Juan Carlos Gomez was born in the province of Puerto Plata, in Dominican Republic, in the year 1986. From his very childhood, he dreamt of being an artist, a star. As every day passed by, his passion for music grew, especially for reggaeton. When Juan was 11 years old, he demonstrated his talent for the first time, up north in Dominican Republic, for a small local crowd. People were overwhelmed with joy after his performance, and for them, he was already a star and became a local sensation.
Childhood friends Munir Haque and Fahim Zaman began jamming together and writing songs structured on older ideas from Fahim. An amazing drummer Andrew Karpman came to them through a mutual friend and Andrews bass player brother Ilya, would often support the band while on weekend leave from the Marines. In 2002, Ilya became slants permanent bassist. Slant is Fahim (vocals/Guitar), Munir (guitar) and Andrew (drums) and Ilya (bass guitar).
David & Rob met back in 2002 making tea at London's Olympic studios where they both worked as assistant engineers. Working 100-hour weeks with a love of Michael Jackson, they spent every spare minute writing songs, breaking expensive guitars and trying to work out why it was so hard to make things sound good! Thus a great friendship was born...
Paula Valstein has always been surrounded by music, especially in the city of Tel-Aviv where she grew up. At the age of four she started playing classical music on her grandma's piano and was hooked! By twenty three, she had played in countless bands, performed in Israel's famed OPERA HOUSE, played countless festivals
