RICHARD JANSEN., born Richard Mark Jansen on August 21, 1989 is a South-East Asian rapper/singer/songwriter and formerly signed to Sony Music Entertainment with the duo Trick. 

Watched him perform live alongside superstars such as Scola of Multi-Platinum Group Dru Hill, AKON, The Jersey Boys, Kyle Patrick, SKarf (Korea) , M.I.B (Korea), SAYKOJI (Indonesia), YACKO (Indonesia), Dami Im (Australia), Jay Park (USA/Korea), BIG BANG (Korea) and more.

Currently based in Southeast Asia, Singapore, RICHARD have set about crafting original and cover songs with a unique style which combines multiple genres such as Hip Hop/R&B/Pop/Reggae/Rock.

Business/Features: richj.mgmt@gmail.com

	
It is not wrong to say that Dr Sakthivel Thamotharan is probably the only medical doctor in the country who is having a solo music album out. This Klang boy whose music is a mix genre of reggae and fusion, sings in English, Tamil and Malay.

It all started in the year 2001, after completing his Form Five when he sought after hip hop artiste Balan Kashmir of former KLG sqwad and Navin ‘D’Navigator’ Kumar, multiple AIM award-winning music producer. Then more into hip hop and rap, Dr Sakthi did a demo tape for the duo who were duly impressed enough to invite him to be a “hidden member” of KLG sqwad, performing alongside the guys at shows.

However, just a short year down the road in 2002, he was offered a chance to study medicine in Ukraine but with music being in his blood, Dr Sakthi was confident that he could juggle both studies and music. 

There he became further influenced by reggae music and thus took on stints as a part-time DJ to gain more visibility in the music scene,and went on to successfully become 1 of the biggest names in the city of Simferopol and the state of Crimea,Ukraine and and proudly Pioneering the birth of the local HipHop/Rap/Reggae/Urban music scene .In fact,he even travelled around Ukraine, joining forces and appearing on recordings with local russian bands and rap groups and in 2008 formed a five-member reggae band called Riddim Souljah's who took the local reggae scene by storm earning respects from Big Reggae names from Ukraine. He also became an emcee for RAGGA JUNGLE music, a sub-genre of DRUM & BASS and travelled around Ukraine performing in shows along side notable DRUM & BASS stars,1 of them being THE PANACEA from GERMANY. 

In between studies, Dr Sakthi returned to Malaysia and became a close ally of Malaysia’s reggae ambassador Sasi the Don who featured the former in his songs. Plus in 2007, he also got the honour of performing alongside Sasi, Dayang Nurfaizah and Gary at Genting’s Arena of Stars in conjunction with the Merdeka celebrations. 

In 2009 upon completion of his studies while balancing with his job as a Doctor, he dove headlong into the music scene and went on to do the Kondattam Remix with D’Navigator, 1-2 Remix with Balan Kashmir and 12 other Malaysian artistes in 2010. 
Tracks he’s been involved in include Amplify Remix by KLG sqwad and Sunset Stylin in 2007 which was in Sasi’s previous Album- Asian Dancehall Revolution.

More recently, he recorded Right Time Comes with Sasi in the latter’s latest album, Don’t Panic, It’s Just Music,which also features Reggae/Dancehall legends Dr Alban,Apache Indian,Maxi Priest and Local Malaysian Diva's Jaclyn Victor and Anita Sarawak-,collaborated with Tamil Rapper Psychomantra on the song Chiku Bukku Raile from the album Punithamaana Tulasi,plus he shared the stage with Reggae Artist Salam and local sensations Prema Yin and Reshmonu in the We are Music gig and even performed in London alongside Apache Indian.

In July 2011 Dr.Sakthi opened the stage and performed with Sasi The Don, at the "Don' Panic,Its Just Music" album Launch.Yet again sharing the stage with Big names-International Reggae Artist Apache Indian,Malaysian Music Scene frontliners Jaclyn Victor,Rabbit Mac & Shezzay of Psychounit,Balan Kashmir and Psychomantra.

Dr Sakthi’s first single is an official remix of Bob Marley’s track; a Tamil reggae version of No Woman, No Cry (PENNE KANNEER VIDATHE) which he wrote himself and produced by D’Navigator. 

Crediting his music influences as Poetic Ammo, Too Phat, Bob Marley, Sean Paul, Shaggy, Apache Indian, A.R. Rahman,Ilaiyaraaja, 5Nizza from Ukraine and Asa from Nigeria, Dr Sakthi says his music is a homage to these music greats.

Bold and insistently experimental, the sound of speakers dances amid the worlds of rhythmic pop, urban, and electronic music — the result of the restless imagination of its creators: singer, rapper, and lyricist Keon B and musician-producer Blair Taylor. The duo began working together last fall and decided to label their collaboration speakers because “you can’t hear the music without speakers,” explains Keon. Adds Blair: “And you need two, a left and a right. We are not one without the other.” The chemistry between these two artists, both age 21, is palpable throughout the tracks they are creating for their debut album, which will be released by Virgin Records, in conjunction with independent label Newco (where the duo were first discovered by Troy Carter and Matt Michelsen), in early 2012. Songs like “Bass,” “Gimme Go,” and “Kill Me” are massive party anthems, replete with big hooks and persistently pounding beats that draw from the high energy “bounce” sound that originated in Blair’s hometown of New Orleans. Now based in Los Angeles, the duo have been feverishly writing and recording. “What motivates us is trying to figure out how to communicate,” Keon says. “We were given this ability and we want to use it to help change people’s lives.” 

NDMA, Never Dead More Alive,  a dynamic duo of diversified characteristics and ethnics, putting together their love for music, choreography and smoothness under one genre, Universal Music!

Nigesh 'TX' Armon
Rapper
Dancer
Lyricist
Producer

“You are the air. You are the being. You are the synthesis. You are the reality. It’s through you I derive my desire. It’s through you I derive my faith. It’s for you I live my life in chords of music. It’s  for you I stay true to this message. Te’Xtrano Destino” 


DLS aka. Daniel Stanford
Singer
Dancer
Lyricist
DJ

 “The best words said are those sang and worded through the heart, and through the flow of one’s body in motion. A truthful message to the audience. Whats the DeaLS!”


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