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Diana & Krishna Booker aka EYEDENTITY
Diana began her musical career in the belly of her mother, Flora Purim,
touring the world with Chick Corea's Original Return to Forever. Krishna Booker's
musical career took off at the young age of
thirteen. He had begun to show such considerable talent and musical
potential that Herbie Hancock and Wah Wah Watson (friends of
the family),
along with his uncle Wayne Shorter began supplying him with studio equipment to see
what he could do.
Albums:
- HEAVY INTERFERENCE
- PERFECT MY CRAFT
- SEE
Their parents met and became firm friends when Airto
and Flora moved to the States to pursue their musical careers. This
resulted in the children becoming childhood playmates. However due to
travelling and moving to the West Coast their time spent together
became fewer and farther between as they grew up, and it wasn't until
1992 that they met again becoming instantly attracted to each other as
adults. Already an accomplished rapper - "Human Beatbox", he
started making beats for himself and his partner Scott Febles (The
DREAM), and they soon began performing at parties, benefits and events
such as "the Taste of L.A." and "the Garlic Festival".
In 1993 they took part in a West Coast project entitled COLLECTIVE
THOUGHTS which sold locally and in Atlanta. Krishna's mc talent
along with his musical talents on keyboards and percussion as well as
engineering and production expertise became widely recognized. r.
Growing
up on the road it wasn't long before she was dancing, singing
background vocals, and playing percussion with her parents' group. At
the age of 14 she started songwriting, with some of her compositions
ending up in her parents' repertoire. As she matured she took her
ability and experience and ventured out alone writing and singing her
own material stepping on to the hip hop scene of LA. At the age of 19
she fell in love with Krishna Booker, meeting at one of her parents
Fourth World shows in which she was singing backing vocals. Before long
the two realised their professional musical compatibility and in 1993
they moved in together forming a powerhouse writing and production team
that the Los Angeles scene wasn't quite ready for at the time. Through
their ongoing work with Flora and Airto, MELT label owner Robert Trunz
noticed their unique versatility and potential. After utilising them on
a few smaller projects, he requested that the duo create a project
geared more towards the underground Trip Hop/Drum nÙBass scenes.
Recruiting the help of long time friends The DREAM, and producer,
Rashid Duke, son of pianist/producer, George Duke,
the combination of their different flavors yielded something a little
more 'hop than trip', infusing the scene with a new perspective. This
resulted in their debut album See released on MELT internationally in
May 2000. See incorporates sounds from around the world, pulled
together by hip hop,trip hop and acid jazz beats. The lyrics deal with
both the physical and metaphysical elements of the human condition,
touching upon many aspects of life such as inner dignity and modern day
spirituality. Their second album is called Perfect My Craft. In their
own words, this is a challenge of self discovery for the hard core Hip
Hop head and acomforting, inspiring journey for the open minded
listener. Fusing the elements of Hip Hop, Trip Hop, Funk,
Afro-Brazilian, classic & Latin Jazz, the project's subject matter
varies from the classic underground "verbal battle" to empathic odes of
frustration and sadness glazed with the salvation of improving ones
outer existence by working on the innerself. Avoiding musical cliches
and categorisation this inventive music is deep and provocative and
aimed at the thinking listener.
Alongside their work as Eyedentity
Krishna and D have also produced tracks for local upcoming underground
West Coast hip hop artists such As Hazsmat, Da Devious One, Subdivision
and Medusa. Factor, Eternal Ra One an DJ Cass have
collaborated on a track for the up and coming Underground female
freestyle sensation Da Devious One called Verbal Essentials. The two
also often collaborate with Wah Wah Watson on several projects for His
website. As partners Rashid,Krishna and D are always producing for each
other's solo projects. On the MELT label they have assisted with
programming and sequencing as well as playing on a number of Airto and
Flora's projects including Fourth World. They have co-composed tracks
for AirtoÙs solo album Homeless, for FloraÙs album Speed of Light as
well as contributing to her album called "Flora sings Milton
Nascimiento", D also provided the vocals whilst Krishna rapped on Jose
Neto's spectacular album Neto. They are touring the EYEDENTITY project
live with Andre De Sntanna on bass, Sandro Rebel on Keys, Grecco Buratto on guitar, Sandro Feliciano
on drums, Marcos "Gibi" Dos Santos on percussion and Chris "Bob
NeckSnapp" Gamez on turntables. Eyedentity brought down the house with
Airto Moreira and Wah Wah Watson on stage as their guests, proving that
their live performances are every bit as polished and spectacular as
their recording.
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website: www.eyedentitymusic.com
Krishna Booker's touring with Sergio Mendez in 2006
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