Mar 25, 2011

As an accomplished Voice Actor Ramayya’s most well known works includes Resident Evil 2, Shemue II, Bloody Roar 4, Steel Battalion,Kakeru Ogami(Bakuryu) the hit NHK series Little Charo II along with numerous spots as the voice for Dwango TV cm’s, Benesse childrens audio books,Eigoryan NED, UFJ sound logos and many more!

Strange Dawn – BBC – 3 Lead Male Characters

Dwango – Japan

Bloody Roar 4

Mar 25, 2011

As a sought after session singer Ramayya has been featured on hundreds of TV cm’s, shows, games, movie theme songs and releases by artists on Sony, EMI and Universal as well as entertainment companies as far reaching and international as Disney,NHK, Sega, Konami and Capcom. An instantly recognizable voice that has been representing products as diverse as Toyota,KFC, Asahi Beer, Biore and Mentos Mints to interactive media such Disney Classics “Alice in Wonderland” to the “Resident Evil 2″ Theme song.

The World Of Golden Eggs
An MTV megahit in Japan and a million selling DVD in Japanese with English subtitles. Way gone cool and totally hilarious!! Raj sings the theme song and has toured Japan twice with the multimedia show that features music, comedy and interactive media.

200903 JACCS CARD CM 60s Shibasaki Kou

Mar 25, 2011

Ramayya’s personal music projects include collaborations with his brother Anand Ramayya on the multiple motion picture and soundtrack award winning docu-drama’s “Cosmic Current” and “Mad Cow, Sacred Cow”. Known for their distinctive Indianesque themes featuring the music of Raj and the directorial and production skills of Anand. (see www.karmafilm.ca).The Ramayya brothers continue to make waves with several upcoming projects including “The Assasination Of Mahathma Ghandi” a feature length movie set for 2012.

Raj Ramayya and Bhang Lassi – Award-winning Soundtrack music.

Currently DJing and performing live with Bhang lassi and his acclaimed Folk/Rock act The Beautiful Losers Ramayya is an experienced entertainer committed to maintaining and developing his audiences in both Asia and North America.The Beautiful Losers have seen song placements on several MTV reality shows such as “Pimp My Ride” and “Two A Daze” as well as song placements in Japan on TV cm’s and shows such as The Animal Planet and NTT Docomo. The Beautiful Losers have been featured on numerous radio stations worldwide including NPR’s “All Things Considered” and NRG 92.7 Julian Lennons top picks. With experience opening for top name acts such as Coldplay, The Indigo Girls and Matt Nathanson. The Beautiful Losers continue to be extremely active performing, writing and licensing their music.

Raj Ramayya and The Beautiful Losers

A selection of acts that Raj co-writes and sings with for tours and selective shows internationally:

Studio Apartment
DJ/Producer duo who have remixed for The Black Eyed Pea’s and many others co-wrote and had Raj sing their #1 iTunes hit song “Strawberry Rainbow” which charted for 6 months straight!

Captain Funk AKA Tatsuya Oe
Acclaimed Japanese Producer/DJ/Composer who has collaborated with James Brown, Chic, Serge Gainesborough, Hotei and Puffy to name a few. The songs we have written together have included a top ten pick on Billboard, several TV placements and top 20 singles in Japan and France.

The Beautiful Losers

Here in Our Dreams

Romantic Hippy Gunfighter

She’s Coming Home For X-mas

Strange Live and International Pop Overthrow San Francisco

Alien Sun

Fairweather Friend

Deep – KFOG sponsored Art & Soul Festival – Oakland

Mar 25, 2011

Indo-Canadian Singer/Composer/Lyricist Raj Ramayya has been a consistently strong force on the international music scene. in both Asia and North America. Featured as a guest Singer/Composer with several distinguished artists ranging from Yoko Kanno (Cowboy Bebop,Ghost in The Shell, Wolfs Rain) Tatsuya Oe ( Chic, Serge
Gainsborough)Chris Mosdell (Eric Clapton, YMO), Songwriting Guru Ron Sexsmith and a host of others he has produced and collaborated on over 26 albums released internationally.

Ramayya’s film scoring projects have won him a SIMPIA motion picture award (“Best Canadian Soundtrack”) featuring his Electronic/Indian/Fusion music project entitled “Bhang Lassi”. Bhang Lassi’s music was the soundtrack to the multiple Gemini award winning docudrama Cosmic Current and was released on Dynastic Records, Japan to critical acclaim. Music from the new Bhang lasso CD was also featured on the soundtrack to the recently released CBC docudrama “Mad Cow, Sacred Cow”. The film which was the 3rd highest rated docudrama in the history of the CBC also screened at film festivals worldwide including the Mumbai Film Festival 2010 and was the recipient of several Canadian film awards.

TV COMMERCIALS:

With over 250 television commercial writing, co-writing and singing credits to his name, Ramayya is instantly recognizable in Japan as the composer/voice for several well known products ranging from Asahi beer and KFC to Volvic, Toyota and Coca Cola. Ramayya is also well known for his involvement with game projects such as Konami’s hit series “Rythmania”, Sega’s “Racer”, Capcom’s “Resident Evil”, MTV Japan’s mega hit animation series “The World Of Golden Eggs”, Victor Entertainments “Gungrave”, Anime Cult movie “Cowboy Bebop” and many more.