Jahcoustix
Jahcoustix (actually Dominik Haas ; * 4. October 1978 in Bonn ) is a German reggae - musician .
Life
As the son of a German diplomat, he lived in Mexico, Liberia, Bonn, New York, Kenya and Egypt, where he graduated from high school in 1998. He then moved to Munich and completed a three-year apprenticeship as an audiovisual music clerk at Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG). After working for a year at BMG, Dominik Haas decided to devote himself exclusively to music and initially played a mixture of reggae and jazz with friends .
After the project was terminated, he joined the bands Headcornerstone and Dubious Neighborhood as a background singer. He has been the singer for Dubious Neighborhood since 2001 and plays his own songs with this band . In 2003/2004 Jahcoustix was on tour with Mellow Mark and Patrice and in 2003 released his first solo album Colourblind . In March 2009, Jahcoustix's band Dubious Neighborhood broke up. In the 2010s, Jahcoustix relocated from Munich to Berlin, performed at home and abroad and released several CDs.
He or his bands have supported the following artists: UB40 , Israel Vibration , Toots & the Maytals , Gregory Isaacs , Culture , U-Roy , Macka B , Capleton , India.Arie , Gentleman , Söhne Mannheims , Patrice , Mellow Mark , Abyssinians , Martin Jondo , Jamaram
Discography
With Dubios Neighborhood
- Souljahstice (2003)
- Grounded (2006)
Solo albums
- Colourblind (2004), Virgin Records
- Seriously Positive (2016), Irievibrations Records
With The Outsideplayers
- Jahcoustix & The Outsideplayers (2008)
With a yard vibes crew
- Crossroads (2010)
- Frequency (2013)
- Frequency Acoustic (2014)
Singles
- Uprise & Shine (2003)
- Searching For The Truth (2004)
- True To Yourself (2011)
- World Citizen feat. Shaggy (2012)
- Another Day (2012)
- Too Brutal (2016)
- Wisdom Keepers with Stephen Keise (2017)
Web links
- Jahcoustix recordings in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website
- Myspace page
- Short biography on his label
- Interview on Reggaeinberlin.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jahcoustix |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Haas, Dominik (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German reggae musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th October 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bonn |