Artists
PARDUS SINDICA
Pardus Sindica was born in Havana Cuba.
Since he was 8 years old, his main interests have been music and dance. His mother bought him his first guitar for giving him the opportunity to develop his musical talent. At a very young age he composed his first songs and melodies. To day he plays the bass, bata drums, percussion, piano and synth.
Determined to becoming a ”show man” in Cuba, he expanded his talent to dancing. At the age of 11, he started working in theatres with different presentations of dancing and singing. Because it was Michael Jackson’s way of dancing that fascinated him the most at that time, he started up with imitating this particular style of entertainment.
Fifteen years old, he was performing with the group Irakere, which at this point was the most recognized group in Cuba. Irakere won a Grammy in 1973. With Irakere he imitated Michael Jackson`s way of dancing.
SMOKY
He was born in Moscow and has later been living in Georgia /Russia, Finland and Norway.
As a result of travelling, he speaks Norwegian, Russian, Finnish and English.
Smokys`s local fan base is now well established. 2007 will be a year for expanding his musical career, and his new album will be launched on the international marked this year.
His first performance was on a basketball game for (Asker Aliens ), broadcasted on TV2 Sebra. Since then, he has been performing in Clubs and Shows in Norway. Among other things, Smoky warmed up for “Klovner I Kamp” Oktober 2006
November 24 2006, he arranged the Smoky`s Hip Hop Jam were he invited other rappers. News
Most of all, Smoky raps about emotions, the world and love. His wish for us all is a more positive world were the humanity focuses in mutual respect
Other related news links
http://www.budstikka.no/sec_kultur/article50983.ece
http://www.budstikka.no/sec_nyheter/article103333.ece
http://www.budstikka.no/sec_kultur/article79344.ece
Later, he developed an interest in Bob Marley`s music, which inspired him to compose his own reggae music. Together with four other musicians, he created the first traditional Reggae group in Cuba. In this
After some time he felt the need to express himself in a more aggressive way, and moved in the direction of rap and hip-hop.
When asked to present himself, Pardus Sindica puts it down like this: “Music is my air and I can not function without it. Everything around me has a musical or an artistic meaning. I like to write informative songs with a philosophical meaning – I think this is not very common today. The way I express myself in performance is totally energetic and aggressive.
I have been receiving questions from my fans about my artistical name - what does it mean?
Panthera Pardus Sindica is a leopard from South West Africa –
The reason why I picked this name is because I am biracial – Nor black nor white, but a mixture of both. The leopard is the animal from my sign in the Afro Cuban religeon, Santeria- Yorouba. I identify myself with the leopard for many reasons”
Pardus Sindica is producing his own album in Pulse studios and it will be released in june.
