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MARIDIAN IS A KEYBOARDIST, COMPOSER, HAND DRUMMER AND PRODUCER WHO HAS TRAVELED ACROSS THE COUNTRY--FROM NEW YORK TO NEW MEXICO, PERFORMING JAZZ, REGGAE, AFRICAN DRUMMING AND HER OWN MIX OF ALL THESE STYLES. SHE HAS PLAYED REGGAE WITH EARTHFORCE, AND BRIEFLY WITH ITAL, AND JAZZ WITH SUCH GREATS AS BILL DE'ORANGO, AND ALSO K.J. DENHERT AND SKIP EDWARDS. IN 1995, MARIDIAN, THEN KNOWN AS KHALEL, WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDING PARTNERS OF THE CYCLONE SISTERS ALONG WITH K.J. DENHERT...LATER TO COME TORA WHITEHEAD, SINGER AND PERCUSSIONIST, THEY CREATED THE CD, THE CAS DEL WACO. THIS FEATURED MARIDIAN'S WHY CAN'T WE GET IT TOGETHER. MARIDIAN'S HANDIWORK IS ALSO FEATURED IN ONE OF MS. DENHERT'S NEWER RELEASES, "LOOKING FORWARD LOOKING BACK" IN THE SONG RED JULY IN WHICH MARIDIAN WROTE THE INTRO, AND COLLABORATED WITH K.J. ON THE LYRICS AND MUSIC AS WELL. MARIDIAN HAS BACKED SUCH CELEBRITIES ANS JIMMY CLIFF AND GREGORY ISAACS IN AFFILIATION WITH THE VARIOUS BANDS SHE HAS PALYED WITH. SHE HAS ALSO OPENED FOR SUCH RECORDING LEGENDS AS THE WAILERS AND ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT.