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.

Sobald der erste Schlag die Snare trifft,  und die sphärischen Synthie Sounds den Raum fluten, tauchst du hinab in andere Welten. Während du noch vermutest, du hast die Situation im Griff, da hast du dich schon in ihr verloren. 

VARO ist der eine, unvergessliche Augenblick des ersten Kennenlernens, den man niemals wieder vergisst. Verzerrt hallende Gitarrenklänge, ein pulsierender Bass und während diese Stimme Dich durchdringt, merkst Du gar nicht, was mit Dir passiert, denn du bist schon mitten drin! Mitten auf der Reise durch die Musik von VARO - Gänsehaut, wenn Du eigentlich gar nicht damit rechnest - So einnehmend und verspielt die atmosphärische Wärme der Band ist, irgendwie schwingt immer eine gewisse Stimmung mit, die erschaudern lässt. 

VARO mit ihrer Frontfrau Elisa, sind eine Band, die aus erfahrenen Postrock, Dark Pop  und genresprengendem Downtempo Liebhabern besteht.In München konnte sich VARO im letzten Jahr bereits mit zahlreichen Auftritten als Geheimtipp in der Szene etablieren, jetzt wollen sie sich auf den großen Bühnen beweisen und veröffentlichen am 2. Oktober ihre EP „here is the calm, here is the storm.“

VARO ist, was deutsche Bands so selten sind: Dynamisch, veränderlich und kontinuierlich überraschend. Die Band prägt ihren eigenen Stil, ihr eigenes Verständnis von Musikalischer Vielfalt und Experimentierfreude, dem Sprengen musikalischer Grenzen. Das ist so ziemlich einmalig, denn beim zuhören entsteht nichts Genretypisches: : die melancholischen Arrangements stürzen dich nicht in eine Depression - Nein, im Gegenteil: Sie geben Dir die Kraft, loszulassen. Das ist im heutigen Szenario des immer nebulöser werdenden Felds deutscher Rockmusik so ein Alleinstellungsmerkmal und so außergewöhnlich, dass VARO immer erkannt wird.

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Die Leidenschaft zum HipHop begleitet ihn schon immer. Als jüngster in einer Großfamilie aufgewachsen wurde DJ Prestige sehr stark von dem sogenannten "Oldschool HipHop", den seine älteren Geschwister hörten, geprägt.

Durch Dj RamCee, den großen Bruder, beginnt Prestige das deejaying und damit die Musik ganz neu wahrzunehmen, und schon bald macht er sich mit Leidenschaft selbst an die Turntables.
Die Spannweite seines Repertoires reicht von Raw HipHop über R&B bis hin zum Soul and Funk, somit ist für jeden Geschmack im Bereich der Black Music etwas dabei.
Mit seiner perfekten Mischung aus Oldschool & Newschool , bringt Dj Prestige garantiert jede Tanzfläche zum beben.Genau das beweist er jeden Freitags aufs neue, bei "Black Beatz" im Waldhaus Ludwigsburg.

Referenzen/played @ :
proTON STUTTGART
AER CLUB STUTTGART
PERKINS PARK STUTTGART
ROMY.s
ZOE STUTTGART
PINKS AND DRINK STUTTGART
MaMo- Shoes&Lifestyle , Ludwigsburg
Waldhaus ,Ludwigsburg
Soundclub Vegas , Markgröningen
Emporio Bar, Ludwigsburg
Club Tonstudio, Stuttgart
Maxx Music Club, Biethigheim-Bissingen
Club Maco, Karlsruhe
Dancecenter A66, Frankfurt
WerkCafe Ludwigsburg
Buddha Lounge Red Mandarin
Pussycatclub Ludwigsburg
Halle02 Heidelberg
B29 Schwäbisch Gmünd / Fresh up da Old School

played with:
DJ LOWLIFE
Dj Tomazz(Mad-n-Azz Soundsystem)
DJ DIVERSION
DJ 80 CUZ
DJ RAZÈ
CUT MASTA REEN
DJ NEB
DJ 2NC
MELVIN ROCKET
Dj sID(seven1six)
Jay S 
Dj Giove
Alan white(Generation Gossip)
Chris David(Rosenberg oder Tal)
Deejay Deekay (12inchRockers)
Dj Breeze
DJ Jalmar
Dj Jopez
Dj Sandy
DJ Phil P
DanRockz (Clubrockerz)
Dennis Electric (CLubrockerz)
Fiesta Electronica


The Godfather Dj RamCee( Burning Beatz)




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