Seven Davis Jr
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BIOGRAPHY
Singer, Producer, Songwriter & rare Artist Seven Davis Jr was physically born on April 3 in Houston, Texas. As a child he was raised in Northern California where he trained as a gospel & jazz singer, brought up on the vocal influences of artists such as Prince, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson. Other earlier influences include classical artists like Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr and Burt Bacharach. As Seven Davi...
Singer, Producer, Songwriter & rare Artist Seven Davis Jr was physically born on April 3 in Houston, Texas. As a child he was raised in Northern California where he trained as a gospel & jazz singer, brought up on the vocal influences of artists such as Prince, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson. Other earlier influences include classical artists like Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr and Burt Bacharach.
As Seven Davis Jr evolved, his interests navigated him into the mainstream/independent world where he began listening to a more diverse range of artists such as Jimi Hendrix, Portishead, The Fugees, The Beatles, Tricky, Bjork and J Dilla… and later on: Heatwave, Earth Wind & Fire and various Motown artists.
Shortly after, House music & Jungle found a young teenage version of Seven Davis Jr in the city of San Francisco's electronic underground, changing his life and sound forever.
Before reaching adulthood Seven Davis Jr rejected several major label offers, instead opting to continue creating in private and remaining behind the scenes sharpening his own skills whilst ghost writing & ghost producing.
Dark times fell upon him in coordination with his musical emancipation as he then spent years battling a heavy amount of addictions and unfortunate circumstances.
These dark years only made his light stronger.
Not long after overcoming his "demons", Seven Davis Jr emerged to debut internationally on Kutmah's Worldwide Family Vol. 2 (Brownswood Recordings) with the track 'Thanks'. Other releases soon followed including, One EP (Must Have Records), The Lost Tapes Vol. 1 (IZWID Records), P.A.R.T.Y EP (Apron Records), and Friends EP (Classic).
From 2012 onward Seven Davis Jr took to the skies touring worldwide, bringing his unique combination of live vocals and occasional live instrumentation to musical realms that had previously only been occupied by DJs. While Seven Davis Jr is not a DJ, he has since made several dear friends in the DJ community and is now expanding to play concerts & festivals.
In 2014 Seven Davis Jr finally accepted a recording offer and Ninja Tune became his new home. Together they released the Wild Hearts 12" in 2015 and will soon release his first full length album Universes.
If you like your soul music futuristic, leftfield, drenched in funk, artsy and intelligent, join Seven Davis Jr on his journey through the musical universe.
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BIOGRAPHY
Singer, Producer, Songwriter & rare Artist Seven Davis Jr was physically born on April 3 in Houston, Texas. As a child he was raised in Northern California where he trained as a gospel & jazz singer, brought up on the vocal influences of artists such as Prince, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson. Other earlier influences include classical artists like Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr and Burt Bacharach. As Seven Davis Jr evolved, his in...
Singer, Producer, Songwriter & rare Artist Seven Davis Jr was physically born on April 3 in Houston, Texas. As a child he was raised in Northern California where he trained as a gospel & jazz singer, brought up on the vocal influences of artists such as Prince, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson. Other earlier influences include classical artists like Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr and Burt Bacharach.
As Seven Davis Jr evolved, his interests navigated him into the mainstream/independent world where he began listening to a more diverse range of artists such as Jimi Hendrix, Portishead, The Fugees, The Beatles, Tricky, Bjork and J Dilla… and later on: Heatwave, Earth Wind & Fire and various Motown artists.
Shortly after, House music & Jungle found a young teenage version of Seven Davis Jr in the city of San Francisco's electronic underground, changing his life and sound forever.
Before reaching adulthood Seven Davis Jr rejected several major label offers, instead opting to continue creating in private and remaining behind the scenes sharpening his own skills whilst ghost writing & ghost producing.
Dark times fell upon him in coordination with his musical emancipation as he then spent years battling a heavy amount of addictions and unfortunate circumstances.
These dark years only made his light stronger.
Not long after overcoming his "demons", Seven Davis Jr emerged to debut internationally on Kutmah's Worldwide Family Vol. 2 (Brownswood Recordings) with the track 'Thanks'. Other releases soon followed including, One EP (Must Have Records), The Lost Tapes Vol. 1 (IZWID Records), P.A.R.T.Y EP (Apron Records), and Friends EP (Classic).
From 2012 onward Seven Davis Jr took to the skies touring worldwide, bringing his unique combination of live vocals and occasional live instrumentation to musical realms that had previously only been occupied by DJs. While Seven Davis Jr is not a DJ, he has since made several dear friends in the DJ community and is now expanding to play concerts & festivals.
In 2014 Seven Davis Jr finally accepted a recording offer and Ninja Tune became his new home. Together they released the Wild Hearts 12" in 2015 and will soon release his first full length album Universes.
If you like your soul music futuristic, leftfield, drenched in funk, artsy and intelligent, join Seven Davis Jr on his journey through the musical universe.