Jan Åkesson, was born in october 1965 and is known for his works with hard rock band “StoneLake”. Åkesson started playing guitar in 1978 and became a songwriter early in his life. In 1984 he got to know singer Peter Grundström while playing lead guitar in the band “Ravage”. Grundström was lead singer of the band “Whitelight” which Åkesson became a member of in the fall of the same year. In 1987, Åkesson left Whitelight and wanted to pursue a career and a sound that was more guitar-oriented and harder. He went on to form new bands: “Why Not”, “Perfect Stranger” and “Dr. Blue”, playing many very successful gigs and making several acclaimed recordings. In 1994 Jan decided to step back from live performance to concentrate on writing and producing songs in his new studio on the emerging digital recording platforms that would soon come to dominate the music industry. The studio he created in 2005, was called “UMP”, which is an abbreviation of: “Unlimited Music Production”. After the split from Whitelight, who later changed their name to “Kee Avenue”, singer Peter Grundström was enrolled to join “StoneLake”. Åkesson and Grundström became a successful songwriting team and released several albums and singles on different record labels. In 2008 they were invited to write all the music for the project “Solna” and shared the credits with well known artists from the industry such as Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear, Gamma Ray), Alex De Rosso (Dokken), Rob de Luca (Lynch Mob, Sebastian Bach) and Pamela Moore who is known for her work with classic band Queensrÿche. In 2015 the duo formed the project “S.A.Y.” and released the critically acclaimed album: “Orion”. Reviewer Kieran Dargan of the site “Rocktopia” wrote: “... the musical class on show here is simply too good to ignore. A rather fabulous little album that is well deserving of a home in your collection”. Åkesson has been busy as a songwriter for different genres of music as well as hard rock, and has written pop music for numerous artists in Japan, but also hard rock music for artists such as “Liv Moon” and produced punk covers that were released on the album “MAX! - Punk it!”. Åkesson is currently working on his solo debut project: “Shadow Rain” that will be released in 2017. More projects will follow. DISCOGRAPHY EP: 2004 - StoneLake STUDIO ALBUMS: 2006 - StoneLake: Reincarnation 2007 - StoneLake: World Entry 2008 - StoneLake: Uncharted Souls 2008 - Solna: Sent from Heaven 2009 - StoneLake: Shades of Eternity 2009 - Solna: Eurameric 2011 - StoneLake: Marching on Timeless Tales 2013 - StoneLake: Monolith 2015 - S.A.Y.: Orion SINGLES: 2008 - StoneLake: One In A Million 2008 - StoneLake: Rock Angel 2013 - StoneLake: Deliverance 2014 - StoneLake: Waiting for Tonight (Jennifer Lopez cover) 2015 - StoneLake: (The Day Is) The Servant of the Night SOLO PROJECTS: 2017 - Jan Åkesson’s Shadow Rain: Ascension OFFICIAL FACEBOOK URLs: Shadow Rain: www.facebook.com/janakessonsshadowrain S.A.Y.: www.facebook.com/sayoriontheband StoneLake: https://www.facebook.com/stonelaketheband Jan Åkesson: www.facebook.com/jan.akesson.1 Unlimited Music Production: www.facebook.com/UnlimitedMusicProduction CONTACT MAIL: infoump05@gmail.com CONTACT PHONE: +46 (0) - 705-625185