LIKE A NEW CALL
Hello everyone!
A new adventure is about to start – with you!
In the last few years I have met many people who have encouraged me to produce a new album, and so it would be a real joy for me to be able to accomplish this – with a new electro-pop and folk inspired project, which I have been working on in secret up till now.
This is the next step, a new beginning for me. That is why I’ve decided to title the album “LIKE A NEW CALL”: a host of new songs all containing a part of me – of my heart and soul.
This is the start of an exciting new chapter and everyone who wants to contribute will help meto create the music that will bring it to life!
Having explored many different musical styles and taken part in numerous projects, today I am creating an album that will be authentic, intimate but inclusive – an invitation to embark on a journey together… Having grown up on Reunion Island, and being a musical “nomad”, this album will be a real mix of my influences.
I would like to record and mix this album in London, in order to benefit from the Anglo-Saxon “savoir-faire” when it comes to music, and to be able to enrich the songs with a genuinely fresh and strong identity.
I’ve been inspired by artists such as Ben Howard, James Bay, Damien Rice… and hope to bring together a unique mix of sounds from both pop and folk music.
I have written melodies that are sincere, set in arrangements that allow you to escape the every day; percussion that is both ethnic and electro mixed with harmonies that encompass soul and pop… Over the course of the album I will tell stories of melancholy, hope, love, voyage and freedom.
You will (re)discover songs such as “Wait For Me”, “The Garden”, “Dancing on the Walls”, “The Rain is Falling”, “Winter Soul”, “I Guess”, “Ride This Life”…
Here is an extract of one of the songs from the album, played live:
This is where you come in! This album can only exist with your support, so I really hope we will be able to reach this objective TOGETHER!!
€20,000 is the minimum amount needed to get going: in actual fact the amount that will be spent on producing the album is only 55% of the sum raised! (That is once I have taken account of the costs of manufacturing, Ulule’s commission, tax, p&p etc…)
This is how the money will be spent:
Time to open the champagne! ;-) As each new stage of fundraising is reached, there will be new possibilities for the project, which will help me to take “Like a New Call” even further.
Time for YOUR PRESENTS! To thank you for your support, all your effort and for believing in this new project…
I spent a large part of my childhood on Reunion Island, where, surrounded by a very musical family, I took my first steps on stage. I learnt to play the piano, the guitar and the flute. When I was 18 I moved to Paris alone, full of hopes and dreams and music, to study on a professional course of singing, music and drama over several years.
I soon joined the “Gospel for 100 Voices” and I was cast in different musical productions (La Petite Sirène, Piaf Je T’aime, Dracula…) In 2009 I was lucky enough to be the winner of X-Factor in France.
Next came my first album, “Ma Chance”, produced by SONY MUSIC, named in recognition of my journey so far.
However I always enjoyed the world of theatre – I love to sing, dance and act, and so I joined the cast of “1789, LES AMANTS DE LA BASTILLE”, a show produced by Dove Attia and Albert Cohen, in the role of Robespierre.
Meanwhile, I continued to write and compose, and I released a single – “Ce Qui Nous Tient”, which was played on radio and TV.
In 2015 I dubbed the singing voice of Gabriel in the successful film “La Famille Bélier”, and increased my number of concerts throughout France. In early 2016 I took on the roles of the Clown and the Innkeeper in “MOZART L’OPERA ROCK” on tour in Korea, and was also the understudy for the role of Salieri.
At the same time I created the duo “LOUYENA” with Roxane Le Texier. Together we participated in the 2016 season of THE VOICE (France). Our first EP was released in October, and our tour – the “LIBERTY TOUR”, a musical road trip on board a VW Camper Van from the 70s – has already been going for 3 years.
My new solo project is inspired by my musical journeys in Folk, Pop and Electro. Alone on stage with my guitar in hand, or surrounded by musicians, I have travelled across the French and International stage (in Switzerland, Belgium, Russia, England…)
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