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- Selan abstract "For the fictional character from the Al-Qadim campaign setting of Dungeons & Dragons, see Selan (Dungeons & Dragons).Selan (born Selan Lerner in Queens, New York, United States) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, composer, arranger, musical director and producer who is known for combining electronic, pop, and soul music. He possesses perfect pitch and musical total recall, also known as eidetic memory. He is of Trinidadian and Jewish heritage.Selan has collaborated extensively with "Little" Louie Vega and Kenny "Dope" Gonzales of the house music production team Masters at Work. Notably he plays the extended keyboard improvisation on the Masters at Work remix of Nina Simone's "See-Line Woman" which appears on the highly successful 2002 Verve Remixed collection. He also plays the extended keyboard solos on the DJ Spinna remix of Betty Carter's "Naima's Love Song" which appears on the 2003 follow-up Verve Remixed 2 collection. Selan co-wrote the music for most of DJ Spinna's Intergalactic Soul album, which was released in 2006 on Shanachie Records. He also co-produced, co-wrote and was a featured artist on "Back 2 U", a standout track on that same album.His 2004 single "Unconditional Love," produced by DJ Spinna, was released on the Wonderwax record label. Selan's solo single "Gravity" was released in 2005 on Louie Vega's Vega Records. He is the co-writer of the song "Focus" which appears on Concrete Rose, the multi-platinum 2004 album by American R&B singer Ashanti. He also appears as a co-writer on the songs "Marathon" and "Desire" which appear on the 2007 Grammy-nominated second album Love Behind the Melody by Raheem DeVaughn.As a side musician, he has performed with Adele, Alejandro Sanz, Rihanna, Miley Cyrus, R&B singer Joe, Stevie Wonder and Roy Ayers just to name a few. He's recorded with and/or for Kanye West, Aaliyah, David Byrne, Earth, Wind and Fire, R. Kelly, Musiq Soulchild and many others. Selan's keyboard work on the house remix for Curtis Mayfield's "Superfly" helped DJ/producer Louie Vega win the 2006 Grammy award for BEST REMIX. He has been a member of Little Louie Vega's Elements of Life Band and also plays keyboards and sings background for the classic disco/R&B group CHIC featuring Nile Rodgers.In September 2011, Selan joined the house band as a keyboardist, vocalist and trumpet player for Rosie O'Donnell's "The Rosie Show" which aired on Oprah Winfrey's OWN network. It was cancelled in March 2012.On August 8, 2012 Selan released his debut album, "Space Flight", which features contributions from legendary producer/guitarist/songwriter and artist Nile Rodgers, Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest fame, M1 from the revolutionary hip-hop group Dead Prez, Grammy-nominated recording artist Emily King and Melissa Jimenez. In 2013, Selan is touring around the world with Nile Rodgers's band.".
- Selan activeYearsStartYear "2000".
- Selan alias "Selonius, Selonius Funk".
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- Selan name "Selan Lerner".
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- Selan notableInstruments "piano, keyboards, drum programming, trumpet, drums, electric bass".
- Selan origin Queens.
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- Selan shortDescription "Musician , singer, songwriter, composer, producer, musical director".
- Selan yearsActive "2000".
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