Daj sets stage of Atlanta with his Ambient R & B sound.

“ As an artist I've decided to really embrace the name that was given to me years ago; Daj, and finally allow myself to be reborn as the true artist that I am. Every song that I write has a purpose, every harmony is placed with thought and purpose". ”

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(eMusicWire.Org) – DeShawn, also known as the stage name Daj, has a heavy and vast musical background. Like many artists he started singing in church with his family where he credits some of his earlier musical exposure to artist such as the Clark Sisters, En Vogue, and Take 6. And then there was Brandy... "When Brandy came out and I heard her at my grandparents [house]; I begged my parents to let me listen to her. They listened to her album first, said it was ok for me to listen and I loved it! That's when I was reintroduced to R&B...", says Daj. In every eclectic's life there comes a point in time where you stop caring about genre and pay closer attention to sound and value quality production. In light of that fact; Björk, Maxwell, Sadé, Kelis, Muhsinah, J*Davey, Lizz Wright, Amel Larrieux, Eric Roberson, Me'shell N'degeocello, ColdPlay, and Rihanna are some of the artists Daj drops as people he listens to and that have prevalent influence in his musical sound.

Daj has released his first CD entitled "Hotel Relationship" with the single "Fantasy" being available on the Soundtrack to "A Good Day to be Black and Sexy"and is currently working on "Emerald City", set to be released Summer of 2010. Daj's vocal arrangement expertise conquers any musical ear. The ambient and hypnotic beat splashed with his lulling voice set the listener up to be sucked in faster than confusion in oblivion. The sounds on this album are crisp, soothing, refreshing and utterly superb. "Emerald City" is cleverly likened to the Emerald City sequence (or scene) in The Wiz. All the sounds are associated with emotions and colors that are different, and yet compliment and build on each other. Daj says, "Its mood music, and it heavily relies on the synths and abstract, yet it's still R&B. The kind of music I call 'Ambient R&B', making this a cohesive; living, breathing project".

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