BRETT MJANES, WILDERNESS CREW
Roberts Creek and the Sunshine Coast, BC Canada

Genre: Hip Hop (but unlike any you've heard)

Influences: Mid 90's rap was definitely the soundtrack of our high school lives: Heiro, Nas, Jay Z, Slick Rick, Biggie, Outkast, Mobb Deep, Common, Gangstarr, Red Man, Wu, Snoop, Dre, Em - you name it. But "influences" stretch so much further and deeper than that. Michael Jackson, Jack Johnson, Bob Marley, Gregory Isaacs, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Steely Dan, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Chili Peppers...the list won't stop anytime soon. Any and all music really, it's all relative.... 'Right Said Fred' might be the exception to that rule.

Dream Show: If you'd asked me a few months ago I would have had to think long and hard but now the answer is a no brainer: Michael Jackson. Early Michael would be the hot ticket but I'd take him in any era. (Dream Show to play would have to be General Motors Place simply because it's the biggest venue in our home city of Vancouver and it would signify that Wilderness has officially reached people on a large scale. One day...)