Ranjit Fernandez is originally from the east-coast town of Montrose in Scotland and has recently returned to the area after living in Qatar since 2000. With the encouragement of Anthony Curtis (formerly of BOOM, www.anthonycurtis.net), he started composing and recording his music using a Zoom PRS unit. Initially the songs were developed under the Unkle Fezter's Ear Project title and 3 CDs were produced. CDs have been sold in Qatar and abroad.
The music has featured on radio and TV and Ranjit has featured in Guitar Player magazine in the US.
"Not only do I hear many surprising things but the continuity, and overall feeling is wonderful. Also the space that you have created - you have made a 'place' for people to visit, and experience - that is among the more difficult things to achieve in music."
Anthony Curtis - Guitarist/Composer (www.anthonycurtis.net)
Latest News
New album for 2008 - PLASTIC PEOPLE - 9 new songs! All available to buy via Broadjam. Official UK Launch event on Saturday 30th August in Borders Bookshop (Dundee).
New track 'Excellence' in TV advert - Resolution Productions commissioned a one-minute piece of music to accompany a promotional video for the Education Council of Qatar. This advert has been aired on local TV and Al Jazeera TV.
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Ranjit Fernandez is originally from the east-coast town of Montrose in Scotland and has recently returned to the area after working in Qatar since 2000. In 2003, with the encouragement of Anthony Curtis (formerly of BOOM, www.anthonycurtis.net), he started composing and recording his music using a home-studio unit. Initially the songs were developed under the Unkle Fezter's Ear Project title and a triple CD album was produced. Hand-made CDs were sold in Qatar and abroad.
The idea behind the music was to develop and present 3 genres of music simultaneously, each working on different moods and emotions. Songs in the 'Pierced' section are rock/metal orientated whilst 'Lobe' is the acoustic-driven collection presented as the 'soft' easy-listening alternative. 'Prostheses', as the name may suggest, is the experimental ambient/dance section working with loops and samples. Songs inspired by Qatar featured on his first retail release entitled Pearls. Excellent reviews resulted in a distribution deal in Qatar.
Pearls is an album of 8 instrumental tracks inspired by the artist's experiences of living in Qatar. Being instrumental, there are no language or cultural barriers. This was the first release of a CD by an expatriate resident in Qatar and received the attention and praise of the Qatari Royal Family.
Following this, 3 further albums were released the next year. The albums include the triple CD Unkle Fezter's Ear Project; the ambient CD Corpus and the stress-relief CD called Relak-sashen.
In 2008, Ranjit released his 'eco' album, Plastic People. This album once again features a collection of tracks ranging from hard rock to ambient moods. This instrumental album is the aural view of the world and it's plastic people.
A New track 'Excellence' featured recently in a TV advert in Qatar - Resolution Productions commissioned a one-minute piece of music to accompany a promotional video for the Education Council of Qatar. This advert has been aired on local TV and Al Jazeera TV.
The music has featured on QBS and online radio and articles have appeared in Qatar Happening magazine, the Gulf Times newspaper, several Scottish newspapers and Ranjit has also featured in Guitar Player magazine in the US.
All of the CDs are available from CDBaby.com and as digital downloads from many online music sites including iTunes and Napster.
"Not only do I hear many surprising things but the continuity, and overall feeling is wonderful. Also the space that you have created - you have made a 'place' for people to visit, and experience - that is among the more difficult things to achieve in music."
Anthony Curtis - Guitarist/Composer (www.anthonycurtis.net)