Sans Elle - Beyond (2014)

Tracklist

01. Nothing Is Eternal
02. If You Were Mine
03. Our Children's Skins
04. Giving Love
05. Naturally
06. Better Life
07. In Between
08. Chercheurs D'or
09. Tout Et Son Contraire
10. Are You Just A Dream
11. If You Were Mine

'A voice that reminds the warm shades & subtle sparkles of magnificent fabrics'
Félix Marciano (Jazz Mag, Jazzman)

For Sans Elle – litterally ‘Without Her’ - music is like a good book: pages follow one another but are not alike. Exposed early to Debussy & Gershwin just as much as Sting, James Taylor, Pat Metheny, Georges Benson, Stevie Wonder or Barbra Streisand, Sans Elle grew as a multidisciplinary artist (singing, piano, composition, arrangements), interfering with pop, electro-acoustic, soul or jazz music throughout the years. Her personal style has kept re-inventing itself since then & materializes today with Beyond: her debut album, entirely made of originals, produced & supported by her own label SAY YAY!

Sans Elle started studying classical music theory & classical piano at 5 for several years. Aged 12, she started singing as a self-trainer and composing nearly simultanesouly. At 17, she launches with her first band in Festival d'Angers. But her business studies in Lille take her away from her music for a while. Neverthless, she continued music investing herself into various local projects, notably being the lead voice of the very Motown Maddoc' band. This was the opportunity to give a series of shows in the region and at the prestigious Théâtre Sébastopol in Lille, to explore soul, rhythm 'n' blues and the repertoire of her beloved Stevie Wonder & Aretha Franklin.

Along her educational & professional experiences & trips, she met, formed relationships with & has been influenced by people from across the World. From then on this intercultural dimension has never stopped shaping her life & approach to music.

In late 2007, she self-produced 4 original tracks, of which 'Invisible' which she published on the internet. Her mesmerising voice & sense of melody soon attracted the attention of Havas & the French national railway company (SNCF), who decided a few months later to publish the track on the compilation Le Son du Transilien - 101,500 copies - & sponsor a series of gigs. Besides, she decided to go back to music full time performing on stage & studying jazz at IMEP, where she met many incredible musicians, some of whom right away came aboard her 2 projects: Sans Elle Pop Project & Sans Elle Jazz 'N Soul.

After 50 shows in France and abroad (Festival des Nuits acoustiques de Reims with Virgin Radio, Festival de St Germain en Laye, Casino Mondorf, Le Biplan, Le Pavillon Baltard, L’Entrepôt…), she took a break from live music with a promise made to herself: to come back only producing a jazz, soul & world album & setting up her own label.

That's now done with BEYOND, a debut album born by a brilliant voice & transcontinental grooves where jazz is infused with soul & blues also flirts with pop & classical sounds...

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