Shiva Child
Atlanta, Georgia, United States | Established. Jan 01, 2010
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Press
"Shiva Child was born in Detroit, raised in Atlanta, lived in Berlin and is now here in Namibia. Shiva Child moulds music as he plays with his jungle gym of sounds. A producer and performer, Shiva Child says, 'Let's look/listen to our sonic past, how it relates to the present music and influences future grooves.' With hundreds of songs on Soundcloud and Bandcamp as '10 Foot Ballerina' ( and 'Optimus Pikachu') - Shiva Child is on fire!" - Namibians New Era
"Afrofuturism has been lurking in my life through the sounds of Pharoah Sanders on crazy loud vinyl. - The sound has been reintroduced into my life by Darius Brandenburg aka Shiva Child," - THE NAMIBIAN
Discography
Solo Work:
"Phasing Culture" - Single (2023)
"Gajasura" - Single (2023)
"Obsidian" - Single (2023)
"Keriah "- Single (2023)
"Black Girl (feat. Lord Narf & Divoli Svere)" - Single (2020)
"Amerikkka Looted" - Single (2020)
"Hopeful" - Single (2019)
"Earth-2" - Single (2019)
"Young Nataraja" - Album (2018)
"Sogoni Kalimba" - Single (2015) - under '10 Foot Ballerina' name
Producer Credits:
Divoli Svere - "BLKFAG" - Single (2021)
Meta - "Late Bloomer" - Album (2021)
Lord Narf - "Lord" - Album (2020)
Lord Narf - "N*A*R*F" - Album (2020)
Ethereal, Archibald Slim - "Outta My Face" - Single (2020)
Lord Narf, Yung Skrrt - "Irrelevant" - Single (2018)
Slug Christ - "YES I DID" - Single (2018)
Lord Narf - "Truth" - Single (2018)
Lord Narf, Ripparachie - "At Night" - Single (2018)
Ripparachie - "Middle Finger That" - Single (2018)
Meta - "Headspace" - Album (2018)
10 Foot Ballerina - "Sogoni Kalimba - Traumer Remix" - Single (2016)
Ethereal, Optimus Pikachu - "Rings" - from "Heat Death 2" Album (2015)
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Bio
Darius Brandenburg is a musician, DJ, teacher, producer and all around creator. He graduated from the College of the Arts in Windhoek, Namibia, with a Bachelors Degree in African Performing Arts specializing traditional African music. Born in Motown, Detroit and raised in Atlanta and Hamburg, Germany Darius experienced the best of both sides of the Atlantic. Drumming in bands on stage and in the studio, from age 14 lead him to his first record deal at age 16. At age 19 he moved back to Germany, in Berlin he began DJing and teaching music to young children. Being introduced to European night-life he began, promoting and creating his own art related events and parties. He then decided to expand his sound and musical abilities by moving to Windhoek, Namibia. While in Africa he studied guitar, djembe, piano, marimba as well as mbira and acquired experience teaching these instruments to children. Continuing with hosting cultural events he helped create a 3 day arts festival called “The Kalahari Festival of the Arts”. Moving back to Atlanta in 2018 he began working on everything from live theater music and sound engineering to playing in metal bands to producing commercial music. Darius is currently working as a producer, DJ, sound engineer, and music teacher in the Atlanta area.
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