Jonathan Emile
Encyclopedia
Jonathan Emile (Born February 19, 1986) is a Jamaican Canadian
singer, poet, musician and entrepreneur from Montreal
, Quebec
. He is the creator and the founder of Mindpeacelove Enterprises (a conscious art company and record label) and a cancer survivor. In 2011, he received Grammy nominations and appeared on the long-list in the 'Rap Album of The Year' category for his album "The Lover/Fighter Document EP".
as a Philosophy & Political Science major.
In 2011, Emile received a Grammy Nomination and appeared on the long-list in the 'Rap Album of The Year' category for his album "The Lover/Fighter Document EP". In 2011, the Franco Proietti Morph-Tet received a Grammy nomination and appeared on the long-list in the 'Jazz Album of The Year' category with Jonathan Emile as the lead singer.
In February 2011, Jonathan Emile's Facebook page with 80,000 fans was removed from his possession by an unknown entity. After contacting Facebook on numerous occasions to retrieve his page, Emile found no success and was left without his page. Consequently, he began a media campaign involving Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
, The Gazette (Montreal)
, Montreal Mirror
, and CJAD. The media campaign proved to be brief as Emile's page was returned to his possession at the height of his media campaign without an explanation from Facebook.
fused with soul music
that addresses social, spiritual and moral issues.
combining Chamber Music
with Hip-Hop to expose youth to classical music. Emile is a member of the Montréal based live musical improvisation group 'Kalmunity Vibe Collective'. He also is a member of jazz
group 'The Franco Proietti Morph-tet'.
Currently Jonathan produces, composes and collaborates with Odessa Thornhill, Naya Abesha, Sonia Soul, Aphyliated, Hakeem Hicks, Jesse Bell, Mahdi "Dr. Mad" Saoula & Andrew "Drew Da White Boy" Kushnir. (Artists signed to the Mindpeacelove Record Label).
Lover/Fighter Document EP" is currently distributed in United States, Canada, England, Germany, Italy, Holland and worldwide digitally on iTunes and Amazon.
The second part of the project, "The Lover/Fighter Document LP", is under development, and will contain 20 original songs.
As lead the vocalist for The Franco Proietti Morph-tet, Jonathan Emile has released two albums with the group: 'Grammy long-listed' live album "Live! A Weekend At Centre St. Ambroise" and studio album "Like the Shore Is to the Ocean". Emile performs jazz-vocals, soul-vocals and poetry on both releases.
In 2011, Emile released various music & videos (unattached to full album releases). The songs are currently not available for sale and appear exclusively on his official YouTube page.
. He continues to share his experiences, ambition and music offering
mentoring and giving workshops to urban youth. He
participated in the Shared Vision concert in 2006, which benefited a
variety of charities including a fund for the children of War in Darfur
. In
2008 Emile performed for concert "One" organized by non-profit
organization Africa Is Real alongside Miri Ben-Ari
. Jonathan regularly performs in schools & community centers alongside cellist Denis Brott
as apart of the Montreal Chamber Music Festival. Emile has worked closely with community group 'Head In Hands' providing mentorship and music production workshops for inner city youth. He also participates in events that support and create awareness around HIV/AIDS.
As a Jamaican Canadian and a member of the black community, Jonathan Emile performs and participates in Black History Month
events raising awareness and sharing his conscious message.
Jamaican Canadian
Jamaican Canadians are Canadians of Jamaican descent, or Jamaican-born people with Canadian citizenship. The population, according to Canada's 2006 Census, is 231,110. Jamaican Canadians comprise about 30% of the entire black Canadian population.-History:...
singer, poet, musician and entrepreneur from Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. He is the creator and the founder of Mindpeacelove Enterprises (a conscious art company and record label) and a cancer survivor. In 2011, he received Grammy nominations and appeared on the long-list in the 'Rap Album of The Year' category for his album "The Lover/Fighter Document EP".
Cancer years
At the age of 18, Jonathan Emile was diagnosed with a rapidly growing cancerous tumor. The next two years of his life proved to be crippling as he battled with the disease. He struggled to pursue his passion for music. During this time, Jonathan Emile employed his philosophy of Mindpeacelove creating music, in the hospital and between his treatments that left him bed ridden. He finished treatment in December 2005 and completed his remission in December 2010. Jonathan Emile founded Mindpeacelove Enterprises in 2005 and has been composing and performing regularly since. In 2006 he release a CD entitled 'Agenda Reciprocity' with group Île City under the Mindpeacelove Records label. Still in the first years of remission, Jonathan pushed himself to come to terms with his illness creatively which gave birth to the concept of "The Lover/Fighter Document".2009-present
Emile released the first instalment of "The Lover/Fighter Document" on September 6, 2009. He worked and toured with material from "The Lover/Fighter Document" while attending McGill UniversityMcGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
as a Philosophy & Political Science major.
In 2011, Emile received a Grammy Nomination and appeared on the long-list in the 'Rap Album of The Year' category for his album "The Lover/Fighter Document EP". In 2011, the Franco Proietti Morph-Tet received a Grammy nomination and appeared on the long-list in the 'Jazz Album of The Year' category with Jonathan Emile as the lead singer.
In February 2011, Jonathan Emile's Facebook page with 80,000 fans was removed from his possession by an unknown entity. After contacting Facebook on numerous occasions to retrieve his page, Emile found no success and was left without his page. Consequently, he began a media campaign involving Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
, The Gazette (Montreal)
The Gazette (Montreal)
The Gazette, often called the Montreal Gazette to avoid ambiguity, is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with three other daily English newspapers all having shut down at different times during the second half of the 20th century.-History:In 1778,...
, Montreal Mirror
Montreal Mirror
Montreal Mirror is a free English language alternative newsweekly based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada with a circulation of 70,000, and reaches a quarter of a million readers per week. It is published by Communications Gratte-Ciel Ltée....
, and CJAD. The media campaign proved to be brief as Emile's page was returned to his possession at the height of his media campaign without an explanation from Facebook.
Style
Jonathan Emile composes and performs in the genres of Hip-Hop, Reggae, R&B and Electro-Pop. His vocal performance and recording style includes, singing, rapping, free-styling and scatting in English, French and Jamaican Patois. His lyrics focus on his philosophy of Mindpeacelove and a positive life approach. Emile is concerned largely with creating contemporary popular hip-hop and reggaeReggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
fused with soul music
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
that addresses social, spiritual and moral issues.
Collaborations
Jonathan Emile is working with cellist Denis BrottDenis Brott
Denis Brott is a Canadian cellist, music teacher and Founder & Artistic Director of the award winning Montreal Chamber Music Festival.Born in Montreal, the son of violinist and composer Alexander Brott and cellist Lotte Brott....
combining Chamber Music
Chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...
with Hip-Hop to expose youth to classical music. Emile is a member of the Montréal based live musical improvisation group 'Kalmunity Vibe Collective'. He also is a member of jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
group 'The Franco Proietti Morph-tet'.
Currently Jonathan produces, composes and collaborates with Odessa Thornhill, Naya Abesha, Sonia Soul, Aphyliated, Hakeem Hicks, Jesse Bell, Mahdi "Dr. Mad" Saoula & Andrew "Drew Da White Boy" Kushnir. (Artists signed to the Mindpeacelove Record Label).
Releases
Jonathan Emile recorded and produced "The Lover/Fighter Document" a two-part Hip-Hop/R&B/Reggae concept album. His release "Jonathan Emile - TheLover/Fighter Document EP" is currently distributed in United States, Canada, England, Germany, Italy, Holland and worldwide digitally on iTunes and Amazon.
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Jonathan Emile - The Lover/Fighter Document EP
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The second part of the project, "The Lover/Fighter Document LP", is under development, and will contain 20 original songs.
As lead the vocalist for The Franco Proietti Morph-tet, Jonathan Emile has released two albums with the group: 'Grammy long-listed' live album "Live! A Weekend At Centre St. Ambroise" and studio album "Like the Shore Is to the Ocean". Emile performs jazz-vocals, soul-vocals and poetry on both releases.
In 2011, Emile released various music & videos (unattached to full album releases). The songs are currently not available for sale and appear exclusively on his official YouTube page.
Activism & Philanthropy
Emile insists that there is a humanitarian motivation behind all of his work and frequently participates in raising funds for adolescent and paediatric oncologyOncology
Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with cancer...
. He continues to share his experiences, ambition and music offering
mentoring and giving workshops to urban youth. He
participated in the Shared Vision concert in 2006, which benefited a
variety of charities including a fund for the children of War in Darfur
War in Darfur
The Darfur Conflict was a guerrilla conflict or civil war centered on the Darfur region of Sudan. It began in February 2003 when the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army and Justice and Equality Movement groups in Darfur took up arms, accusing the Sudanese government of oppressing non-Arab Sudanese in...
. In
2008 Emile performed for concert "One" organized by non-profit
organization Africa Is Real alongside Miri Ben-Ari
Miri Ben-Ari
Miri Ben-Ari is an Israeli violinist, who currently resides in the United States.Ben-Ari grew up playing classical music; she started training at age 5 and at age 12, she was presented with a violin by Isaac Stern. During her mandatory Israeli military service, she was chosen to play for the...
. Jonathan regularly performs in schools & community centers alongside cellist Denis Brott
Denis Brott
Denis Brott is a Canadian cellist, music teacher and Founder & Artistic Director of the award winning Montreal Chamber Music Festival.Born in Montreal, the son of violinist and composer Alexander Brott and cellist Lotte Brott....
as apart of the Montreal Chamber Music Festival. Emile has worked closely with community group 'Head In Hands' providing mentorship and music production workshops for inner city youth. He also participates in events that support and create awareness around HIV/AIDS.
As a Jamaican Canadian and a member of the black community, Jonathan Emile performs and participates in Black History Month
Black History Month
Black History Month is an observance of the history of the African diaspora in a number of countries outside of Africa. Since 1976, it is observed annually in the United States and Canada in February, while in the United Kingdom it is observed in October...
events raising awareness and sharing his conscious message.
Discography
| Year | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | The Lover/Fighter Document EP | Mindpeacelove, Bongobeat |
| TBA | The Lover/Fighter Document LP |