Slow Jam (music label)
Slow Jam (often also spelled Slo 'Jam) is an independent label and music production company based in Berlin and with international associations. The artists represented at Slow Jam come mainly from the genres of hip-hop , soul , and alternative . The focus is on building up artists, creative collaboration and linking regional projects with the international market (especially in the hip-hop area).
Slow Jam emerged in 2002 from the Berlin music production "Sonny Side OF The Street". Behind it is Sebastian Ugowski under his pseudonym " Gilmano ", under which he caused a sensation in the UK charts when he played the cover version of the Genesis classic "Follow You, Follow Me" with the Canadian rapper Tara Chase with the help of the record company BMG and Logic Records established ( Top40 ) and delivered R&B remixes for the German chart duo Spike , which were well received in the clubs, as well as refreshing cinema soundtracks with his retrofunk and soul jazz. Ugowski's other artistic fields as filmmaker and author (birth name: Sebastian Ugowski) and the experience gained from this flow into the musical work at Slow Jam.
Slow Jam celebrated its greatest successes with MC Seryoga , who recorded six top 10 hits in a row in the Commonwealth of Independent States with Slow Jam productions (2 long-playing records , produced by Gilmano ) , three of which were number one. Seryoga has already been honored with 2 MTV Awards.
Genres
- Hip hop
- rap
- Breakbeat
- soul
- Wireless
- alternative
- Cross over
Artists (who are or have been supported by Slow Jam)
- SCURiL! (German MC )
- Tara Chase (female MC , Canada, UK Top 40)
- Gilmano (founder of Slow Jam, music producer , songwriter , various artistic fields of activity)
- Seryoga ( GUS TOP10 , MTV Awards)
- Eveleena ( R&B , Soul )
- Samir Chemli ( Soul )
- Spike ( R&B )
- Azad (known MC for the featuring cooperation with Seryoga maxi single "2Kaiser" on MTV)
- DJ Danetic (Berlin DJ in collaboration with Slo 'Jam)
- Pasquale Aleardi (Slo 'Jam provided a theme song for the actor's cinema debut)
- Hernandez (German speaking MC )
- Rapturous ( MC from Nigeria, was deported in 2007, back in Germany since January 2008)
- Mystik Camp (Berlin merger of MCs for various rap projects)
- Corpuz (German speaking MC )
- No Solo (hip-hop formation known in Berlin at the time, supported by the radio station FRITZ )
- Honeypark (Berlin soul music formation)
- Olivia (singer)
- Maliq (singer and songwriter , chart success in Germany)
- Grizzly & Shot (already well-known newcomer rap duo in southern Germany)
- various film music collaborations (e.g. title song from Nachts im Park , a cinema film with Heike Makatsch and Heino Ferch .)
Discography (selection of recent publications)
Albums
| year | title | country | artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Disco malaria | Commonwealth of Independent States | Seryoga |
| 2006 | Disco Malaria (new edition) | Commonwealth of Independent States | Seryoga |
| 2006 | Russia's No.1 | Germany | Seryoga feat. Max Sacura, Eveleena, SCURiL !, Rapturous, Gilmano and many more. |
Singles
| year | title | country | artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Vozle Doma | Commonwealth of Independent States | Seryoga feat. Max |
| 2005 | Barbeque | Germany | Seryoga |
| 2006 | 2Emperor | Germany | Seryoga feat. Azad |
| 2006 | Million dollar song | Commonwealth of Independent States | Seryoga |
| 2007 | Gangsta No More | Germany | Seryoga feat. Eveleena |
Web links
- www.slo-jam.com
- hiphopdirectory.de
- Slo 'Jam in the network of musicians. MySpace | Music
- hiphop-pott.de Review of a slow jam production for Russia's No.1 Seryoga
- True Busyness - partner of Slow Jam
- ArtistsV on MT
- rap4fame Review of a Slo'-Jam production
- bumbanet.de review
- review laut.de
- review hiphop-jam.net
See also
- Slow Jam (musical term)