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On The Wall (In My Mind)

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Discovery : DJ Crillo & Black Snake

Our talentscouting journey takes us further north today, as I invite you to take a trip to Gothenburg, southern Sweden to meet Christian Eriksson aka DJ Crillo, Music Producer, Audio Consultant, Remixer and DJ who’s motto is to wish the funk to be with you.

On his new project, M. Eriksson teamed up with Milton Hebbert Watson (aka Black Snake), a Nicaraguayan painter, artist, composer and very talented singer, a co-op that shows that music has no border and that the cultural mix between the soul of that carribean singer and the famous swedish talent for hit music does again great. BTW, the story of Black Snake, and how that Nicaraguayan guy landed up in Sweden is well told on the duo’s blog, right here.

Sweden meets Nicaragua

The Story of the Painter, Composer and Artist - Milton Hebbert Watson (aka Black Snake)

Milton Hebbert Watson's (aka Black Snake) interest in drawing and painting started when he was in primary school in the small village of Tasbapounie, right on the Carribean coast in Nicaragua. There were only about 350-400 people living in the village and they mainly lived of agriculture and fishing.

Shortly after the revolution in Nicaragua in 1979, Milton started teaching drawing and painting in the Cultural House of Bluefields, a major city on the Carribean coast. After a few years teaching he was granted a scholarship to study art in one of the major schools in the capital of Nicaragua. His hard work granted him another scholarship, this time to Sweden and three years in Årjäng folkhögskola.

Miltons journey to becoming an artist and a painter has been full of hardships, setbacks and very hard work but also dreams coming true, love and learning along the way. Looking back on this journey has taught him to fight for what he wants and to see solutions rather than problems. Another lesson taught is that no man is an island and he is forever grateful for all the people who believed in him along the way.

Drawing was something that he did every day for fun and when he didn´t have paper he would use cardboard or whatever he could find. The lack of materials also meant that Milton had to make his own paint brushes from thick grass, chicken feathers and horse tail. Paint was not easy to come by in the village so Milton would wait for when some neighbour painted their house and offer to help. He would bring an empty baby food container and sneak some leftover paint into it when the house owner went for lunch. Not only did he get some paint to keep his interest alive, he also became a skilled house painter in the process.

The journey continues…

New track released today: Smiling Dreams

Loosing the love of your life is very tough and this will probably effect you for the rest of your life... but you know that you have to let go and continue your journey through life...

Listen to our new track Smiling Dreams:

Our track Tell Me is on top 5 of up n coming house tracks on Soundcloud

New Video: Moving On

DJ Crillo & Black Snake celebrate that spring is here by releasing a video for the song "Moving On". A big thanks to Isidor Laaban for all the help with both filming and editing the video. We wish you all a fantastic day.

Stay tuned on our Facebook page for the latest news: https://www.facebook.com/djcrillo

Celebrating the summer of 2014 with this fine song and video

We celebrate the amazing fine summer 2014 by releasing this fine video and song on YouTube and Facebook - No Time To Waste. This song will be released in autumn 2014 in a Deep House Version. Stay tuned on our Facebook page for the latest news: https://www.facebook.com/djcrillo 

Have a look at this TV performance with Black Snake

Hello friends, let us all bring the heat up!!

DJ Crillo & Blacks Snake’s Mixing Secrets

After over 20 years of work as an audio consultant: mixing, recording and producing music.

I’ve put together a list of some hint & tips when it comes to mixing and recording music.
I see this as a WIKI, that is great to have available when producing and mixing.
If you want to add anything to the list, do not hesitate to contact me.  These tips are very useful for In-The-Box mixing (ITB) but I’m sure they are handy when you use outboard gear as well. Hope you enjoy.

Studio Time Pictures

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About Us

DJ Crillo & Black Snake started to work with music in the early 90s. DJ Crillo was working with many different bands & artist and was originally signed by BMG and Peter Swartling with the RnB band O.L.C. DJ Crillo produced, composed and remixed music for Ro-Cee, O.L.C, Anders Bagge, Jam Lab Music, Fatima Rainey, GLOBE, Culture Unit and Kyloe. DJ Crillo is well knowned for his Talkbox sound.

Black Snake first hit was with the reggae band Anbessa and their hit Wicked Man, that was released on the compilation album Absolute Reggae 2. Black Snake went solo and was featured in the JAPP (chocolate bar) commercial by releasing the singel 1,2,3 - Party (Do-Da-Japp) together with the production team at Jam Lab Music.

Now the duo is back working together making World Music that is influenced by Swedish electronic dance/pop music with Caribbean flavors through Mr Black Snakes heritage from Nicaragua.

Discogs

http://www.discogs.com/artist/DJ+Crillo

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Black+Snake

New Bootleg Release - Raffe Bergwall featuring DJ Crillo & Black Snake - One More Time

The track "One More Time" is a musical project started by DJ Raffe that will be released in many different genres. This is the third - a electronic pop reggae version reproduced and rerecorded by DJ Crillo & Black Snake...

Download the track here:
http://www.raffebergwall.se/mix/one-more-time-reggae-version/

DJ Crillo & Black Snakes Latest Single - Moving On is now available

DJ Crillo & Black Snake new single Moving On is now available in all digital online stores

Itunes
https://itunes.apple.com/se/album/moving-on/id760172551?i=760172640

http://youtube-amazon-itunes.dezimo.com/?tag=DJ%20Crillo%20&%20Black%20Snake

Exclusive Pre-Release Now Available on SoundCloud - Listen to DJ CRILLO & BLACK SNAKEs New Single #Reggae #LoversRock #DanceHall

When the Cold weather hit you in Sweden you need the right kind of vibes to make your blood stream flow...

It takes over 45,000 plays on Spotify to generate the same revenue as one album sale

"Consider Pandora and Spotify, the streaming music services that are becoming ever more integrated into our daily listening habits. 

Increased plays and downloads - Viral Marketing is King!

Our latest single Just a Minute Remix is doing great on Spotify and Itunes this week with increased plays and downloads.

Reaching a Global Audience

Our music have now been played total 46 different countries, isn't that amazing?!

Contacting Swedish Radio P3

Been in contact with the Swedish National Radio P3, trying to get our music played on radio. It seems to be really hard to get radio plays these days. If you have any contacts or ideas on how to get our music played on Radio, please let us know.

DJ Crillo & Black Snake

Next Release

Our next single is now beeing sent to mastering, expecting to listen to the first revisions during next week... We will now start to work on a cover. Hoping for a release in November. 

We are doing great on Spotify this week! :)

During the last week our last song DJ Crillo & Black Snake - Just a Minute Remix increased it's plays by +40%, which is really amazing. :) Thanks!!

Follow this link to check out your popularity on Spotify: http://www.streampopularity.com

Making some noise

In the Studio

Back inte the studio.... The task of the day is to start working on a remix for DJ Raffe... 

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