JOHNWAYNES/ GENE - ALGARVE / FOREPLAY

From the north of Portugal, Johnwaynes are Jepe and MrBeat. Formed 4 years ago, the journey began occasionally with the invitation of the Portuguese pop band “Loto” for remixing one of the album singles. Jepe, is a music collector and a DJ since 1995. Actually he is book manager of one of the best Portuguese house clubs called “ Estacao da luz” and its Saturday nights famous nights DJ. MrBeat (Antonio Bastos) , musician since he was born, with several masters in jazz formation, percussion and new musical technologies, is the real live stage man! Owner of his own studio he produces several rock bands , Portuguese traditional music and chorals, uses to play around the country invited by the all kinds off musicians from soul, funky, new jazz to fado and celtic. Johnwaynes released their first work on the debut Portuguese label Bloop with the track “violeta” appearing on several dj charts around. Recently released, the “retouch” e.p on Duriez and friend Llorca Brique Rouge achieving worldwide recognition! Now on Compost Family , 3 records on blacklabel ,next one a huge classic remake! Libertango! stay tuned! gir l ill tango you.. Summer was great for JW with the release of the boogie cosmic disco tune on Andy Blake s dissident! Now.. much more to come! Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

There are two bands with this name: 1) Gene were a British indie/rock quartet which rose to prominence in the mid-1990s. The band was formed in London by lead singer Martin Rossiter in 1993, and disbanded in 2004. The line-up comprised Matt James (drummer), Kevin Miles (bassist), Steve Mason (guitarist), and Martin Rossiter (vocalist, keyboards). They were popularly labelled as a Britpop band, and often drew somewhat superficial comparisons to The Smiths, if only because of their slightly Morrissey-esque lead singer, Martin Rossiter. In truth, Gene's music owed more to acts as diverse as The Jam, Small Faces, The Style Council, and The Clash. 2) GENE (جين) a Syrian neoprogressive rock band, one of the best acts in the Syrian rock scene, they started under the name ZODIAC playing progressive rock songs for bands such as ( Karmakanic ) later on they changed their name to GENE and decide to use Arabic lyrics with the progressive music creating a very unique style of their own, proving again how flexible Arabic language can be. They are: Maen rajab: Guitars Omar harb: Bass guitar (The Hourglass - Anas & Friends) Shadi Ali: Vocals (Guest in Anas & Friends) Sahel Zen Eldien: Drums Hazem Al-Ani: Piano & Keyboards Anas Abd al-Moumen: Guitars (Anas & Friends) GENE released their debut self-titled album in August 2008 . Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.