Band Members:

Jaswho

Jay has a signature sound which URB magazine labeled "A Funkier Naked Music." With a list of credits a mile long, he is one of the influential musicians behind some of the top house tracks hitting the top of the charts today from deep house to dirty disco and broken beat. He brings both his skills as a producer and engineer as well as his talent as a live musician when he performs house music...totally live and laptop-free!! It's both a soul-stirring dance experience that you would expect from a top DJ and also an awe-inspiring performance when you see him produce phenomenal sound from a handful of machines, right in front of your eyes.

Jay graduated from Full Sail and is currently the Music Director and a Resident Artist at Temple SF, San Francisco's largest nightclub. He is one of the founders of Soulmine Records, a Bay Area indie house label established in 1999. JasWho?'s music has been licensed for ringtones, TV shows, and feature films. You can find him recording at Moulton Studios as one of the members of 40 Thieves, touring with the bands Spigga and Playground People, and producing artists at Temple Studios SF, and Soulmine Studios, Oakland, CA.

Per Marshall

Per (a Scandinavian name sounding a bit like 'pear') showed up in Philadelphia in a progressive world music family and began singing from an early age . Per the teenager attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston and absorbed a bit of Jazz, adding to a foundation of funk, folk, and pop ... Fast forward a few more years and the California Per started visiting India for meditation - researching the inner peace/outer peace connection and listening to diverse music .

Currently, Per is splitting time between traveling the roadless journey of enlightenment and working with the Caren Hope Project on their next release.

Calling Shiva is a new hybrid of ethnic down-tempo and underground electronica. Produce exclusively in the heart of Temple Nightclub at Temple Studios, Caren Hope Project draws from a diverse range of a global network of talents. Calling Shiva was manifested into being through Hindi, English, Tibetan and French influences. Through this myriad of influences, it finds a spiritual common ground. The album features beautiful vocal work from Per Marshall, Danya River, Alison Alstrom, Thea Izzi, Kim Cunio and Heather Lee.

Calling Shiva represents a new hybrid of sounds from the Bay Area, directly transforming the planets musical climate with ancient and modern vibrations coming together as one.