Derek Beres is a multi-faceted author, speaker, and podcaster based in Portland, Oregon. He has served in senior editorial positions at a number of tech companies and has years of experience in health, science, and music writing. He regularly speaks on science and media literacy. Derek is the co-host of the Conspirituality podcast.

Alongside David ‘Duke Mushroom’ Schommer, Derek is one-half of EarthRise SoundSystem, which has released three albums and four EPs. Derek has produced records for Six Degrees Records and Vieux Farka Toure. He toured internationally with GlobeSonic and was a regular guest at the legendary Turntables on the Hudson parties and resident DJ of Kollektiv with Karsh Kale. He has performed alongside Jamiroquai, Ojos De Brujo, Sidestepper, Brazilian Girls, Yerba Buena, Antibalas, Cheb i Sabbah, and more. He served as music supervisor for the breakthrough documentary, DMT: The Spirit Molecule, and is the co-host of the podcast, Conspirituality. He (somewhat) regularly posts mixes on his Soundcloud page and on Spotify.

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.

KR3TURE ("Creature") is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, and scientist from Santa Cruz, CA creating melodic bass music that bends genres and lifts spirits. For all things KR3TURE, visit https://linktr.ee/KR3TURE

DJ Green B (Bay Area) https://instagram.com/djgreenbizzle also streaming on https://www.twitch.tv/djgreenb
For bookings & ALL MY MIXTAPES link djgreenb.com/mixtapes
It’s not easy to win acclaim as a reggae dancehall DJ on the West Coast. It’s even more difficult to win acclaim as a female reggae dancehall DJ – but that is exactly what DJ Green B has done.

In an era when Instagram models, B-list celebrities and reality TV stars dominate the club DJ market, DJ Green B has carved out a lane for herself the old fashioned way: by breaking records, producing mixtapes, and building a reputation as one of the best party rocking DJs on the West Coast.

Starting as a strictly reggae DJ in the early 2000s, a DJ Green B set now includes healthy doses of afrobeats, hip-hop and tropical bass music. Having built a West Coast empire with residencies in San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles, she became a national and international tastemaker when she was tapped to host SiriusXM’s Dancehall Saturday Night show. This, along with  djn on the Welcome to Jamrock Party Cruise, Cali Roots Festival, Long Beach's Cali Vibes Fest, plus many years at SNWMF & Reggae On The River has given DJ Green B a worldwide cache that most other tropical music DJs only dream about.

In 2024, DJ Green B continues  to make dancefloors, concerts, and festival stages light up with GOOD ENERGY. 

Check her latest mixtapes at djgreenb.com/mixtapes and follow her on Instagram at https://instagram.com/djgreenbizzle 


Please email management@gangwarily.art to book Smasheltooth for parties and events.


OTHER MIXES FOR DOWNLOAD NOT AVAILABLE ON SOUNDCLOUD:
Silent Frisco on WestCliff, Santa Cruz: http://www.mediafire.com/listen/b1081bgd3ofxnog/Silent_Frisco_Smasheltooth.mp3
Year of the Smasheltooth Tiger: http://www.mediafire.com/?8bzz2neqi4n2afh
Too Hard for the Fucking Raindance: http://www.mediafire.com/?glfuj53ze80vj94
Too Hard for the Fucking Radio: http://www.mediafire.com/?8e2hbif9wq5ek11

Smasheltooth Sightings:
Please visit www.smasheltooth.com for event info

There once was a dreamy-eyed lass and only punk rock and hardcore could make her shake her ass. One day she was walking around the block when she heard a boombox play hip hop. She started dancing and yelling YAAAAY but fell over and landed in a pile of dancehall-reggae. Reggae covered her eyes and face when she meandered into a basement playing drum and bass. This music made her dance and shake her back until she thought she'd have a heart attack. Then an unknown mysteriously deep bass sound led her into a secret room where dubstep was abound. Deciding she'd already fallen in love with enough musics in this one day, she finally went home and had dreams of getting thizz faced and riding the whip with Mac Dre. 

Going stoopid doo-doo dumb on the stage with the likes of Too Short, E-40, Mistah F.A.B., Rappin 4 Tay, Girl Talk, Freestyle Fellowship, and more, Smasheltooth intends to integrate inner-city raps with privileged producer slaps and spread musical butter over rumps across the globe in the name of Furl! Yadadaholla?

Kaminanda's sound is Midtempo grooves, tribal rhythms, Psy-Dub and downtempo. A kaleidoscope of warm melodies and twisting, winding compositions. 

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https://soundcloud.com/mykorhizamusic

Email DJ Robert Rankin at rankinmassive@gmail.com You can also check the Facebook fanpage at https://www.facebook.com/pages/DJ-ROBERT-RANKIN/238995666646   Bless!

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