http://www.genesiszmusic.com/


Genesis Z aka Genesis Ian is a Singer songwriter, musician, producer, and videographer from Subic Bay, Philippines. Moved to Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, France to San Francisco as a child then musically raised thru high school in Wilmington, Delaware and Philadelphia in the renaissance golden years of neo soul. In 2001 Genesis moved to California to pursue his music producer career. 

As a producer, he is best 
known for his work with colleague, Justine Ranes, and Kairie Cushnie of Labratz, his electro band De5tro and Redman. His solo music is like a biography of his life, every song a page, every Ep / album a chapter, . He delivers powerful emotion through his lyricism, over his raw, organic, sometimes electronic, enigmatic instrumentals.

Labratz has produced and released three Mixtapes with Busta Rhymes, Spliff Star, and Rah Digga. Labratz also produced music for Nate Dogg, Dr. Dre's artist Slim Da Mobster, Kat Williams, Ty James and many more amazing artist. Genesis has scored and demoed songs for Lauren Hill, Seal, Christina Milian, placements Film / Tv shows under Edmonds publishing company.  During his 8 year production work, he has performed alongside Talwilk Enfield, Flipmode Squad's Spliff Star, Ivis from the Wailers, XOL, Ben Kenny of Incubus and The Roots. 

In 2004, Kairie Cushnie, Justin Ranes, and Genesis Ian founded the music production company, Labratz, where he creates content for musicians, major artist, and small business. 

2008 Genesis Z debut his R&B / Soul album under moniker aliases Genesis Ian. This led to meeting  Wutang's and Lauren Hill's drummer Dion Nueble. 

2010 he and Nueble has founded electro rock band De5tro. They have performed over 200 venues in Southern California, have opened for acts such as Stanley Clarke, Stevie Wonder, and other indie bands. Currently changing the act name as Genesis Z and The Black Mambas, is shopping for a distribution deal and the right publicity team. Genesis Z plans to release his singles "Karnivor" featuring Redman, Wild About You,  and "Heartbreakers" for early 2016.

Currently we are in the works of adding new members to the band. A second guitar player, and horn section will be exciting to for the complete line up.


By Lori Staten

Andrew Emil // Change Request 

A preeminent artist of Chicago's 3rd wave, Andrew Emil is one of house music’s most staunch stalwarts. A concert-trained percussionist since age 11, he earned a chair in his native Kansas City Symphony before eventually moving to Chicago. 

As a traditional musician, Andrew Emil has worked as a keyboardist, arranger, and an orchestrator on recording sessions and productions, cutting his teeth at the former Chicago Trax Recording Studios. 

Credited on over 200+ recordings, his composition and studio productions have ranged from concert works and sound design to film scoring stages and hundreds of releases of electronic music productions. 

After a life in live music performance, from orchestra percussion sections to punk rock ensembles, he crafted a reputation for House Music productions in Chicago under his own name, as well as Broadway & Wilson, and Uptown Tones. 

One of the earlier innovators of the “Jackin House” genre under the Broadway & Wilson moniker with Jeff Bloom, Andrew is never content to stay in one place or style of musical thought for very long. 

He is the only recording artist to do production work simultaneously for Derrick Carter’s Classic Music Company, Mark Farina’s Great Lakes Audio, Gene Farris’ Farris Wheel Recordings, and four-time GRAMMY nominee Steve “Silk” Hurley’s S&S Records.

A string of double-digit singles for prominent labels, including remixes for artists such as Common, Kanye West, Little Louie Vega, Jamie Principle, Steve "Silk" Hurley, Iz & Diz, Fast Eddie, Shalamar, Roland Clark, David Morales, Colette, Amp Fiddler, JT Donaldson, and Gene Farris, to name a few. 

2012 saw the emergence of his epithet, Change Request, with the Change Theory EP on four play music. This new persona allowed the freedom to explore hybrids of mid-tempo live instrument focused jazz-dance-fusion. 

Following this release was “After All” on Seasons Recordings, with another single thereafter featuring house music icon, Chez Damier, “I Wanna Go Back”, including a remarkable rework from Glenn Underground, on Glenview Records. 

The ever-growing collection of songs and musical dialogue eventually led to the conceptual album series from Change Request. Each full-length effort containing a completely separate story and scored via its own unique incidental subtext. 

Emil created AstraVox Music with the award-winning Los Angeles-based composer, Mr. Nathaniel, as a home for his increasing catalog of incidental dramatic musical compositions. 

www.andrewemil.com

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