A Bit About Us...
Orangutango are a Gibraltarian rock band formed in Gibraltar in 2010 after a culmination of many jam sessions together live at the Tunnel, a local pub, in Gibraltar on Sunday nights. Orangutango’s musical style has always primed itself by executing a healthy and consistent mix of original songs and covers of various classic and modern rock songs, including anything from Hendrix and The Eagles to Nirvana and Muse. The band has more recently ventured into song writing which has spawned the urge to release a four song EP this coming September which has been recorded this summer. The original songs of the band have been primarily influenced by Andrew Orfila’s spontaneous song-writing as well as the inter-locked relationship between the rhythmic section of the band consisting of Philip Vasquez’s tight drumming and Anand Aidasani’s high-end bass playing. One of the band’s most notable fortes can be witnessed in Mark Alexander’s lead guitar playing which undoubtedly showcases the best of Gibraltar’s young guitar playing talent and general musical talent with his backing vocals.
The band consists of founding members Mark Alexander (Lead Guitar & vocals), Andrew Orfila (Vocals and rhythm guitar) and Philip Vasquez (Percussion). The most recent addition to the band following the departure of Chris Gaduzo has been the bassist Anand Aidasani who had previously performed with the Hamburger Thieves as well as with Philip Vasquez on a number of occasions. The band first performed with their newest addition in one of their many acoustic sets at O’Reilly’s earlier on this summer. With most of the band’s members studying in the UK, Orangutango have seen prime time gigs since their formation in 2010 during the summer, Christmas and Easter periods. This summer the band have already played a host of gigs at various locations including Lord Nelson’s, O’Reilly’s, Rock on the Rock and reached the apex of Gibraltar’s musical precipice by coming third at this year’s Gibraltar Battle of the Bands.
The band’s EP titled ‘Last Orders’ gives emphasis to the band’s many long nights playing in local pubs and bars and having to stay until the last orders of the night were given at the bar. The 3 song EP could be said to give a good reflection of the Band’s raw live-presence ability as two of the tracks featured were first-take recordings without a click timer. The band have always intended the EP to sound natural and raw, the way the band is live – full of ‘in-the-moment’ emotion with no song sounding exactly the same, if anything the EP could be said to not do the band justice following their best performance yet at this year’s Battle of the Bands. The quartet host some of Gibraltar’s best collection of young live session musicians as the band often hosts 3 hour gigs which are often filled with on-the-spot originals and teasing fillers which keel the bands originality and direction.

Adding colour to music, one track at a time! 

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Her Bio 
There are so many recording artist in this country that want to be famous. There are so many recording artist that can sing. There are so many that can dance. And there are plenty of artist that can put on a cute face and act.

But then there are artist that are just different...Artist that have that 'it' quality about themselves...There are those people that when you meet them, see them and then hang out with them they leave an indelible impression on you...

Gessica Rockwell is one of those young bright pop country recording artist.

This young native of Wentzville, Mo. (a suburban county 20 miles west of St. Louis, Mo.) has been singing, dancing and acting since she was four and has been approaching her craft like a disciplined, savvy entertainment veteran for years.

Gessica was musically influenced by Hannah Montana, Kelly Clarkson and Brittney Spears like a lot of other young girls her age at that time...But, the more she developed the more she began to find her stride and unique style.

Performing at countless shows over the last few years, whether it was the talent shows at Timberland High School or Clear Channel's 107.7 sponsored "Footloose Sing and Dance Contest" (resulting in a top 10 finish amongst hundreds of contestants) it was the next chance meeting that changed the course of Gessica's burgeoning career.

Gessica was asked to perform on numerous occasions on St. Louis' local TV network KMOV Channel 4's show Junior Stars. The exposure from this local TV show resulted in Gessica being invited to join the "Teen Swag Tour" in the summers of 2008, 2009 and 2010. (Teen Swag USA is a non for profit youth organization that promotes, health and well-being for all youth between the ages 8-20 years of age..www.teenswagusa.com)

Sonny Metcalf, one of the executive board members of WBMS for Kids was totally intrigued by Gessica at one of her performances. He loved her energy on and off stage. He loved her look and her image and really wanted to assist her in developing her career. But, even after all the years of performing, he knew she needed polishing...So he introduced her and her family to Artist Development NetWork (ADN) (a music production/ artist development company).

Under the tutelage and direction of Artist Development NetWork (ADN), Gessica has been transforming and blossoming into a "new " type of pop country artist.

Working exclusively with her new producer/engineer/mixer and various songwriters that are with  Artist Development Network (ADN) with  Gessica has begun dramatically expanding her sound and musically going to places she never thought of before...Her music is crossing many spectrums from Dance to R&B to Pop with a little bit of Country. And her growing fan base has primarily been females between the ages of 10 to 21 and people of all ethnic backgrounds. There is no cookie cutter sound, style or image when it comes to Gessica's project. She is pushing towards creating her own lane in entertainment.

And With the 2011 "Teen Swag Tour" kicking off this summer and new music being released this year, Gessica has a full schedule on her plate for 2011.

All in all, she will be a force to be reckoned with and the sky is the limit at this point...

Ladies and gentleman Artist Development Network (ADN) presents to you, 
GESSICA ROCKWELL.





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