Jāmin "SayJaymin"

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One of my favorites by Frank. This version for the dance floor (or wherever you may find yourself moving your body). Enjoy!

Frank Ocean. Ivy. Benjamin Shaffer Remix

Do You Remember? Feat. Carol C

I made this in a collaboration with my good friends Nomadic, Taiye Selasie (best-selling author)and Daniel Mate.  Warm low end, ghostly backing vocals and flickering hi-hats back the lyrical exploration of a relationship with a connection so strong it keeps you, even when your mind tells you to go.  The three of us wrote this together, when I had ishlab studio in Brooklyn. Taiye wrote the lyrics to Nomadic's melodies in record time, I think it took her 30 minutes. The gift of a melody maker with the gift of a wordsmith. Wonderful. My friend Daniel Mate made the synth/bass line one night before one of our Project Rhythm programs (projectrhythm.org). Then Sage and I mixed it, and Joe Laporta mastered it in NYC. 

I filmed the video in Medellin, Colombia with some dancer friends. It took a few years to evolve and come to fruition, and now here you have it! 
The moody, softly-lit video for “Say It Again” is a heated exhibition of desire and lust through modern dance. The video’s intimacy is heightened by the physical confines of the apartment in Medellin, Colombia where it was filmed.
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xWi3zAD3mU&feature=youtu.be


Music Credits
Vocals and Lyrics: Nomadic and Taiye Selasi
Production and Music: Jāmin
Synth and Piano: Daniel Maté
Mixed by Jāmin and Sage Atwood
Mastered by Joe Laporta

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Video
Dancers Cynthia and Santiago
Directed by Jāmin 
Filmed by Jāmin and Pipe
Edited by Sage Atwood

SAY IT AGAIN FEAT. NOMADIC

DANGEROUS FEAT. CHARMELLO

OVER & OVER FEAT. DANIELLE PARENTE (JAMIN REMIX)

No Smoke Feat. J-Rile and Charmello

Tell Me Now  Feat. Charmello

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It has long been time for unity, time for cultural change, time for the whole world to understand that all people bleed, we are all cut from the same cloth, we all deserve equality and justice. To accept our common thread is to be able to embrace our differences. "We All Bleed", my new single, is made to inspire change, to unite, to show that we have been coming apart while we need to come together. In this time of so much negativity, so much tension "We All Bleed" is made to uplift. This is "We All Bleed."

A huge eternal thank you to everyone fighting for social justice, for peace, for equality, for compassion, for love. And thank you to everyone who contributed to the making of this video.

Music Credits:
Vocals: Danielle Parente, Nomadic 
Mixed by Benjamin Shaffer and Sage Atwood
Mastered by Joe Laporta

Video Credits:
Filmed and directed by Benjamin Shaffer, Sage Atwood and Danielle Parente
Video edited by Sage Atwood

We All Bleed feat. Danielle Parente and Nomadic

Producer. Singer. DJ. 

Hear the sound of an R&B flow floating over an electronic bed bouncing with a Caribbean / Afro rhythm, body-rolling to a hip-hop groove and you might find Benjamin Shaffer (aka Jāmin, pronounced jaymin) at the fader. A producer, songwriter, singer with roots as a DJ, he has made a career collaborating, connecting and sharing through music. 

His songs bring artists and styles together from around the globe. The pulse is rooted in his perspective as a DJ – move the body. His tracks are made for movement and speak to both the shared human experience and issues of our times, calling for light, leadership, community, unity and beauty. A strong current of personal responsibility flows while he creates sonic space to also contemplate vulnerability, sacrifice, loss, pain and human dynamics. 

After going on global tour at 18 as a DJ for Geffen Records’ Girls Against Boys, he built Brooklyn music studio Ishlab (a$ap Rocky, Jet, Jadakiss, MIA, Roberta Flack, Mac Miller (RIP)) and gained acceptance into NYU’s Steinhardt School—a first for a DJ who couldn’t read or write music. He then founded Project Rhythm, a non-profit that equips children with life skills through the collaborative process of producing their own original songs.

Benjamin Shaffer's music is made to celebrate the human experience. With his music, he aims to invite movement and spark movements, whether to make moments, make change, or make babies, each song reflects the ties that bind us all together.

Benjamin Shaffer

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