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Nealy performing in 2007.
Marcellus Nealy (born on March 25, 1969) is an entertainer. He is a poet, spoken word artist, musician, and voice actor.
Early life
Nealy was born in Cleveland, Ohio. After graduating from John Carroll University in 1992, he left the USA and flew to Japan, where he began to explore spoken word performance and poetry in the small clubs, cafes, bars, and bookshops where English-speaking people tended to gather. One of the key venues for poetry at that time was "What The Dickens", a British pub and eatery in Ebisu, Tokyo. It was there that Nealy met his poetry mentor, Edgar Henry. Henry encouraged Nealy to push forward and take poetry to whatever levels he could take it.
After a few years of participating in readings at "What The Dickens", Nealy began to frequent night clubs and live houses where he met various performers and DJs. Soon Nealy began performing poetic verse over house music, techno, and drum and bass. He was soon invited to perform with at various festivals and events. He also began to appear on many recordings with various artists including Jafro Sax, Yukihiro Fukutomi, Dreams Come True, Roy Davis Jr. and Johannes Heil.
In addition to performing with well-known J-pop band, Dreams Come True, Nealy appeared on Japanese television program Kōhaku Uta Gassen, Live 8, and the 2002 Montreal Jazz Festival with Roy Davis Jr. and a European Tour with techno maestro Johannes Heil.
Discography
“Raiders Theme” Hieroglyphs Meldoc Records, 1997
“Speed Racer” Hiroglyphs Meldoc Records, 1997
“7654321(Blow Your Whistle)” Two B Free Meldac Records, 1998
“Play That Funky Music” Two B Free Meldoc Records, 1998
“Bowl Flow” Trance Texas Nippon Crown, 1999
“Funka Monster” Dance Remix Dreams Come True No Hammer Records, 1999
“Nante Koi Shitandaro” Dreams Come True No Hammer Records, 1999
“Tomorrow, Make a Large Rainbow” Anger From Ball A Circle Records, 2001
“Black Stone Memories” DJ Ichiro Daikan Yama Africa Compilation CD, 2002
“Walk On By” Lava Breed Records, 2003
“Closer To You” Roy Davis Jr. Large Records, 2003
“Peace Please – English Version” Johannes Heil Frankfurt Germany - 2003
“N” Tatsuya Nakamura Europa Records 2003
“Moving Up” Roy Davis Jr. Nice and Smooth, 2004
“Water For Thirsty Children” Roy Davis Jr. Nice and Smooth 2004
“Changes / The World” full album collaboration Johannes Heil Data Punk, 2004
“Don’t Stand So Close to Me” Koukou Kyoushi The Indigo Geneon, 2004
Question Authority Mini album collaboration Johannes Heil Question Authority records Data Punk 2004
“Innocent” Diamond 15 Dreams Come True DCT Records 2005
“Jet” Dreams Come True DCT Records 2005
Winter Song remix Dreams Come True DCT Records 2005
愛がROCKする Dreams Come True DCT Records 2006
The Temple Gates Modernday Soothsayers Full Album Light Walker Records 2006
"Can You Say Yes" - Hello Friends, Swing-O aka 45 Origami 2008
"Big Man Hunting" - Revenge of Soul, Swing-O aka 45, Origami 2009
"Freight Train" - Funky Gong, Madskippers 2009
Master Fong, Modernday Soothsayers 2nd album, INFAS Music 2009
External links
Categories:- John Carroll University alumni
- 1969 births
- Living people
- American poets
- Musicians from Cleveland, Ohio
- American spoken word artists
- American voice actors
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