Artist description Welcome to the world of Maax, the brainchild of one man, Toronto-native-Omer Khan. It is the name given to this artist's latest project., which is a sweet marriage between many genres and style of music, from hip-hop, to urban, to dance to alternative rock and industrial. You get hit from so many different angles you just can't categorize this music into any single genre and that is what what makes Max, a musical as well as production powerhouse. With an in your face, cocky attitude, lyrically as well as musically Max can move mountains and hearts and penetrate anything in it's path. Max evolved with Omer's evolution as a man learning Persistence, tenacity, ambition on hi musical journey to stardom. The character symbolizes not just a name, but an attitude and way of thinking.It's about pushing the envelope, breaking new ground , It's about going for what you believe in, not dressing to impress, not being political or socially correct, walkin' your talk and shootin' from the hip. It's about Makin' no excuses for who he is and what he does. Doesn't seek the approval or acceptance of the outside. The music is congruent with who Omer really is and believes in Now to truly appreciate the man behind the name, attitude and hardcroe personality , and basically not givin' a fuck and this clearly comes through in his lyric and powerfully woven sonic landscape, that is surely guaranteed to give you a rush of blood to the head and energy to your hWelcome to the world of Max, the brainchild of one man, Toronto-native-Omer Khan. It is the name given to this artist's latest project., which is a sweet marriage between many genres and style of music, from hip-hop, to urban, to dance to alternative rock and industrial. You get hit from so many different angles you just can't categorize this music into any single genre and that is what what makes Max, a musical as well as production powerhouse. With an in your face, cocky attitude, lyrically as well as musically Max can move mountains and hearts and penetrate anything in it's path. Max evolved with Omer's evolution as a man learning Persistence, tenacity, ambition on hi musical journey to stardom. The character symbolizes not just a name, but an attitude and way of thinking.It's about pushing the envelope, breaking new ground , It's about going for what you believe in, not dressing to impress, not being political or socially correct, walkin' your talk and shootin' from the hip. It's about Makin' no excuses for who he is and what he does. Doesn't seek the approval or acceptance of the outside. The music is congruent with who Omer really is and believes in Now to truly appreciate the man behind the name, attitude and hardcroe personality , and basically not givin' a fuck and this clearly comes through in his lyric and powerfully woven sonic landscape, that is surely guaranteed to give you a rush of blood to the head and energy to your heart. and music which will soon follow, it is important to know alittle bit about Omer and how Max has come to live and breath as a musical entity. As the 80's represented the dawn of the new wave, synth pop revolution and music video culture, it also marked a momentous turning point for a young kid named Omer Khan. Growing up in a predominantly black neighborhood in North York, that danced to the beat of rap and pop, Omer became addicted to the alternative sounds of bands like Depeche Mode and New Order, that had an artistic ideology different or "alternative" from the mainstream..Out of this grew his fascination with two things-Technology and Alternative Music. Later, So to, did his fascination with harder industrial acts like Skinny Puppy, Nine Inch Nails, and Filter .After years of toying around in his bedroom, Omer produced a three track demo on a cheap electronic keyboard and an audio/midi recording software application called, "Cubase" The title of the disk was " Electronic Industry" and was sent to College radio station 88.1. After some airplay it eventually ended up on an indie talent radio show, called- "Electric Storm" where it made top-ten playlist status for many weeks. This was the first steping stone in his musical journey. The second stepping stone came in the Summer of 1999. While at York University, Omer hooked up with a classmate and both collaborated on the production of an album under the name "Raging Hormone". The album was entitled-"Electronic Impulse". This was soon followed by a re-mixed single, entitled-"Cynical Poison Revisted". These were purely experimental albums and gave Omer another taste of composing, arranging and producing his own material.. Another reason for calling them "experimental" was because there was no marketing effort made on either album other than to a local net radio station, entitled "Woofur.com",where it made top ten playlist, Copies of the disks, were also distributed to several close friends and key contacts in the music business who loved the music.Sometime after.Omer and Kashmeer decided to part ways. A few months later, Omer landed a part as one of the composers on a c.d distributed by, "Sound Ideas", the world's leading sound effects company. This disk contained short scores and jingles. Around the same time, Omer landed a contract to score a short-film, produced by "Avalanche Films", entitled "Simulacrum". It was submitted to all the film festivals were it received great reviews. As stated, his latest project is a concept record which revolves around a character called Max, a very cocky, self-confident in your face type of character. One that Omer can identify with, due to his own experiences in life. In many ways they are inseparable. Look out for the release of MAX's debut indie disk in the summer of 2003. In essence eart.

Music Style alternative, hip hop, metal.

Musical Influences Kid Rock, Methods of Mayhem, Nine Inch Nails, Limp Bizkit.

Similar Artists Kid Rock, Linken Park, Methods of Mayhem.

Group Members Omer Khan-aka "Maax"-vocals, guitars, keyboard and drum programming. Liz-back up vocals

Instruments Electric Fender Squier guitar, Native Instruments Halion Software sampler, Proteus 2000 and Xlead sound module synthesizers, pro-52 analog synth and Native Instruments Absynth, Akai sampler!

Albums To be announced soon!

Location Toronto, Ontario - Canada

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