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Cilent Project : Only hip-hop by Mahes Perera Fmokani and Red Rum sounds like exciting ingredients for an exhilerating cocktail. But to bring you down to earth they are the stage names for two young singers who have formed themselves into a hip-hop group and call themselves the Cilent Project.
Four years ago Cilent Project came into being. Besides the duo, Fmokani co-opts other singers for rapping, sometimes as he tells us, he uses ten others for a rap harmony section. "We perform pure hip-hop, there's no r & b. I've been listening to rap intently from when I was twelve years old. My parents used to scream but I couldn't resist the influences and styles of Pastor Troy, Sticky Fingers and Royceda 59. I write the lyrics and the music and our first performance was for a Talent Search contest called Mystic Waves held at Hillwood College, Kandy. We sang a cover of Snoop Doggy called Street and we won, but we got a certificate. Then in 2003 we entered for another Talent Search contest held at St. Bridget's Convent, Colombo organised by the Interact Clubs of Royal and St. Bridget's. At this contest we sang Why Me a song by Fat Joe Cuban Link. After that we decided to give up going for talent contests. We found it useless" straight talks Fmokani. Which is why we saw Cilent Project branch out to perform in Colombo at open shows. After their performances in Reach Out 2 in Colombo, Reach Out 3 in Kandy and Reach Out 4 in Kurunegala, their stage confidence strengthened and they have now thrown themselves into making tracks for their first album of twelve songs. "The songs are full hard core hip-hop and we are being assisted by Diliup Gabadamudalige in making the tracks, in fact he is our manager" Fmokani proudly expresses. In baggy pants and big T Shirts Cilent Project hope to shout out (ie. perform shows in hip-hop language) with Project Posse from Kandy, Big Core from Matale, K Pound and Doggie Nations from Negombo and 6th Lane. Watch out for the dates! |
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The main force of the duo is twenty one-year-old Kanishta who chose to
hop on the music train because he considers it is his life. "I'm not
looking for a 9-5 job" he states adamantly. One wonders! However the lure
of the stage and spotlights could hardly be resisted and together with his
duo partner and friend Lasitha (Red Rum) they decided to hit the road to
stardom, from the hill capital Kandy. 
