DONABI

DONABIS INFLUENCE ON THE PROJECT BROTHERS KEEPERS HAS ESTABLISHED HIM AS AN ARTIST THROUGHOUT THE GERMAN-SPEAKING COUNTRIES AND HIS PARTICIPATION IN THE BAND BANTU (BROTHERHOOD ALLIANCE NAVIGATING TOWARDS UNITY) HAS MADE HIM A HOUSEHOLD NAME EVEN BEYOND THOSE CONFINES. DONABI IS NO NEWCOMER AND THE RELEASE OF HIS SOLO-EP ACT OF LOVE IN THE SUMMER OF 2003 WAS THE PROMISING APPETIZER FOR THE NOW-COMPLETED LP NO PHILOSOPHY. MUSIC IS MY PATH IS THE UNCOMPROMISING STATEMENT OF THIS SINGER WHO WAS BORN IN LONDON IN 1972, THEN RAISED IN LAGOS (NIGERIA) AND HAS SINCE SETTLED IN GERMANY. DONABIS TRAVEL CONTINUES: MY GOAL IS TO CREATE MUSIC THAT IS TIMELESS. THE ISSUE OF COMPROMISES IS IRRELEVANT, BECAUSE MUSIC IS MY CHALLENGE, MY PASSION AND MY DRIVING FORCE. THERE IS NO OTHER PATH FOR ME AND ON THAT PATH DONABI CONTINUALLY SUMMONS UP THE MEMORY OF HIS LATE FATHER WHOSE INFLUENCES ACCOMPANY HIM TO THIS DAY: MY FATHER WOULD ALWAYS PUT ON MUSIC FOR US KIDS ON SUNDAYS WHICH WAS AN ALMOST RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE FOR US. REGGAE AND SOUL AND LOTS OF IT AND EVEN TODAY I STILL ENJOY LISTENING TO MY FIRST FAVORITE SONG, I NEED A ROOF (MIGHTY DIAMONDS) DONABI LOVES THE CHALLENGE OF SURPRISING PEOPLE AGAIN AND AGAIN WITH NEW SOUNDS AND MUSICAL IDEAS: GIVE THE PEOPLE A SMALL TASTE AND RIGHT AWAY THEYVE GOT YOU DOWN AS A REGGAE ACT. BUT I WONT LET THEM LIMIT ME AND CLASSIFY ME LIKE THAT. MY SONGS ARE FULL OF CREATIVE TENSION AND ENERGY, AND WITHOUT VIBES MUSIC IS JUST PURE BOREDOM ITS LOVE AND PASSION THAT DRIVE DONABI FORWARD, THE WORK ON HIS SONGS IS A CREATIVE PROCESS, A CONSTANT DEVELOPMENT THAT NEEDS TIME TO COME TO FRUITION WHILE REMAINING TRUE TO ITS ROOTS. NOW THE TIME HAS COME! THE LONG-AWAITED ALBUM NO PHILOSOPHY IS NOW AVAILABLE AND DONABI WANTS TO LEAD HIS AUDIENCE THROUGH HIS MUSICAL WORLD: IT WILL BE A DISCOVERY VOYAGE, I PROMISE YOU THAT MUCH. SO SAY YES TO AN ADVENTURE WITH ME. NO PHILOSOPHY NO COMPROMISE check out: www.worldmusic.cc Your World Music online Community