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David Jackman

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Producer of Rock, Electronic and Pop
A.k.a. David Ben Jack

Boston-born, Phoenix-raised dance / pop producer/artist with a penchant for colorful hooks and soulful, dreamy 80s motifs. Jackman, aka "David Ben Jack" was fusing new wave and electronica with rap in his PRMR (pka The Premiere) duo, garnering local praise and attention before the likes of LMFAO, Shwayze, and Wallpaper popularized the style. Having joined the zany, semi-national electro-pop group Peachcake in 2009, Jackman co-wrote and produced several releases that helped propel the band into a wider arena, landing their music into a number of tv shows, and ad campaigns, including Keeping Up With The Kardashians and The Real World. Their lead single he co-wrote and sang vocals on, "You Matter" landed on rotation at Top 40 commercial and college radio, charting on Mediabase's Taking Off category. Before they disbanded, Jackman performed with Peachcake for a number of shows, opening for and sharing stages with artists such as Peter Murphy and Neon Trees, as well as The Streets and Apoptygma Berzerk at the Slottsfjell Music Festival in Norway. Jackman released the eclectic LP Antennae with PRMR in 2012, which also garnered college radio rotation and was featured on the international travel tv series, Into The Drink. He continued with various projects, including penning several new PRMR songs for a Universal Publishing / Firstcom TV music library, and remixing for a small dance label. Jackman then ventured into the cutting edge underground with his Donovan Hikaru project, creating original compositions of sample-less music within the "vaporwave" microgenre- a style where the majority of artists rely heavily and/or entirely upon sampling. Several of his works were released on influential net labels, spawning sold-out limited cassette pressings, which were heralded as some of the best in the genre. His Hikaru alias has been mentioned in various publications among other top experimental / vaporwave artists, including Blank Banshee, James Ferraro, and Vektroid. In addition to gaining radio play, Donovan Hikaru tracks and collaborations have been featured on Tiny Mix Tapes, and The Needle Drop. In 2015, Jackman launched his flagship solo project under the alias "David Ben Jack", releasing his debut single "No Love (ft. Teri Tobin)" via The EDM Network. The single--a soulful and poppy, yet eccentric take on chilled deep house and nu-disco--featured rising neo-soul singer Teri Tobin on vocals, and a remix from UK production duo Armstrong & Statye (of UB40 production fame). A follow-up David Ben Jack EP, "Sunset Kills", is currently in the works, and slated for release in 2016.

Genres

• Rock
• Electronic
• Pop
• Dance

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