Slayer Haunting The Chapel CD

Born and raised in Connecticut, Beazly has been rapping since he was 11years-old. Hes not like many rappers who dont know the history of hip-hop. In fact he says the song Jam on It by Nucleus introduced him to hip-hop and made him love it. At first he started as a break-dancer. But listening to NWA, and then Ghetto Boys, made him want to be a MC as well.

With the mixing board his father bought him, he began stringing beats together on a tape so he could write lyrics to it. He free styled to this tape and made it into his first album. Though that tape was destroyed in a flood, it told him where his destiny lay. It was straight ahead in the music industry.

Beazly was so in love with his music that he willfully left when his mother told him to choose between living in her house or hip-hop. Like any other seventeen year-old boy, he chose his first love. His first love, music, kept him warm on those cold Connecticut nights sleeping in cars trying to find shelter wherever he could. While other teenagers thought about prom, Beazly plotted his next meal. But his hunger to be the music industrys next great rapper was his greatest appetite.

Influenced by the greats like Slick Rick, Cypress Hill, Tribe Called Quest, Outkast, and of course Biggie and 2-Pac, Jack Beazly knows his hip-hop. His thick voice and ominous lyrics legitimize his claim to being a super mc. Though he can do a comedic stance on songs like Johnny most of his songs are a deep inward look at himself and the industry he has come to hate.

Hes paid his dues with unfruitful works in fledgling groups and empty contracts from lots of talk labels. The music industry took bites out of his inspiration, but as they threw the pieces on the ground Beazly picked them up and ate, only to spit them back out on a microphone. Slaps in the face from the industry became lessons he pocketed and used as energy to keep moving forward. You wont need a dictionary to understand the words he uses but you will need a hip-hop heart to catch everything he spews out.

The Gosper/Carlsen collaboration has resulted in accolades for the duo's superb synchronicity and crowd-pleasing commitment to their songs.

Singer/songwriter, harmonica player, breast cancer survivor "performs with a passion that knows no tomorrow" (Bill Arnett, The Folkus Room, Australia).

DJ Gosper, Winner Canberra Blues Society 2007 Music Awards: Best Vocalist, Best Instrumentalist, Best Song (Burn Baby Burn, co-written with Christo Carlsen).

"DJ Gosper showed us that as well as being a great blues singer, she is one of the hottest harp players around." (Bill Melano, Canberra Blues Society)

Christo, with his wide experience in the folk, blues, rock and trad jazz idioms, provides a stylish and often surprising acoustic guitar accompaniment to DJ's evocative vocal performance.

Together they are an original acoustic anomaly-equal parts blues, jazz and roots, with an irresistible art-house appeal.

ABOUT 'SPIRIT ON THE RISE'

"This album is something special! superb performances! lyrically powerful and thought provoking! a strong message of getting on with life through adversity! the spirit and adaptability of love shine through beautifully!" Phil Birch-Marston (Artsound FM)

John Williams (Trad & Now) Review"DJ Gosper and Christo Carlsen hail from Canberra. They have collaborated on this fine CD which shows off their well honed song writing talents, their excellent musicianship (Christo on guitar and DJ on blues harp) and DJ's amazing vocal abilities. The combining of these three elements makes for a CD which is well worth a listen. The songs are meaningful and heartfelt.

'Just For a Moment' and 'Forty Winks' both show DJ's considerable vocal ability coupled with Christo's sensitive guitar playing and are both the sort of thing I like to listen to late at night with a port or Muscat. Beautiful music indeed.

DJ's blues harp playing is one of the main features of the whole CD as it is coupled with Christo's excellent guitar work. These two fine musicians have combined to create a memorable CD which any fan of the blues would like to have in their collection. I can recommend it."