Chosen by Billboard Magazine as one of the “2008 Faces to Watch”, Anane was born in Cape Verde, on the Western coast of Africa and soaked up the culture of African, Portuguese, Mediterranean, and Latin American customs and traditions. Anane’s vocal talents were raised from family’s traditions of gathering and playing music and singing together. Moved to Ney York with music in the head, she met Louie Vega who was so impressed to include her into Elements Of Life collective. read more »

Atlanta-based Chris Brann, the multitalented producer, composer and remixer, a man behind various guises, exploring avant jazz, drum & bass, deep house, ambient and beyond, is also well known as Ananda Project. His third full-length album, 2007’s “Fire Flower” (on NiteGrooves) has its remix companion “Night Blossom” that features loads of different remixes. read more »

Have been presented at WMC this year, “Come Out” is finally… out on Muted Trax. :) Muted Trax is New York based label run by Mike Dominico and Shawn Christopher. Mike is natural born New Yorker, played in many venues, and been involved in producing for Jennifer Lopez’s “Let’s Get Loud”, Michael Jackson’s “Butterflies” etc. Shawn is djing around the world covering all aspects of music industry in NY for many years. Together they’re teamed up under Watu Wote guise, grabbed Wendy Starland (also appears on Moby’s latest album) for a soulful latin flavored vocal and read more »