Hornsman Coyote

Serbian Reggae Trombonist and Singer

Nemanja Kojić (born 17 December 1975 in Belgrade, Serbia), widely known by his stage name Hornsman Coyote, is a Serbian reggae artist, trombone player, singer and a leader of reggae-metal band Eyesburn. In 1994 Coyote formed a new band Eyesburn and became known as a vocalist. Eyesburn blended in an original way the genres of reggae, hard core, metal and hip-hop which resulted in instant popularity among all kinds of audiences locally and abroad. . In 2004 Eyesburn was discovered by Max Cavalera (leader of Sepultura and Soulfly), that brought a chance to record very successful songs Moses and Inner Spirit released on Soulfly albums Prophecy and Dark Ages (Roadrunner Records). That year the band had one month long European tour as an opening act for Soulfly. In 2006, Coyote wanted to try to establish himself as a reggae artist, trombone player and singer internationally and left to London in search for reggae producers willing to work with him. The first producer giving him a chance was Jerry Lions. With Jah Rej (Jah Works UK) Coyote recorded three 12-inch vinyl releases and now already internationally recognized first Hornsman Coyote official trombone instrumental album Brass Roots. Polish record label Karrot Kommando signed a two album contract with Coyote as a vocalist. The first album What Next gave a big lift off to Hornsman Coyote and brought his career to another level and he gained an opportunity to tour, perform and record in countries like Mexico, Ethiopia and later in South Africa. In 2011 Coyote returns to UK to open the show in Hootanany (Brixton-London) for Jamaican new roots icons Jah Mason and Lutan Fyah. In UK he was visiting studios and recording horns for producers and artists like Bunnington Judah, Iration Steppas, Rolling Lion, Max Romeo, Lee Scratch Perry, Inspirational Sounds and Jerry Lions. In 2012, Hornsman Coyote started play live with roots reggae band Balkan Music Box formed by musicians from reggae scene in Serbia. BMB were: Damjan Ćirilović – bass, Slobodan Jovanovic – guitar, Ivan Jevtic – keybords , Mladen Lukić – trombone, Dejan Utvar – drums, Djurdjica Vali Gajić – back vocal and Vladimir Lesic - percussions, Milan Barković- sound engeneer They released (with new members- Slobodan Djukić – guitar, Vladimir Krkljuš – keybords) new album in February 2014 called ‘Hornsman Coyote and Soulcraft’ for Ammonite Records. The album contains 14 songs live recorded in studio including songs with Lutan Fyah in ‘Bloodsuckers’ and Jah Mason in ‘Belly Of The Beast’. 2016 They released album "Safe Planet" for Ammonite Records and PDV. Next studio album will be released on the August 27th 2017.. Album is entitled "Sevengreen", and it will be released by Ammonite Records.