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Knight
back with a purpose After the successful
release of his first album 'Jason Knight', that had only a limited
circulation due to his having other work commitments at the time,
they hope to release a single every month, or at least every two
months. They also have plans to launch an all-girl band soon. However,
the debut release of the 'Three Rookies' is one of their current
projects. Rukshan (24),
Keshan (16) and Heshan Karunaratne (14), three brothers from Isipathana
College, make up the 'Three Rookies'. They are essentially a dance
trio who perform at various gigs around the island. However, they
are keen to make their debut in the music scene shortly. That is
where Knight and Capitaln step in and take over. "We have
to hear their voices and decide what type of music they should specialise
in, thereafter we have to create a few numbers that'll suit them
and the changing music scene and then let them make their debut
in a couple of months time," say the duo. They create
their music in a modern and more westernised manner, they say. They
first create a 'loop' (beat) for the song, thus enabling Knight
to get inspired and write the lyrics and lastly the basic melody
is added on. "It's like a backward process of the norm,"
says Jason. Capitaln, together
with two friends, released a single some time back, titled, 'Dear
2Pac', dedicated to the late rapper 2Pac Shakur. The unique blend
of rap and harmony in the song complements its catchy beat and rhythm.
It was aired soon after its release on popular local radio stations
and was quite a hit in various radio stations Down Under and in
New Zealand too. 'Yahaluwe,
Yahaluwe' (six weeks at No. 1 on the SLBC Top of the Charts and
Top of the play list in the TV programme 'Heart Beat') one of their
originals did well with the local market. Its English version, 'Thinking
of You', too caught on quite well. 'Gotta Have You' (1 month as
No. 1 on the SLBC Top of the Charts) was yet another hit single
to be released by them. All of the
songs feature fresh, new, unprofessional talent, that is yet to
hit big time. "I prefer to record on the first take and have
spontaneous singing from the heart as opposed to rehearsed singing,"
says Knight. It gives more depth to the music and the song, he adds. One such spontaneous
work of theirs is, the soon-to-be released single 'Whoozytouch'.
"We just set up two mikes and sang to the beat and it was all
done within two hours. It was completely
crazy and needs to be perfected but, it was not too bad for a spur
of the moment job," says Capitaln. 'Whoozytouch' is mix of
Rock and Roll (Elvis style) mixed with rap and ragamuffin style.
It's a completely
new blend of music done in free style, which could well be an upcoming
chart topper. They also want
to venture out into doing out of the norm Music Videos for their
songs. Having already done a couple, they want to go into it full
scale, also press their own CDs, create and print their own CD covers
etc. - soon. "Our main
aim is to move with the times and not get into one particular style
of songs. We want to switch from techno, to hip-hop to R&B to
Rock 'n' Roll, whatever the market is into. Otherwise it'll just
be a waste of our time and resources," says Knight. "Mainly,
we want young talent to venture out into the music world and live
up to their fullest potential, then we can truly feel a sense of
achievement." Any talented
people out there who want to take the plunge, contact Knight or
Capitaln at either jasonknight@itmin.com
or capitaln@hotmail.com |
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others
to get on air. Knight and Capitaln (Niraj Panchalingham) have teamed
up and hope to release not only original music but, promote untapped
talent as well.
