Anders Johansson Red Shift CD

After 10 years of acting on the off off Broadway stages of New York and surrounding metropolitan area & leading the band 'e11evens' a rock quartet, 'Dug Deep' carried on his conga and vocal gymnastics, peeling the onion skins to reach the pearl!Through the natural flowing of abstract oil painting, and thousands of performances, both as an actor and singer performer, WET PAINT seemed to be the synthesis of all of these foci. Heading to Little Italy one early morning to deliver bread at D&G bakery, Dug did not wish to go by his name for a performance this same night back in 95', in a sleep walking gait down the ramp to connect to the N train at 42nd Street, there revealed on every single bright apple red iron I beam was the sign WET PAINT, WET PAINT, WET PAINT, WET PAINT! & this refracting mirage mirrored exactly what the philosophy of performing, making music, percussion, poetry, vocalizing, Dug had arrived to.

Dug is all ears & as an Elephant; 'I meant what I said, Said what I meant, An Elephant's faithful 100 %' {Dr. Zuess}, he would much rather naturally weave with others, than either wield the baton and have others play his lines, or be gathered, tied and confined to play another's. Therefore, WET PAINT really has no leader per say, Dug likens himself to the 'Glue' accessing his lyric poetry, and forming melodies along with the chords, keys and tones put out with and through the other voices, instruments alongside.

'Canada is a real meeting places of styles and musical influences from around the world' says bandleader and 2009 JUNO Award nominee Chris McKhool. 'At the same time, as a band we try to tell uniquely Canadian stories, putting forth our vision of the world as one family.

' Chris' paternal Makhoul grandparents immigrated to Canada from Lebanon in the early 1900s, and his Egyptian-born mother, an accomplished pianist, also has paternal Lebanese ancestry. 'Growing up, I was taught the Canadian values of tolerance, respect for all peoples and celebration of culture.