Press Release
Title:Beyond Face And Name: Artist Julian Franks
Single Release
Kusha Deep Records
www.julianfranks.com
News ...News...Beyond Face and Name has reached number 1o in the Radio M3 top thirty. They are based in New York ...Watch this space.
‘Beyond Face And Name’ is a brand new remix by Earth Loop taken from the Julian Franks’s world fusion album ‘Jewel In The Lotus’. The album has been bubbling for the past 12 months collecting a huge army of supporters from Poet Benjamin Zephaniah ,Al Scott, Record Producer (Asian Dub Foundation, The Oyster Band, The Levellers), Dave Meegan, Record Producer ( U2 on Joshua Tree, Rattle & Hum, and producer of Marillion’s new album). Julian’s also collected excellent reviews from Paul Elliot, writer for Q Magazine and MOJO, picking up great a quotes from Acid rocker Arthur Brown along the way.
The album was created as a response to a personal journey which Julian took while travelling through India and Nepal, Julian’s background in art and photography has captured this captivating journey which is now being made into a DVD to run alongside the album.
The Jewel album features a host of vocalists and musicians from the UK, France, Tibet, India and Canada.
"I am lucky to live in a city like Brighton in the UK which is so rich in talent and cultural diversity. I have singers like Soname from Tibet, singer song writer Hanna Burchell , guitarist Enrick Adam from France, didgeridoo player Phil Jackson from Canada, and flautist Ashok Kumar Mehta from India, to name just a few, that I can call on."
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Born in London, Julian started drumming early - he had his own drum kit by age 9 and was introduced to the world of "Live" jazz and Rock music by his father, also a drummer. Julian took his first Tabla lesson in Southall, London with Ismail Sheikh. Sheikh himself was a student of Alla Rakha, Ravi Shankar’s long time Tabla player and father of Zakir Hussain.
There is an impressive list of musical credits which Julian has also been involved over the years performing with Nick Pynn ,(Steve Harley's Cockney Rebel), as part of Arthur Brown's 'Crazy World of Arthur Brown' and with Jambience at Peace One Day (2002,2003) supporting Faithless, Starsailor, One Giant Leap, Jimmy Cliff, Dave Stewart (Eurythmics), and the Festival of Flight supporting Nitin Sawney.
The brilliant new remix that has just been completed by Earth Loop is rocking on the tribal house edge, and is taken from the ‘Beyond Face And Name’ track on the album. The new single has two brand new mixes plus the original cut which has shades of Faithless to give you some idea of the quality.
You will be able to download copies of the single and the album Jewel in the Lotus,through Kusha Deep Music (www.kusha-deep-unlimited.com) on Karma download ,itunes or order hard copy.
For more information please visit www.julianfranks.com and
www.kusha-deep-unlimited.com
Julian is quite happy to recieve e mails from anyone who might have questions about the music on the album, Jewel in the Lotus, or who want to know about tabla and percussion techniques .If you would like to set up workshops in your area please feel free to make a contact. If there were enough requests from the USA,Julian would consider coming over, for seminars, workshops and performances.
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