PRESENTED BY CAMILLE BROUGHT TO YOU BY<br />RACE CAFE -- THE ESPRESSO BAR www.racecafeonline.com.au<br /><br />After 11 years of guitar based band work, multi-instrumentalist JEKKS<br />has now taken sitar under his wing. Starting with the violin and branching<br />out to cello, double bass, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, drums, percussion,<br />circuit bending and audio visual manipulation JEKKS has independently<br />released 1 EP in 2009, 3 in 2010 and 1 so far for 2011 with<br />plans for more.<br />2009 saw the debut release of Nebula Productions with JEKKS' group<br />The IV Horseman, supporting the release with shows in Ipswich and<br />Brisbane.<br />After a short 3 month break to study drum building and shamanism<br />2010 saw JEKKS branching out into the more experimental, releasing a<br />noise EP, guitar and drums duo HALT! OKAY! TURN!'s Ep and<br />JEKKS and The Priests of Heka's Debut EP supported by performances<br />in Brisbane.<br />2011 has seen the arrival of more collaborators, frequently jamming<br />and recording with JEKKS in his home studio "The Nebucave" for the<br />follow up to Lakshana EP (Jan 2011). JEKKS and The Priests of Heka<br />plan to release an EP and full length by November.<br />Face paint and masks are a common site onstage alongside sitar, djembes,<br />laptop and a host of other instruments to aid JEKKS and The<br />Priests of Heka in taking their audience on a journey through to the Bazaar<br />and back.<br />With His Sitar in one hand and laptop in the other JEKKS will be<br />showcasing the musical versatility of The Priests of Heka throughout<br />2011 in Brisbane and South East Queensland from quiet acoustic gigs<br />with hand drums to electronic fusion sets to full band concerts and beyond<br /><br />http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jekks-and-The-Priests-of-Heka/202986503055587<br />http://soundcloud.com/jekks<br />http://jekks.bandcamp.com/<br />http://www.myspace.com/jekks<br /><br />Tune in again to Balcony TV Brisbane!!
