Shawshank and a robot nurse	Posted: Oct 20, 2007
Autumn Greetings one and all. I've been a big studio head over the sticky summer, (often thankless and lonely job,.. this studio recording stuff.) . But like Andy Dufrane, I chip away at the seemingly endless task known as: TDA ("The Debut Album"). Hopefully it'll be finished before I'm a grandfather. Otherwise, I'll die in Shawshank. Latest TLP News: I -jjh ,akaTLP... 1) will be featured, or at least mentioned, in the November 2007 issue of FutureMusic magazine (UK), so all you electronic music headz, chek it out. 2) am guest vocalizing on South African DJ/producer bRoTheRmAn & Groove Assassins upcoming album. Chek it on out. 3) am doing the soundtrack for an independent film called Ageha 6 about a robot nurse (!), as well as 4) am shooting the video for one of my tracks, Payasos Mojados, in and around Osaka and NYC. 5) Finally, bassist 'Glen G' and funky guitarist "Fuyuki" are joining forces with jjh for some live activity over the next few months. That's it for now... October 2007, jjh P.S. Fans-- Sign the Guestbook or comment on myspace pleez. I'll try to do the same. I had to delete a bunch of spam and now the guestbook looks sad, man, downright sad. Have a great Halloween! -jjh
Freshness for 2007	Posted: Jan 10, 2007
Happy New Year! Hope you all had a blast over the Festive Season. Well its been what seems a life time since last updating you with some news. 2006 we started off busy in the studio but then turned to more personal responsibilities. We ended the year with a little gig in Kobe at Bar Trinity which was good to get out there again and let loose.. We even got to run one of our new tunes which hopfully we will have up soon. We have also joined the craze of Myspace which has been a great tool to connect with other like minded peeps. Click here to add us or message us for what ever you feel fits. I also got busy on the space and started doing some remix work for some artists in Europe and the US. One in particular as i write this is probably in preparation for release on most of the MP3 shops around the world. Remixes ive done are: 1.Hawke aka Gavin Hardkiss - Monkeys Wedding (of the 'Love won Another' album) Dee's Rob dat Fob rmx - Eigth Dimension Records 2. Basement Freaks - License to Dream (Dee's Fobster rmx) Music Kitchen Records 3. Tristan Dee - Doped Out (Dees Fobin rmx) Independent release My tracks have also been remixed by artists in Europe by the likes of Tom Christer of Addvibe, Basement Freaks and Dr Dub. To check out any of these tracks go to our Myspace page and youll see my seperate page in the friends section. These tracks have been on radio in Vacncouver/Canada, Florida/US, Freiberg/Germany, Ibiza/Spain. Here are the links. Art of Beatz a radio show aired out of the beautiful city of Vancouver. Hosted by Motomasa, Lady Eve and Kuma who have been keeping the underground sound on air there. I did and exclusive mix for there radio show in Dec 2006, you can go to there site and download the mix of there podcasts and listen to other mixes too. Citrona Recordings Lime Sorbet hosted by Quincy Jointz of Geriba who has been supporting my tracks on his other radio shows you can find on his page. Ibiza Global Radio hosted byDj Jose Maria Ramon where i did a guest dj mix of my Mo Lovers mix which can be heard at Naturalselectionz.com now. Ill also be doing more remix work this year for a group in the US called Mercy Machine who have released a couple of albums including a remix album of there 'In Your Bed' Album. This will be a follow up remix project of there recent album 'The Devils Own'. Other remixers invloved with this project have been Q-Burns Abstract Message, Pharm 13, Ology Project, Pimp daddy nash and Gold Buddha to name a few. I will keep you updated with this as the year goes on. Lastly The Lava Project tracks will be featured on the Ibiza Global Radio this year. Jacob and I will be getting together to compile a Lava Project mix. We have also had recent interest from Rich E of Further Out Recordings which we have been very happy about. OK I know this is real long so ill end it here until next time. All the best to you in the New year and hope to see you out there. Dee
Word from Dj Dee Banse- June 10 '06	Posted: Jun 11, 2006
Sup all, hope alls well where you’re reading this from. Its been quite a busy last couple a months with gigs here in Kobe and up in Osaka. I’ve managed to hook up with the “Jumbo Club” crew who have been running some solid nights here in Kobe. Organized by Dj Kamijo and Dj Masaki, the “Jumbo club” nights are filled with solid techno/house beats. Very much on the experimental side, Dj Kamijo who brings down two drum machines and a denon CD player to play his set out on is definitely a talent to watch out for. The rest of the crew, Djs Masaki (who has had residencies all over the Kansai area and also plays out in Tokyo), Tommy F., Coke and Kudo bring a great mix of sexy/dirty breaks and house to the table. Here’s a link to their site if you’ll be floating around Kobe looking for some good beats http://pksp.jp/techno-kobe/ I’ve also been playing out with the London Calling crew, who have had some very good success with their nights in Osaka. They’re nights have been on the go for about 6 months now but they’ve built themselves a solid reputation for underground funky electro house. Djs Jules Ehrardt and Mike Munoz definitely like to get things down and dirty. Mike has been opening up for the big guns up in Tokyo at clubs La Fabrique, Womb, Yellow and Velours. If you are in for a night of good all round house then check their site out for there parties http://www.london-calling.jp. So yeah it has been, busy, busy with the ol djing, if you are in Japan and looking for a good night out then check out those sites. Ill probably be on there line up playing out with these parties and yeah you’ll hear some of the Lava Project tunes dropped which have been going down well with the crowds. Look out for The Lava Project hitting the clubs again soon in Osaka, as things are getin hot this way so we gota get out there and share the grooves we got. Beatz Dj Dee Banse
latest	Posted: Feb 26, 2006
Jacob James Henry has officially signed a publishing deal with UK-based Astral Records/ Sizzle productions, as a songwriter/producer. This looks to be a nice step toward raising the profile of TLP as well as the possibility of bigger collaborations, remixes, film and TV placements, etc. in the future. Very exciting news, indeeed. spilled the whisky and knocked over the bong while typing this. (note to FBI-kidding about the bong). -jjh
update from jjh	Posted: Feb 8, 2006
hey all, hey y'all. just a (not so) quick update on what's been happening and what's on hand for the future with TLP. First off, on www.broadjam.com, we've apparently been gaining more and more cyberfans worldwide since uploading our page last Summer. A total of four of our tracks have gone on to the top 10 charts in a few different categories so far. "Soul Kiss"--Number 1 in Soul/R&B and Top 5 in Asia/Africa. "Love and Fury"- Number 1 in drum 'n bass, Asia/Africa, and top 5 in Electronic general, "Come2gether" top 5 Electronic House, and top 5 Asia/Africa, and, most recently "Occam's Razorburn"- top 10 Asia/Africa. Thanks to all the worldwide reviewers, wherever and whoever you are, and we look forward to delivering a CD this year that you will hopefully dig (and even purchase). As mentioned previously, our song "Push" will be the lead-off single on "The Mind-Gift Project", a Visual/Music DVD to be released this year here in Japan, and possibly worldwide. The DVD will feature various upcoming international music artists with a creative edge, artists whom you will likely be hearing a lot more about in 2006 and beyond. Latest news is that TLP's "Occam's Razorburn" is now being considered for inclusion on that DVD as well. Will keep you all posted. jjh is also currently in serious deal negotiations with a UK-based record label, as a producer/songwriter/remixer, and may also working with some international artists from his hub in Japan. So things look to get a lot more interesting and exciting very soon. DJ Dee Banse will be spinning a heady mixture of his taste cuts from his soulful beats crate (and maybe some yet-unreleased TLP material as well) at the London Calling event at Club Triangle on SATURDAY, FEB. 25th, Shinsaibashi, Osaka, Japan. (copy this link:) http://www.london-calling.jp/schedule.shtml So those in the area should swing by if at all possible. Look for a couple more live events (the likely re-emergence of Gruvelounge) in the coming months (maybe Osaka), a very cool re-vamping of parent site www.madgruve.com by a fantabulous site designer and friend associated with mega J-pop star Chara (previous version of that site has died, sorry to say), and the release of a single as well as the long-awaited full lenth CD. Dee and I seem to have finally gotten the material finalized for the CD, so now we're putting the icing on the cake. It's all about the future, y'all. So I'll sign off today as... futureman jjh
Word from Dj Dee Banse 2006	Posted: Jan 30, 2006
Welcome back all and Happy New Year! The year of the dog! We hope you've all had a festive Christmas and New Year. The Lava Project is back for 2006 and we have some goodies for you all. Oooohhh yeah! weve been busy in the studio workin and tweakin out some new material. Check out our new song 'Low Cut Minx', a tune which should definitely bring out that break dancing freak in us all. 'Come Together' another of our songs is currently getting a make over and is sounding very sweet, this song has made it to no.4 in the electronic house genre of Broadjam.com. Check out the edit version. We have one more song which will be up any time soon, which should keep you grooving on a cool summers day sunset by the pool.Oh yeah, its called 'Bandana ride'. In other news, we will be doing a live mix Dj stylez, including our own material and some of our favourite artists music so hold out for that one. It will be dope! Finally, check out my 'Rub em Dub sample mighty' live mix at www.bikeclubosaka.com. Until then friends, family and you reading this. Keep groovin from, Dj Dee Banse
word from Dee Oct, 2005	Posted: Oct 16, 2005
Aiiigggghhhtt people! Greetings, and welcome to another update of what’s going on with The Lava Project. The group has been busy churning out some new material. In the mean time, a few of their songs have entered the top ten in several genres of Broadjams site. ‘Soul Kiss,’ a song that brings to the tables a new form of Jazz and R&B, entered the R&B – Soul and the Asia / Africa top 10 charts. Soul Kiss has received very good reviews; some referred to it as a similar sound to ‘Massive Attack.’ The second track that has made a lota moves with people, ’Love and Fury,’ has entered several top 10 categories. A solid Drum n’ Bass track with serious intricate production, again bringing a different style of Drum n’ Bass, unlike the norm we hear these days. Following this good news, the Lava Project has been approached by a record label, which adds to the buzz. Check out these tracks making moves at http://www.broadjam.com/top10. The Lava Projects, Dj Dee Banse will be spinning on the 29th of October, at the new ‘London Calling’ night at Club Triangle in Osaka. Don’t miss the chance to check out some of their new tunes and remixes, so get yo bodies down there! Beatz
DJ Banse on Pure gig	Posted: Sep 17, 2005
Big thanks to the Bikeclubosaka crew for the Premiere party! There was a really good turmn out for a wednesday night. The Lava project performed a few of there tunes on the night, the first set played out well early in the night; Jaguar money played out well with samples over the top from another of the Lava projects songs 'Low cut minx'. Following this was 'where was I' which with more air time seems to lull the audience into a heavy mood with its heavy samples and bass line. The night was was filled with performances and Djs, some of the top Djs in Osaka! With this schedule the Lava project came on again later in the morning to perform 'Come together' (the uplifting house mix). The second set was filled with technical difficulties which seemed to curse the night with delays with other performances. The club was great and with the reputation it has in Tokyo, one would think a sound engineer would have been on hand to sought the little glitches out. Overall the night was a blast for all with a good turn out, one of the highlights would have had to have been the big turn out from the Cirque du soleil crew. Very, very cool people, down with the flow and amazinly one of the crew blew us away with his breakdancing moves. In a way it didnt surprise us considering these people are professional entatainers. Beatz
Premier Party at Club 'Pure on 'Sept 7	Posted: Sep 2, 2005
Tha Lava Project will appear at Osaka's Club 'Pure' on Wednesday, September 7, for their monthly 'Premier' showcase/dance party. 'Pure' is a new and hip Tokyo-based club that is now branching out to Kansai and attracting packed crowds. Come check us out for this mid-week jam-session.
Word drom DJ Banse	Posted: Aug 19, 2005
Well, after a long awaited and a many fare well parties to Toccaate; the night went down well with a lot of people out to bid there last sayonaras to a good club. It seemed the goodbyes came thick and fast, as did the drinks. TLP was scheduled to go on from 11pm, there was a good crowd and it was still building by this time. TLP managed hook up with Dan Hart (percussionist) who brought another element to the group that was missing. With limited time for the group to perform because of the many Djs for the night, the group played out three tunes. ‘Low Cut Minx’ was the first to go, with its jazzy, funk feel with a groovy break moving in and out of solos from the members. With more of the crowd wanting to get there groove on and some of the hip-hop crew moving closer TLP moved into the next song. ‘Where was I’ an electronic Dub tune with some freaky sounds and a phat Bass line that really got some heads going. With a little more time to go before the next DJ, TLP finished off with ‘Come Together’ an uplifting house tune to end. TLP finished off on a high note with a nice solo from JMAN on the guitar, Dan on the percussion spicin up the song with percussion sounds, Jacob with the vocals bringing things Together and DJ Dee Banse on the decks churnin out the tunes. The night really did finish well for TLP with great response from the Toccaate crew and from the crowd on the Dance Floor. Many thanks to Toccaate for having us, its always been enjoyable playing out there and hanging out there. Hope to see you at the next gig.
TLP appearing on upcoming DVD	Posted: Aug 16, 2005
August News One of The Lava Project's tunes has been chosen to be featured on a soon-to-released DVD combining the works of upcoming visual and musical artists. It's entitled the "Mind Gift Project" and more details should be available in the coming weeks. aw, yeah! jjh
live at Tocca a Te, Umeda, Osaka -Sat July 30	Posted: Jul 27, 2005
TLP will be in the building for Club Tocca A Te's final, final, last, ultimate, sayonara party, this coming Saturday, July 30th We'll go on sometime between 10 and 11 P- as yet undetermined (sorry). Either way, DJ Banse will be spinning throughout the evening. We hope and intend to have some copies of the single on hand for those interested. (500yen) p.s. As a special funky treat, TLP welcome's special guest percussionist Dan Hart. aw yeah. arigato for ur support! --jjh
Summer 2005 News	Posted: July 21, 2005
The Lava Project is officially rollin, for '05 and ('06). In anticipation of their upcoming debut CD, they've been and will continue gigging and building on their current momentum. June and July saw TLP at Kobe's GruveLounge events, the big Gruve Asylum 7, as well as the Suma Beach annual Bash. A lot of great feedback and audience response, which is always cool. On a related note, TLP now has a maxi-single of "Come Together" an extended mix by DJ Dee and jjh, as well as a bonus track. It's 500yen (about $4 or $5 U.S.) and for now is just available at shows thru the bandmembers. July is recovery and songwriting time, except for a few small or impromptu gigs that might happen. check here or naturalselectionz.com for the skinny. thanks everyone for your support! jjh