Following the release of Scalper's album and the live gigs in London, the shooting of the final scenes for 'Perfume' are now complete. Scalper's part was shot in Auckland in New Zealand while mine was shot in the UK. Many thanks to everyone involved: Nadeem, Jamie, Beren, Lucy, Haroon, Waseem, Silwen, Tobi, Lynn, Jason, Lucy and Mo. The scenery was truly gorgeous and magical. I can't wait to see the final edit! Here are some lovely teasers including lovely views of the Bluebells... Hi everyone! Scalper really nailed it yesterday at the Dublin Castle! The first live performance of our duo went well too, so well that we are going to do it again! I am pleased to announce that I am going to be to sharing the stage with Scalper on Friday, 1st of May at Oslo in London to support Dälek...
https://www.facebook.com/events/914416061925354/ I am proud to announce that UK dark hip hop artist Scalper kindly invited me to sing on his forthcoming LP, 'The Emperor's Clothes'. The song "Perfume" will feature my vocals. We decided that I would bring in French lyrics and a soft seductive approach. The LP will be available on Vinyl from April 18th 2015 through Jarring Effects in Europe and Border Music in New Zealand. A digital release will follow shortly after. Downloads will be available via www.scalper7.com, Jarringeffects.net and local independent record stores in France, Germany, New Zealand and more... *** GIG ANNOUNCEMENT*** I will also be performing the song "Perfume" live with Scalper on the 24th of April at the Dublin Castle in London. If you're around, feel free to drop by at his release party. :) Tickets can be purchased by following this link: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/313043 There are more exciting news in the pipeline regarding this collaboration. Watch this space... All started a few years back when my punk band fell apart. Being in a band is somehow feels like being in a relationship. When splitting up occurs, there is no way back. I felt hurt by the loss of something very dear to me. I kept telling myself this is not a big deal, there is much worse happening in the world, stop whinging (being a sissy!) Then something clicked inside me. Instead of whining, I needed to concentrate on a bigger project to document women’s suffering in the world. I shared my thoughts with people close to me. They agreed it could me a good concept album. Although I can qualify my brain as quite creative, I was also facing limitations. Indeed, I can have musical ideas but creating a whole coherent piece is a very different matter. (I am not a musician.) I needed help! To overcome these difficulties, I decided to set rules as following:
I started approaching artists whose work I could relate to for musical help (going through my personal contacts to seek some musical help) and embarked on a long road of educating myself through reading, watching videos as well as documentaries. Everyone was very kind. I was surprised I received a lot of encouragement and very few negative responses regarding the collaboration ideas. Some of the tracks composed during 2009 and 20014 came out as other releases. “Who May I trust” was done with Millimetric and spoke about the subject of homelessness in the UK. “The Magma of War” was inspired by the movie Persepolis of the personal story of Marjane Satrapi and was released on Philipp Münch’s album “Mondo Obscura.” Some other collaborative work didn’t work out which did affect the whole geographical balance of the stories told. Much more could have been done to illustrate women’s suffering in the Western countries. In retrospective, now that the album is finished, I am proud to say that no rule has been broken. I may have slightly bent one, as the intro and outro tracks are two different versions of the same theme with the same collaborator using different languages and a few different musical ideas. ;) |
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