Artists participating in PLANET BLUE:
Tara Louise
Los Angeles based topliner, vocalist and songwriter with 145 million streams across platforms as well as multiple Beatport and iTunes #1 releases.
Lumtimei Syiemlieh
Singer from the Khasi people in the Northeast-Indian state of Meghalaya. She is a ‘khadduh‘, a youngest daughter, that, in the matrilineal Khasi society, represents both the worldly heir and the celestial clan mother. She sings about the hearth as the center of her extended family representing herself as the clan’s highest authority in her generation.
Joel Kibble
Principal member of the 10-time Grammy Award-winning vocal group Take 6 that, next to their own albums, has worked with musical greats such as Quincy Jones, Stevie Wonder, Marcus Miller, Ray Charles, Al Jarreau, Don Henley, James Taylor, Whitney Houston, Michael McDonald, and Jacob Collier, to name a few, and performed for four sitting U.S. Presidents.
Chris Cron
Former Warner Brothers recording artist and singer of the Californian Alternative Rock band Mêlée whose song ‘Built to Last’ went to no. 1 in Japan and Indonesia, no. 2 in Germany, the Netherlands, and Austria, and other top ten positions in other parts of Europe, remaining in the charts in 2007/2008 for 63 weeks. At present Chris is a touring member of the Beach Boys whose famous singing style he continues with great success (millions of followers on YouTube).
Kyle Castellani
Former frontman of the Californian post-grunge alternative rock band and Atlantic Records artist Nural, singer/songwriter and session vocalist from Los Angeles.
David Steele
Canadian vocalist from Vancouver, British Columbia, who has worked with Bette Midler, Cher, David Lee Roth, Loverboy, Mötley Crue, David Foster, Robbie Buchanan and many others.
Jerry Lopez
American vocalist, guitarist, composer, and producer from Santa Fe, New Mexico. Leader of the Las-Vegas-based band Santa Fe and the Fat City Horns. Worked with Bill Champlin, Tom Scott, Steve Gadd, Luis Miguel, Scott Sheriff, Ole Børud, and many others.
Jagdish Mistry
Mumbai (India)-born violinist who studied with Yehudi Menuhin and performed with him as his master student. Recording artist with Decca Argo, Chandos, Unicorn, and the BBC. Soloist and guest concertmaster for renowned symphony and chamber orchestras worldwide. Since 1994 member of the famous and unique Ensemble Modern, developing, premiering and presenting works of modern classical composers (e.g. the late Frank Zappa’s last work “The Yellow Shark“) as well as performing them around the world.
Tilmann Höhn
German guitarist, composer, producer, and sound specialist par excellence. Recording artist with Hotel Bossa Nova for Enja Records, and performing with the Frankfurt City Blues Band, Matthias Frey, Yvonne Mwale, Alannah Myles, as well as solo and in various project settings.
Dane Farnsworth
Nashville-based keyboardist whose touring and recording credits, among many others, include Keb Mo', John Mayer, Steve Winwood, Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind & Fire, and Robben Ford.
Ulf Kleiner
German pianist, composer and producer who has worked with Fola Dada, DePhazz, Caro Trischler, Joo Kraus, Daniel Stelter, Jeff Cascaro, HR Bigband, Charlie Mariano, Chaka Khan and others.
Wolfgang Wittemann
German saxophonist and composer, renowned for his work with the German-Arabian ensemble Cairo Steps, awarded the reputed German Jazz Award in Gold.
The 504 Horns
New Orleans-based horn section consisting of Jason Parfait (tenor and baritone sax) and Ian Smith (trumpet and trombone) that work with Christ Stapleton, Leslie Jordan, The Temptations, The Drifters, Little Big Town, Harry Connick, Jr., Marc Broussard, Sister Sledge and tons of more greats.
Alexander Sonntag
German bassist, composer, and producer. Recording artist with Hotel Bossa Nova for Enja Records. TV and film scoring productions as well as recording work with Dominic Miller, Ralph Valenteano, Mike Lindup (Level 42), Raquel Gomez, and others.
Mark-Oliver Klenk
German guitarist, composer, and pilot, who has backed artists such as Tom Jones, Jermaine Jackson, Nina Corti, Robert Palmer, Will Smith, and many others in live and TV performances.
Ralf Jacob
Bassist, graduate from the renowned Dick Grove School of Music in Van Nuys, California, and former MCA recording artist.
Heinz Hess
Recording and Mixing engineer running the Art of June Studios, Frankfurt, who has recorded, mixed, and produced hundreds of artists, the most well-known of which being Al Jarreau, Dave Stewart, Nils Petter Molvaer, Re:Jazz, Erik Truffaz, Ack van Rooyen, and Badesalz.
Scott Hull
Mastering engineer at Masterdisk, New York, with thousands of the most famous musical references worldwide.