Dj Leighton Moody (Soulsideup / We House Sundays)

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Damian Robert Nesta Marley, also known around the world as “Junior Gong” and more recently as “Gongzilla” was born in 1978 to parents Bob Marley and Cindy Breakspeare, Miss World 1976.  As a young adult, he developed a passion and a gift to speak for those who cannot always speak for themselves. A self-proclaimed ‘Spiritual Revolutionary’, Damian has worked assiduously to carve his own niche in music history and to add a new perspective to the Marley legacy for the 21st century. 

At the age of 13, Damian began performing in a group called “The Shepherds” which comprised of Shiah Coore (son of Third World guitarist Cat Coore) and currently a member of his band, and Yashema Beth McGreggor, daughter of reggae singers Freddie Mcgreggor and Judy Mowatt and then began touring with his brothers, Stephen, Ky-mani, Julian and Ziggy. 

By 1996, Damian had already made his stamp as a different kind of Marley when he released his first solo album “Mr. Marley”, a heavily dancehall-influenced album produced by his brother Stephen Marley.  His second album “Halfway Tree” was released in 2001 by a major record label and showcased Damian’s unique gift for blending dancehall, reggae and hip-hop styles.  This album won Damian much recognition and remained on the Billboard Top Reggae Album Charts for 158 weeks and earned him his first Grammy for Best Reggae Album in 2002. 
While honored by this recognition by the global music fraternity, Damian continued to work in the studio, laying the groundwork for the tracks that would become his highly anticipated album, “Welcome To Jamrock”. The lyrics in this album presented Marley as a true spiritual revolutionary, as he used his talent to evoke a spiritual change while trying to enforce a better way of thinking.  He is described as “rhyming with the conviction of a street preacher with the intellect of a university economist”.  

Damian’s hit single “Welcome to Jamrock” was listed as one of the Top 100 Songs of the Decade by Rolling Stone, and at the 2006 Grammy Awards, he won Best Reggae Album and Best Urban/Alternative Performance for Welcome to Jamrock. Damian is the only Jamaican reggae artist in history to win two Grammy Awards on the same night. He is also the only reggae artist to win in the Best Urban/Alternative Performance category at the Grammy Awards. The New York Times called Welcome to Jamrock the “best reggae song of the decade.” 
Welcome to Jamrock led the pathway to Damian’s critically acclaimed collaboration with Nas for 2010’s much lauded album “Distant Relatives” – a project which explored the relationships between reggae, hip-hop and Africa. The album title refers not only to the bond between the artists, but the connection to their African ancestry, which inspired the album both musically and lyrically. USA Today referred to the album as a “potent and often provocative collaboration” and by Rolling Stone as “an Afrocentric winner.” The album debuted at Number 5 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart and Number 1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Rap Albums and Reggae Albums charts, with Billboard heralding the album as “a dynamic hybrid.”    

The Distant Relatives Tour kicked off in 2011 and saw Damian traveling and performing for thousands of fans all over the world, including South America, Europe, The United Kingdom, The Caribbean and North America.  

Damian continued to cross musical boundaries in 2012, as he went on to partner with Skrillex for their groundbreaking track “Make It Bun Dem”, which Rolling Stone called “a monster mash up of dubstep and dancehall” and has led to several remixes of the original version.  Damian recently released two other singles; “Set Up Shop” and  “Affairs of the Heart” which both received widespread airplay. 

Damian continues to tour with his band all over the world as a way of entertaining and healing as he continues to spread the message for those whose voices cannot be heard. He is working with his brothers Stephen and Julian under their Ghetto Youths International Label, to discover, develop and sign gifted artistes by applying their musical talent and vast experience to create new and different styles of music.  

Damian is currently in the studio working on his upcoming solo album.

Born and raised in South Africa, Cape Town based Cassiem Latief has been steadily immersed in the local electronic scene for more than a decade. He has played a relevant part in the inception of respected party brands such as the True Music Pop Up Club & We House Sundays.

From humble beginnings working in a local record store to holding down residencies & major events nationally have earned him an appreciative and ever growing following throughout the years.

His early music influences arise from soul, rnb, hip hop, jazz, reggae & long past 80’s to 2000’s House music released on labels like Nu Groove, Movin, Strictly Rhythm & Guidance.

Latief features productions on labels such as Nomadiq Music, Solun Concepts & Magique Music. The future looks promising from a production side as he continues to grow and develop as an artist.

23-06-12 FICTION cape town
30-06-12 HAI.BO durban
07-07-12 THE WARM UP johannesburg
07-07-12 TRUTH johannesburg
08-07-12 COLD TURKEY cape town
12-07-12 MITTE SOUNDBAR nuremberg
20-07-12 K4 BIERGARTEN nuremberg
28-07-12 BLUE BUBBLE brombachsee
28-07-12 STADTHALLE FÜRTH
09-08-12 MITTE SOUNDBAR nuremberg
17-08-12 RAKETE nuremberg TBA
23-08-12 NANO nuremberg
24-08-12 MITTE SOUNDBAR nuremberg
28-10-12 KILLING TIME melbourne
20-01-13 KILLING TIME melbourne
14-02-13 STATION PIER melbourne
11-03-13 BUTTER SESSIONS SHOW ON TRNSMT melbourne
23-03-13 SECTION 8 melbourne
07-04-13 KILLING TIME melbourne
12-04-13 BURDEKIN HOTEL sydney
14-04-13 THE ABERCROMBIE sydney




Edbert stands for electronic music driven by soulful vocals. Starting collecting vinyl at the age of 8 gave him the opportunity to find his way through a large variety of musical genres and eras. That’s what he still does. He listens to a wide spectrum of music from Hip Hop to Rock’n’Roll and everything in-between, those ascendancies are clearly recognizable when you listen to his DJ-sets and turn them into something special. As a DJ he started to collect his first impressions behind the decks at the Zoom Club in Nuremberg and later on at Die Rakete. Besides that he now has his own event with two friends of him at Mitte Soundbar. Instead of this he is part of the Desperate Houseboys. They are a crew of House-Lovers consisting of Chris Binder, Marko M. and him.
After he spent a whole month in South Africa playing some great gigs in 2012 he moved to Melbourne to get new impressions.

The Red Bull Music Studio Cape Town was a recording facility for Red Bull Music and its network of artists and partners. These are just some of the many recordings to come from the Studios vaults over the years.

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