Issah Contractor is without a doubt, a uniquely talented and creative musician. Not only does he display a fierce virtuosic command on both bass and drums but has an identifiable and unique language on both these instruments. Adding to this, Issah has taken this musical language and continues to express himself by composing. Crossing all boundaries, Issah has had success with KPM Music LTD on an upcoming CD titled Fur and Feathers featuring an indie pop composition titled Us, Alone. Issah has written a large catalogue of muse-friendly fusion jazz tracks which push his own boundaries harmonically and rhythmically. All of which can be heard in the audio section.

Currently issah is recording a One and a half hour piece of music that will be an animated film set to music. Performing this piece will be a large ensemble of 30 musicians and will be a cutting edge work of art. The creation in its entirety is spawned from Issah's imagination, including the lyrics, story, characters and music and features the unique vocal abilities Julia Karova.

Issah Continues to teach around the Vancouver area and play with vancouver's best dance and Corporate party band, the Famous Players. Issah has played and continues to collaborate with some of Vancouver's Finest players and continues his own search for expression through any discipline he can get his hands in and is proud to be an endorsee of Warwick bass guitars aswell as Hartke amplification through Erikson Music Canada and Korg Canada.

Issah Contractor is without a doubt, a uniquely talented and creative musician. Not only does he display a fierce virtuoso command on both drums and bass, but has an identifiable and unique language on both these instruments. Adding to this, Issah Contractor has taken this musical language and continues to express himself through composing. Issah is in the process of making an animated film in which a narrative is set to melody and accompanied by an Orchestra. The visuals depict the story.



Issah Contractor continues to do various session gigs on both bass and drums for a variety of artists in contrasting styles. Whether jazz, reggae or metal, Issah finds a way to express an emotion that is heartfelt and true to the spirit of the genre. On a given week, Issah Contractor may find himself playing a 'one off’ lounge gig on drums, a metal gig on drums the following night and then a hip hop or jazz session on bass the next day. But at the core of it all, the desire to better ones self through practice and then expressing through improvisation and composition is the only thing that keeps Issah truly in this music game.



Issah Contractor became the 2011 and 2012 West Coast Champion for the Roland V-Drums Canada Competition, and became the world champion in April 2013. He has also become an instructor for the worldwide subscription based drum magazine called Drumeo.