Remy "Shacal" Younsi, a hip hop artist of Norwegian and Tunisian descent, has agreed to work with Dig Music's Kai Lofthus to develop his music career.
The Haugesund-based talent was recently introduced to Lofthus by his partner Inger Lise Kvilhaug two years after she heard Shacal's music on a mobile phone.
Haugesund has traditionally been a hotbed for artists in pop- and rock genres (including the critically and commercially acclaimed Susanne Sundfør and the Alexandria Quartet, signed by Lofthus to MBO in 2006), but not - until now - hip hop. Meanwhile, the interest in the genre in that city and neighbouring towns Stavanger and Bergen is continuously increasing.
Recently, Shacal has done the official music for Pøbelprosjektet, a Stavanger-based initiative aimed at encouraging young people to stay in school. And, on Nov. 10, he is scheduled to perform at a UNICEF rally at Stavanger Konserthus.
Soon, Shacal - together with his music mate LensmaeN - will record songs for official release on his own label - to be distributed by Dig Music, to be available from iTunes, Spotify, Nokia, and other digital music retailers, hopefully in early 2010.
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