Rayko/KRB
http://www.RaykoKRB.com
http://www.myspace.com/RaykoKRB
Performing at the UPSTAIRS STAGE IN THE CABARET @ 4:00 P.M.
After the triumphant releases of the Six EP and the Up Chuk Skat Digital Single, Rayko/KRB has launched The RockStar Poor LP. This new album promises to go for the throat of mainstream radio, while retaining the hybrid hip-hop-pop-rock sound that garnered Rayko the "Readers' Choice/Best Hip-Hop Vocalist" Award in the New Times. The guitar licks will still fly, but this time the beats are heavier, relying more on retro drum machines, fat bass lines, and soaring guest vocalists.
The RockStar Poor LP features a wide range of sonic moods, all intertwined in an album-wide story arc. The story evolves through the record, and re-invents the timeless tale of making a pact with the devil Herself. The varied chapters include the emotive ballad "Simple Love Song", which delivers a heartfelt and very personal three and half minutes of Rayko. "Simple Love Song" has already placed 2 on The PMC Top Ten, with an audience of over 200,000 listeners. Album stand-out "Identity" best explains the many voices living in disharmony inside Rayko's head, and features a Pink Floyd-style children's choir over a sizzling hip-hop track. Rayko hits the clubs with "RockStar Poor", a song that deals with the realities of being an independent musician, and "Take It Easy", an anthem to end all anthems. The story culminates with "Better Daze", a track that speaks of a whimsical past, and hopes for a better tomorrow.
C.C. Chapman of Accident Hash, has played nearly all of Rayko/KRB's songs on Sirius Satellite Radio. After listening to the new album C.C. concluded, "Rayko has taken the concept of hip-hop, kicked it down the alley, beat it to a pulp, gave it a drink and let it back into the club with brand new respect." Colin Meeks from IndieLaunchPad.com wrapped up his review with the following: "Eminently funky, with beats that you'd be hard pushed not to move to, this is an album that has all the Rayko hallmarks, but here there is a stronger sense of bravado. Actually, maybe bravado isn't the right term, I think maybe he's just grown a bigger set of balls. God help us if they get any bigger." Those balls are on full display every time Rayko takes the stage with the new KRB. In the past year he has headlined SunFest in West Palm Beach, and has opened for Fiona Apple, Omarion, and yes...Michael Bolton.
Fans around the world can connect with Rayko by watching The Chronic-Ills, Rayko's own vidblog at http://www.myspace.com/raykokrb, and they can hit him up on http://www.raykokrb.com All of Rayko's music is now available for download on iTunes.
The RockStar Poor LP brings together all of Rayko's personal influences, fusing the worlds of hip-hop, and pop rock effortlessly. Rayko and the KRB dishes out hook after soaring hook, ultra catchy tunes, and lyrics that are at once witty and introspective. The last track on the album is the last chapter in the story, and invites the fans to decide for themselves Rayko's fate.
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Takis
http://www.TakisMusic.com
http://www.Myspace.com/TakisDotCom
Performing at the UPSTAIRS STAGE IN THE CABARET @ 4:00 P.M.
Take one look at Takis, and you'll swear you've seen her before. Take one listen, and you'll never forget her.
If her striking figure seems familiar it might be because Takis has been a performing artist since early childhood. In both New York, and Miami, Takis has excelled in musical theater, dance, acting, and the visual arts. All her early training culminated in a scholarship to Miami's New World College of Fine Arts, and award winning performances in New York's Harlem Theater.
Based on the success of her musical theater projects, Takis became a talk show host for WPLG's By Kids For Kids, where she added "on-air-personality" to her ever-growing list of accomplishments. Her on-screen presence matched with her transcendent voice was unstoppable as Takis crooned her way to win Miami's Star Search competition.
South Florida record producers immediately took notice, and Takis began working on projects for Sony, Sony Latin, and MP Records. Her voice was featured on projects for Azul Azul, Jon B, T'Nice, Caribbean Funk, and Maverick recording artist Jorge Moreno. She became a fixture on AT Molina's productions, and her work ethic and talent continued to develop.
Following her tenure as a professional studio singer, Takis felt it was time to focus all her skills on her own project. She first reached out to long time friends PM Dawn for guidance and support, and in 2007 she was signed as an artist to BinaryStar Music. Takis is currently in the studio developing songs for her upcoming EP. Her first single from that EP, "I Am Woman", was leaked to local clubs, where it is already on heavy rotation.
If asked, an unassuming Takis will tell you that her love of music mainly comes from her grandmother. An aspiring Afro-Cuban singer, her grandmother introduced her to the likes of Latin legends Beny Moré, and La Lupe. Perhaps you may still hear the echoes of their amazing voices in Takis' own instrument. But her singing was also influenced by Billie Holiday, PM Dawn, and The Roots. In today's music scene Takis enjoys the artistry of Mary J. Blidge, Jill Scott, Macy Gray, Kelly Clarkson, Joss Stone, James Taylor, and Amy Winehouse.
Takis' exceptional joy ride in the music industry is about to be re-launched. Though it may seem that you've known her for years, get ready to get to know Takis all over again. Let her voice take you in, let her music turn you out, and her talent turn you on.
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