FREEMAN

1). Freeman (real name: Leo Friman, b. 14 September 1951 in Lahti, Finland) is a popular Finnish singer. His breakthrough song was Ajetaan tandemilla. Freeman also plays in Menneisyyden Vangit -band. --------------- 2) Freeman [french rapper], Freeman (real name Malek Brahimi, also known as Abdelmalek Sultan) is a French hip hop artist and breakdancer. He is a member of the successful hip hop group IAM together with Akhenaton, Shurik'n, Khéops, Imhotep, and Kephren. He has also worked as a solo artist and an actor. Freeman lives in Marseille, but says that he is above all an Algerian. Brahimi was born in Algiers, Algeria on 9 May 1972, and has lived most of his life in the district of Belsunce, in Marseille. At first, when IAM was formed in 1988, Brahimi worked with them as a breakdancer under the alias Abdelmalek Sultan, but he soon started rapping and appearing on the group's albums. In 1999, he published his first solo album, L'palais de justice. Freeman also appeared as an actor in Comme un aimant, a 2000 film by fellow IAM member Akhenaton and Kamel Saleh --------------- 3) Freeman (real name Kerry Freeman) Newcomer Kerry Freeman's self-titled 4-track EP produced by Mark and Mike Stitts, delivers a straight ahead rock performance with a vocal depth that seems to jump off the recording. Originally from Dallas, Kerry spent five of his formative years with his family in Jakarta, Indonesia where they served as missionaries with Mission Aviation Fellowship. The result of those years of near isoloation, was a growing introspective side to this young man which can be heard in his music. Kerry Freeman is part of the Renaissance Music Group. Kerry's powerful rock delivery is enhanced by his natural talent as a songwriter. His first release includes a decidedly broad appeal. It's thickly guitar-laden tracks provide a medium through which Freeman's faith is expressed through down-to-earth lyrical content which will be accessible to all who ponder life, faith and truth. His most popular track, Trying Anyway, can sometimes be heard on alternative Christian radio. "I'd like to provoke thought through my music," said Kerry. "I want to reach people with a message - but not only Christians - also, the average guy driving down the street." --------------- 4) Freeman (hungarian progtrance/proghouse artist), Member of Reunion - www.reunionstudio.org --------------- 5) Freeman Made some co-ops with Huge Psytrance artist Xerox around the millenium. No idea where he's now --------------- 6) Freeman A Welsh singer/songwriter, currently living in America, whose sound is heavily influenced by classic Americana Rock with a twist of modern folk and pop. --------------- 7) Freeman Montenegrin rapper, based in Cetinje, who became famous after two hit singles Od Koljevke Do Groba and Samo Da Te Imam Ja. His style is often claimed to be very similar to 2Pac's and DMX's. --------------- 8) Formed in 2014, Freeman is the band formed by Aaron Freeman, previously of the experimental rock band Ween. He is joined by Chris Boerner (guitar), Dave Godowsky (keys), Kyle Keegan (drums), and Brad Cook & Joe Young (bass; studio and live respectively). Artist Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine Marvelous Clouds As Gene Ween, Aaron Freeman was frontman of the legendary alt-rock pranksters Ween, a duo who specialized in singing any style they ever encountered. Early on, they'd alternate between punk rock skronk and nervy Prince tributes; they soon threaded in pop and psychedelia and famously headed to Nashville to record a full album with a bunch of Music City veterans. Freeman continued this omnivorous musicality in his solo career, which he launched in earnest in 2012 with a collection of Rod McKuen covers called Marvelous Clouds. GodWeenSatan: The Oneness By the time he released Marvelous Clouds, Freeman had been musically active for nearly 30 years. He first met partner in crime Mickey Melchiondo -- aka Dean Ween -- when they were in eighth grade in New Hope, Pennsylvania. The two struck up a friendship that manifested itself in long hours of recording original music in their bedrooms, enough to cover six self-released tapes; additionally, Freeman had one cassette called Synthetic Socks that was billed as a solo release. Eventually, the tapes came to the attention of Minneapolis-based Twin/Tone Records, who signed the band in 1989, releasing GodWeenSatan that same year. One more odd indie record followed -- 1991's The Pod -- before the group signed to Elektra in 1992. Pure Guava, their 1992 Elektra debut, gained traction on the heels of its single "Push th' Little Daisies," a Jackson 5-ish ditty featuring Gene's electronically sped-up voice. Its video horrified Beavis & Butt-Head and, subsequently, the band's cult grew and it expanded further with 1994's Chocolate & Cheese, a record that found them making great musical leaps. 12 Golden Country GreatsWeen entered a purple patch in the late '90s, recording 1996's 12 Golden Country Greats with many storied Nashville musicians (not so coincidentally, it provided the best-yet showcase for Freeman's vocal versatility); releasing the heady, nautically themed psych pop of The Mollusk in 1997; then closing it out with 2000's White Pepper. After that, Ween split from Elektra and launched their own imprint, Chocodog Records, using that as a way to release archival live albums. Their output of new material slowed in the 2000s -- they only released Quebec in 2003 and La Cucaracha in 2007, both for different indie labels -- but they kept touring, their cult expanding through hard work and the adoption of the jam band audience after Phish began performing Ween's 1994 tune "Roses Are Free" with regularity in their concerts. FreemanFreeman battled various personal problems, including substance addiction, during the 2000s and when he focused on his recovery he also concentrated on a solo career. He formed the Gene Ween Band in 2008, an outfit that later evolved into solo concerts by Freeman where he sang his deep catalog of songs. Soon, this morphed into a full-fledged solo career, assisted by producer Ben Vaughn, who'd helmed 12 Golden Country Greats and collaborated with Freeman on a collection of covers from pop poet Rod McKuen. Marvelous Clouds appeared in the spring of 2012; at the time of its release, Freeman announced that he was working on a second solo album consisting of original material. To tide over fans until the release of the second solo album, Freeman released an EP called Gener's Gone: The Final Demo Recordings of Gene Ween in 2013. The following year brought Freeman, his first collection of original songs since Ween's 2007 album La Cucaracha. It appeared in July 2014. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.