Femi Abosede, lead singer, lyricist and band leader, specialises in playing Tenor and Alto saxophone and keyboards, as well as excelling in both arrangement and composition.
At the age of 8, Femi began the pursuit of his musical career at the Cathedral Church of Christ as a chorister, under the tutelage of S.O. Phillips and the late Pa Fayemi, in Nigeria. A Femi developed musically, he also began to grow politically, ultimately attracting the attention of the late Fela Kuti. Fela, whose music is much loved in Nigeria, is known for taking Afro beat worldwide.

At the age of 19, Femi had begun playing the saxophone and rendering his own compositions and arrangements. He names Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong Miles Davis and Dizzie Gillespie among the many musicians that have influenced his musical development. Femi successfully merges the tenets of freedom, justice and equality in his music and is most impressive when he is expressing these beliefs of political and personal freedom.

Femi is currently devoting his time to developing his special blend of jazz, reggae and Afro Rhythms. In addition to his live performances, Femi is working on his first CD entitled Nigerian Government.

Dammy G Atoki, grew up with Femi in Nigeria. He is one of the creative forces behind the melody that band puts out, and provides for the expert keyboard work at each performance. He started playing the keyboards at the age of 9 and by 14 became the school organist. Dammy has also been featured as guest artist at the Shrine of the late Fela Kuti. Dammy strongly believes in the power of music as a means of emancipating the authentic expression of Afro centric values and culture.

Dammy’s musical career, which has spanned more than 20 years, has largely focused on developing the Call and Answer style found in the Afro beat tradition. Recently, he has been inspired to work on a unique, interesting musical style in which Jazz meets Poetry. Primary influences in Dammy’s musical life include Afro-rhythms, Jazz and Reggae beats of Fela Kuti, Manu Dibango, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Kenny G., Herbie Hancock, Earl Klugh and George Benson. The result is a very special blend of Afro-Rhythmic Jazz.

The group performed at AfroFest in 2000 and 2002