Lafa Taylor

A world traveler based in Oakland, CA Lafa Taylor is an up and coming singer/emcee/producer. his music carries a message of inspiration and activation for all walks of life while staying gritty, bassey, and most importantly danceable. Lafa’s collage of infectiously harmonic, bass heavy, multi tempo, music quickly heats up the dance floor. His vocal style ranges from sweet melodic choruses to tongue twisting rapid rhymes. He is also known for his intricate beat boxing, and creates live loops in ableton on the spot. Lafa’s live show is energetic, dynamic and unique. He has a great talent for connecting with his audience and working with the energy of the crowd.

In the summer of 2003, at age 17, Lafa single handedly produced and released his debut album “Life Music”. In 2004 he released “Hot Winter”. After three months of traveling around Costa Rica with a portable studio in his backpack.

Next Lafa headed out to conquer Japan. There he became a part of the multi platinim band “Def Tech”and played a 26 city tour. Every venue of this tour was sold out, including the prestigous Budokan in Tokyo which has a capacity of over 9,000 people. Lafa’s song “Lift Up” with Def Tech has seen major success in Japan. It was licensed for a Sony Ericsson commercial and the music video saw heavy rotation on MTV Japan and Space Shower.
Since “Different” Lafa has been redefining his sound and making noise in the west-coast bass music scene under the alias FreakFunk in addition to playing in a live electronic duo w/ Russ Liquid known as BounceBrigade. Well loved by many, Lafa is rapidly making a name for himself on the west coast, opening for big names as well as headlining his own sold out shows. Watch for this international man of music as he continues to spread love and bass wherever he plugs in..