Freaky Scene

Freaky Scene was a group comprised of Rod Marquart, The Shan Monster (Shantell Powell) and rapper PIMP-T. FREAKY SCENE, as the name suggests, is a mind-altering experience involving the mangling, melting and blending of numerous styles of music and dance. It is a brazen counter-point to the existing music scene and thus experimental to the core. The Shan Monster is Shantell Powell, a dancer and performer with a strong background in theatre arts and Middle Eastern dance. She incorporates elements of Middle Eastern dance (colloquially known as belly dance) and martial arts with West African, modern, and lyrical jazz dancing. She has performed at a wide variety of venues, from restaurants and arts eventsto multicultural dinners and music concerts. She also has a strong background in electronic music, and has been an industrial DJ for ten years. Rod Marquart has been a drummer for over 25 years. He has formed, recorded and performed with numerous experimental projects in Toronto (Ignorantz, Mana), Halifax (Terrafunk) and Hamburg, Germany (Veto). In 1999, he created DRUMS & MACHINES and built up an eclectic body of work spanning seven independently released albums. His latest work in the FREAKY SCENE project is a new chapter both conceptually and musically. In a live setting, he is no longer behind the drum kit but vocalizes his thoughts on politics and human nature in spoken word format.