featured in the online Magazine Time Out based out of Hong Kong, Kaya speaks openly about why she is eager to use her fame for good. And issues concerning gay equality are high on her list, feeling a special appreciation for her extensive gay fan base. “The gay community is close to my heart,” says Jones, who has a gay family member. “Living in LA, it is something we celebrate. I think the gay community support has helped me feel free onstage. It’s about being proud of who you are.”

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Remixed by Grammy Award-winning dubstep phenom Skrillex, Jaylyn Ducati is ready to haunt the minds of dance music devotees with her infectious hit, “Disco Dangers” dropping Tuesday, April 17, 2012 on iTunes.

“I feel like Marilyn Monroe tonight,” croons Jaylyn, a twenty four year old  from Brooklyn, New York. But the dark secret behind the club-friendly track lies in the lyrics. Jaylyn penned the track herself after escaping from a deranged lover who tried to kill her.

The song is about her real life experience with a man whom she admits, “almost drove her to the edge.” She explained that he enjoyed hurting her and watching her cry and that he never intended to love her. You can expect to see a lot more of Jaylyn, whose combination of real emotion and raw beats are just what dance music has been missing.

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By drawing inspiration from the likes of Stevie Wonder, Common, Kanye West, and Coldplay Luke has crafted a renaissance man approach to his music that see him sing, emcee, write and produce all of every piece he has created. “He is Bruno Mars, Drake, and B.O.B. all wrapped in one.” which sounds like quite the comparison but when you place songs like “Make It Last” next to “Pretend” and “I” together you begin to catch a glimpse as to why the comparisons aren’t so far fetched. All of this talk “Its Flattering” but “eventually it will be my name”. He is truly a talent that blurs the lines of genre’s by producing music that reaches much farther then categories. His positive messages reveal an undeniable spirit that is infections to anyone who hears them.

It’s all something unfathomable from someone who still has to turn in homework assignments on a daily basis. He crafts his music in his parents home under his bunk bed on a home-brewed studio that rivals the sophistication of any mobile studio you may have ever seen; all put together by yes himself. Untrained vocally, self taught musically and with a fresh approach to the creation of his pieces the world has truly never heard a talent quite like Luke Christopher who at the end of the day says “I just want to want to do what I love and be recognized for it, it seems like such a beautiful thing.”

It’s only a matter of time before the world comes to know and love this extraordinary talented young man. Just hope to be one of the first to say I’ve heard Luke Christopher.

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LYRICS | RAPPING | RECORDING:
Rhiannon has been a published author since the young age of 7 when she won a contest for one of her original poems. Growing up, she continued to be nominated and published as an author for several student journals, community newspapers, and other publications. Currently, Rhiannon’s creative writing skills are focused on lyrics. She started by writing and recording solo over instrumental tracks. Upon hearing her work, rap artist Bangloose referred Rhiannon to heavy-weight producer Dem Jointz. That’s when the magic happened. Within the first few hours of their introduction the two had produced Rhiannon’s first single, “Nasty Bitch”, a cheeky and sexually explicit track laced with an equally sassy and bouncy bassline (MUSIC VIDEO COMING SOON!). They met in the studio again the following week and produced Rhiannon’s second single, “All The Girls Do It” which takes sassy and explicit to a whole new level. Both of these songs caught the attention of Shondrae Crawford, better known as Bangladesh or Mr. Bangladesh, a Grammy Award winning record producer (“A Milli” & “6 Foot 7 Foot” for Lil Wayne, “Lemonade” for Gucci Mane, and many other chart-topping hits for artists Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, Ke$ha, Beyonce, Usher, T-Pain, and more). Bangladesh presented Rhiannon’s songs to a Def Jam Records representative who expressed immediate interest in signing her to their label. TO BE CONTINUED…

PURE ENERGY.
DJ Rhiannon rocks the party like no other. She spins the absolute hottest dance remixes of a variety of genres: House, Electro, Dutch, Mash-Up, Hip Hop, and Dubstep… Whatever is going to move the crowd in that moment is what she’s playing. Such versatility in both style and skill has made Rhiannon a dancefloor favorite among a wide variety of nightclub-goers, from mainstream mash-up munchers to underground bass-heads. She is full of infectious positive energy and shares her passion for life with people through music & performance.

LIVE IN THE MIX:
Rhiannon is a popular crowd-pleasing DJ because she knows what people want on the dancefloor and she serves it up with a fun and interactive stage presence. Her intention is to bring this new level of DJ showmanship to the nightclub industry, incorporating the best dance tracks that her extensive music library has to offer with quality mixing abilities, a sexy stylish outfit, and an expressive live delivery. When the moment is right, she’ll even grab the mic and spit her original lyrics over one of her tracks! Rhiannon draws both the eyes and ears of every club patron to the DJ booth for a show they will not forget.

CREDITS:
Rhiannon has performed alongside many of the top Artists and DJs in the world including Tiesto, Deadmau5, Benny Benassi, LMFAO, Pitbull, Roger Sanchez, Skazi, Markus Schulz, Bad Boy Bill, Klaas, Cedric Gervais, Sharam (Deep Dish), Max Graham, Morgan Page, The EC Twins, Andy Caldwell, Pauly D (Jersey Shore), Larry Tee, Felix Da Housecat, David Garcia, Aquasky, Fischerspooner, Japanese Popstars, Olav Basoski, Stonebridge, Johnny Fiasco, Jason Bentley, Malente, Capital J, Serge Devant, Dave Armstrong, Cypress Hill, Joan Jett (The Runaways & The Blackhearts), Lady Miss Kier Kirby (Deee-Lite), and celebrities like Paris Hilton, Carmen Electra, Perez Hilton, Mario Lopez, and Snoop Dogg, among others.

INTERNATIONAL:
Rhiannon tours internationally and spins in the world’s hottest nightclubs: Tiger Tiger in London ENGLAND, Oxford Art Factory in Sydney AUSTRALIA, Immigrant in Jakarta INDONESIA, Palladium in Acapulco MEXICO, Dady’O in Cancun MEXICO, Le Club in Bogota COLOMBIA, Stage Club in GUATEMALA, Club 212 in San Jose COSTA RICA, B2T in Tahiti, and hundreds of others.

USA:
Rhiannon’s increasing success and popularity has won her invitations to spin at the most prestigious nightclubs in the USA. Following her debut performance there, she was invited to become an exclusive resident DJ at TAO Nightclub, LAVO Nightclub & Marquee Nightclub in Las Vegas, the #1 NIGHTCLUB IN AMERICA (DJ Mag Top 100 List). Rhiannon has performed at Avalon, Drais, W Hotel, Highlands, Roxbury, and Hemingway’s in HOLLYWOOD; Ampersand in NEW ORLEANS, Donald Trump’s Taj Mahal and La Casbah in ATLANTIC CITY; Supperclub, Icon, and Infusion in SAN FRANCISCO, Aura Lounge in DALLAS, Ibiza Nightclub in McAllen TEXAS, and many others.

CANADA:
Rhiannon tours within her home country as well hitting the best party cities: Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec, Calgary, Edmonton, Whistler, White Rock, Victoria, Kelowna, Oshawa, Barrie, Laval, St. Adele, Valleyfield, Nelson, Castlegar, and Saskatoon where she was invited to be the first and only female resident DJ at the world renowned Tequila Nightclub.

PRESS:
Both on tour and at home, Rhiannon has appeared in numerous TV, Magazine, Radio, and Newspaper spots including the “Smallville” hit TV series (Actor & DJ), the “Cover Girl” TV show (Celebrity Judge & DJ Instructor), “My Scene” the Barbie [MATTEL] animation series (Voice Over Actor & DJ), Fashion TV (Artist Feature), Club District (Artist Feature), Mixing Lab (Artist Feature), The Ryan Steele Comedy Show (Cast Member), Vancouver International Film Festival Trailer (Actor), Vancouver Institute of Media Arts (Narrative Spokes Model), Playboy Magazine (International Playmate 2009 & Playboy Cover Girl 2010), Yaletown Magazine (Featured Artist); along with far too many radio station, newspaper, and blog features to name! Rhiannon is also the DJ Spokes Model for the Violent Lips Make-Up Company.

Pop duo L2, made up of sisters Melissa, 22 and Jessica, 19, have been featured on popular celebrity sites “Kings of A&R” & “Just Jared Jr.”, and have had a TOP 10 hit on the Billboard Hot Dance/Club Charts with their single “Boys or Girls” in October 2010. “Boys or Girls” received National Radio Mix-show and Club play. Their single “Criminal In Bed” was released in Q1 2011 and played on Sirius/XM Radio and many other FM stations. It was also featured on multiple episodes of the FOX TV show “Dish Nation”. In addition to Dish Nation, L2 has also signed music licensing deals with DMX, MTV/VH1 Networks and Bunim-Murray. Many of their songs have played on “Keeping Up With The Kardashian’s” including 7 placements for “Kim’s Fairytale Wedding” episode, as well as song placements on “Kourtney & Kim Take NY”, “Bad Girls Club”, “Tough Love” and “The Real World: San Diego”. In Q1 2012, they released their newest single “Insomnia”, with remixes & a music video. It is currently climbing the Billboard Hot Dance/Club Charts at #16 as of polls on March 31, 2012.

Melis and Jess are accomplished singers/songwriters/actresses who recorded their first Demo CD and wrote their first original song in early 2005 in NYC, L2 has performed at a variety of venues, including Manhattan Dance clubs “Tenjune” and “Splash”, and Rock clubs “The Bitter End”, “DROM”, “Arlene’s Grocery”, and “The Cutting Room” and have opened for popular acts like Ryan Cabrera, Donnie Klang and Anberlin.

The sisters have also displayed their acting/theater talent playing leading roles in the Off-Broadway production of “Cleopatra – A Life Unparalleled” for which Melissa won the award for “Outstanding Lead Actress” in her role as Cleopatra and Jessica earned a Nomination for “Outstanding Supporting Actress” as Charmian.

Their strong connection as sisters shines through in their music. Their songs display their unique vocal blend and harmonies, incredible lyrics with a life lesson in every verse, along with the hooks that stay in your head for days to come. They are currently co-writing & recording several new songs with Luke Walker (Black Veil Brides, Rob Roy, BOTDF, Jeffree Star, Alkaline Trio, Donnis, SOFI, VE) of Pulse Recording in LA.

The girls have co-written & recorded more than 60 songs, some are available on iTunes and can be purchased online at www.L2OfficialMusic.com. They are continually writing/recording more original songs, where Jess plays piano and Melis joins her to combine their lyrical and melodic ideas. Inspired musically by such present day artists as Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Lady Gaga, Michelle Branch & Avril Lavigne, to 80’s artists like Pat Benatar, Heart, & Joan Jett, they are destined to be giving their fans great music for many years to come!

L2 is positioning themselves to become the newest Sister duo pop sensation! Stay tuned….

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]]> http://cegtalent.com/l2/feed/ 0 http://cegtalent.com/the-death-set/ http://cegtalent.com/the-death-set/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 16:54:06 +0000 cegadmin http://cegtalent.com/?p=718 The Death Set, from Brooklyn, originally hails from The Gold Coast, Australia. It was here where Johnny Siera met co-founding member Beau Velasco in 2005. Drawn to one another’s reckless care of music, the duo united to write fleeting songs with lifelong hooks and overdriven melody. Hell-bent on recording and touring, The Death Set moved the U.S. originally to the gnarly streets of Baltimore then to Philadelphia then finally to Brooklyn.

Buoyed by the DIY network they found there, the band recorded and released the To (2006, Rabbit Foot) and Rad Warehouses Bad Neighborhoods (2007, Morphius) EPs, honing the noise of jury-rigged gear and overblown mics. The Death Set quickly became known for out-of-hand live shows, and carried that energy onto its first full-length recording, done at The Copy Cat in Baltimore, an artist warehouse studio where the band and many others lived at the time.

The Death Set’s debut album, Worldwide, on Ninja Tune’s Counter Records imprint came in 2008 and fully filled twenty-five minutes with eighteen breakneck songs. Produced, engineered and mixed by Siera at The Copy Cat, with further mixing by Rob Girardi at Lord Baltimore Studios, Worldwide boaseds the endearing sound of unrefined creation. From the timeless call-to-upraise-arms of “Negative Thinking”, through the rallying anthem of “Intermission”; the love-buzz of “Heard It All Before” along the serrated edge of “Cold Teeth”; through the wistful chime of “Had A Bird”, and the high-voiced androgyny of “Day In The Wife”; The Death Set exploits consonance to the fullest. “Around the World” enters enemy dancespace, while “Listen To This Collision” puts crowds on a crash course with each other.

With the addition of Jahphet “Roofeeo” Landis on drums (who has toured with Santigold, Spankrock, Amanda Blank, and Ninjasonik) and fellow Aussie expat Dan Walker on guitar, vocals and production, the trio set about touring and destroying all types of stages all over the world. From massive festivals like Fuji Rock in Japan and Dour in Belgium to DIY spaces to Parisian basements.

The Death Set have found touring partners and friends in Girl Talk, Bonde Do Role, Spank Rock, Ninjasonik ,Japanther, Best Fwends, Dan Deacon, Ponytail and many more. While The Death Set’s sound is most like that of its punk influencers — Black Flag, Minor Threat, and Buzzcocks – it also bears the distinct mark of hip-hop and electronic styles in production, and as interludes in their raucous offstage outbursts.

The band were touted as the #1 biggest hope of the future by NME, “Best Live Band” by the Baltimore City Paper, The Death Set jams blindsiding minute-songs into compact spaces.

Which brings us to The Death Set’s new sophomore album, “Michel Poiccard,” which sadly comes prefigured by tragedy. Just as the pair were about to embark on writing a new album together, Velasco, who had struggled with drug addiction on and off throughout his life, died of an overdose.

The band were shattered, so much so that Johnny still finds it almost impossible to talk about. It wouldn’t have been surprising if the group had decided to call it a day. Relocating to Brooklyn and enlisting long time friend and Baltimore associate XXXchange (Spank Rock, Kele, The Kills) to man the desk, they created “Michel Poiccard,” an album which loses none of the charm of their previous “punk spazz” work but adds considerable depth, both in terms of the punch and bottom end that XXXchange brings to the table, and in terms of a sense of desperate loss or longing, which permeates everything on the record and reaches a considerable pinnacle on “I Miss You Beau Velasco” and the closer “Is It The End Again?”

There are songs here about mammoth Ecstasy binges (“Chew It Like A Gun Gum”), Beasties-like celebrations of arcane handshakes (first single, “Slap Slap Slap Pound Up Down Snap”) affirmations of relying on positivity thoughout the roughest of times “We Are Going Anywhere Man”, a celebration of one of the stars of A Bout De Souuffle (“Michel Poiccard (She Yearns For The Devil)”), tales of smashed equipment and angry promoters (“Can You Seen Straight?”), with a dose of familiar, snotty, punk anthems about French girls with a penchant for taking it up the shitter (“I Like The Wrong Way”). Diplo drops in for a fight and ends up giving them a keyboard line for “Yo David Chase!”. Spank Rock guests on “7PM Woke Up An Hour Ago”. Yes, all of them are instilled with the same manic Ritalin-and –Sunny-D-induced energy of their earlier records, but it feels like something deeper has happened here, too.

Above it all floats the spirit of Beau Velasco, amused and laconic. Words of his were rescued from samplers and old ProTools sessions so that it is his voice that opens the record with words which could serve as the group’s mission statement, perhaps never so fully realised: “I wanna take this tape and blow up ya fuckin’ stereo!”

“It’s an amazing opportunity. I’m thrilled to be a part of the launch of Pauly’s new show, and honored to be the first artist singing on his first single,” says Dash on working with Pauly D.

‘Night of My Life’ will indelibly make a mark as it has already reached impressive chart levels, Number 3 on the Itunes Dance chart. Z100’s Elvis Duran and the Morning Show debuted ‘Night of My Life’ during an interview with Pauly D on Tuesday, March 27^th. Ryan Seacrest followed on Thursday morning and by Thursday Night, everyone heard ‘Night of My Life’ as the theme song to “The Pauly D Project”.

An incredible feat for an artist who, at the age of 16, almost never experienced this moment after a life-threatening accident that left him with no mobility or speech. His perseverance and determination brought about a full recovery and an unaccompanied move to NYC, where Dash pursued music, attended college, and worked a part-time job to chase his dream. After graduating from college, Dash persisted in his plight, withstanding a life on the streets and living on friend’s couches in order to continue writing and recording music.

“The imprint I left on the dashboard in my accident could have been the last mark I left in life, but I feel I’ve been given another chance to leave a mark of hope in this world.” Dash explains.

Dash was discovered and signed by music label/management/publishing entity Kingpin Entertainment Group/ECMG run by music executives Damon Eden and vetaran Sandy Lal. Eden is an A&R most noteworthy for his signing of international hip-hop star B.O.B. and his discovery of producer giants the Runners. Dealmaker Lal has ran an artist management company and entertainment law firm for a decade, working with the likes of superstars Flo Rida, and Lauryn Hill to name a few. Says Sandy Lal about Dash: “We are ecstatic that Pauly D has welcomed Dash into his world and picked his record as not only his first single, but as the theme song to his MTV show. We are just revving up what is about to be a serious onslaught with Dash. This will be one of many Dash sightings, as we prepare multiple looks for him. It is not often that you find an artist that has the full package like Dash, and is able to transcend genre lines.

The team, including The Closers and Joe Boom, are currently working on Dash’s new single, “Love To Love Ya” and developing his debut material.

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