BIO
Editor
During his multimedia production education, Fluker's work earned him and his department both an AXIEM (Absolute Excellence in Electronic Media) and Crystal Award for audio editing and production. He also served terms working at the legendary Suma Recording Studios (Lenny Kravitz, Black Keys, Robert Lockwood Jr.) in Painesville, OH, and Telarc International, now Concord Music Group (Zap Mama, Monte Alexander, Marcus Miller, Ray Brown, Ahmad Jamal), where he received world-class training in sound engineering, editing, and quality control (QC) in analog and
cutting-edge digital environments.
Production | Scholarships/Grants | Works
Fluker-Bámigbálà-Arẹ̀sà is the recipient of numerous artist grants and scholarships, the most recent being from the Diaspora To Afrika Cultural Exchange of the Arts and Sciences (Ibadan, Nigeria), covering the tools needed for presentation and the equipment and technology for a mobile music production studio.
In Nigeria, West Africa, he was granted the opportunity to share his presentation on the history of Hip Hop to the community's youth in the city of Ibadan. His work as a Sound Artist has taken him to curate sounds for The Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (Human Rights Exhibit), and more recently for Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane and the Contemporary Arts Center altar installations, both in New Orleans, Louisiana, in collaboration with multidisciplinary artist, Ifátùmínínú Bámigbálà-Arẹ̀sà.
Other present and past works include short film production, original music score production and supervision, internet radio station design and content programming, local cable television show production, and podcast/radio show hosting to name a few. He is currently further developing a curriculum to assist his work in music and media education and production for the youth.
DJ
As a DJ, his inspiration to play professionally dates back to the Run-DMC, early hip-hop era, and Jam Master Jay, which led to the mid-1990s with mentor DJ Mazi Jahi's classic Afro-Latin funk parties at the Brillo Pad in Cleveland, Ohio. The discovery of hip-hop jazz samples, Afrobeat from Fela Kuti and Tony Allen, and the plethora of sounds from the African diaspora expanded his record-digging tastes for the dance floors and experimentation in the recording studio.
His goal is to continue presenting high-vibrational music and sounds birthed from Our Mother Continent.
Blogging/Writing
Ifádáhùnsi is co-founder/co-creator of the Alabama Music Makers series with Alabama News Center and was a founding contributor of the music blog Bamalovesoul.com.
His next writing venture will be forthcoming in 2024.
Healing Arts
"My journey in the healing arts began when working as a DJ and witnessing how music moved the bodies and spirits of the people. This further led me to many serendipitous moments where I received lessons, teachings, and tools to further my studies and practices relating to sound. My wish is to continue to promote the healing benefits that lie within the harmonious and dissonant nature of sound and music".
Ifádáhùnsi Bamgbàlà-Arẹ̀sà is an ordained and trained Traditional West Afrikan Ifá Priest, where spirituality is at the center and core of his work. He is also a certified Thai Yoga practitioner (CTP). He is co-owner of homesteading businesses, Healing Exchange AL, and Raising Our Roots Homestead, both family-owned and operated in Alabama.