I’ve been thinking about music and its place in the world. I’ve been thinking about artistic space and our willingness to occupy it. And I’ve been thinking, again, about success, what it means and to whom I ask for validation of it. These aren’t new thoughts exactly, but they are thoughts I have taken greater root this new year.

It feels important to say out loud that I am not competing with or against any other musician for your attention. I refuse to submerge my artistic practice in the barren, cold waters of marketing speak. Branding is for cows. And while of course I want to grow my audience, to reach further and farther, to travel and make new connections through my songs, what is meaningful to me is the depth more than the breadth. 

Experience and practice, the love of those this music has reached, the support of other musicians, have gifted me a perspective that brooks less doubt about the value of what I do these days. This is a kind of success. Thank you to everyone who nourishes me. 

My work for this year, hand in hand with the exciting and messy business of releasing a new album, is to more deeply embrace gratitude and practice some radical acceptance; to take a look around and realise this may be as good as it gets, and know that it is enough. The work continues. 

My new album 'To Everything a Season' is out on 11 October. 

Big love

The Magic Lantern / Jamie x 

"Excellent, intriguing and compelling, a man to watch"
-The Guardian

"Something very, very special"
- Lauren Laverne, BBC 6 Music

"Gorgeous, beautiful, this stopped me in my tracks. Slightly surreal, in all the right ways" - Jamie Cullum, BBC Radio 2

"Every now and again you come across a piece of music that will completely take your breath away. It might not be instant, but it will. The Magic Lantern’s ‘Holding Hands’ is one of those pieces of music. 8/10"
- Fortitude Magazine

"Creating something truly mesmerizing and incredibly unique. Jamie’s ability to combine jazz and folk into something ethereal and is undeniably spellbinding. Fans of Grizzly Bear and Chet Baker will feel at home here."
- The Vinyl District



www.the-magic-lantern.co.uk
Contact: jamiefdoe@yahoo.com

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She found her name -or more accurately her name found her- while she was meditating.
It means "offering to the Gods" in Sanskrit.
This London based french raised caribbean artist’s sense of performance appeared at a young age.She's been singing and dancing for as far as she can remember and started writing and composing at the age of 12.
Each second sees her body and mind run through by a never ending flow of intertwined words,beats,sensations,emotions and words again leaving no clue about which triggered which.

Influenced by artists as different as Björk, Whitney Houston, James Blake and the Dead Weather she doesn't want to limit herself as for where to stand, she appreciates the surprise.

But don't mistake diversification for indecision.
After years of BVing in front of thousands for famous French and international artists (Ed sheeran, Shy’m etc…) , lead singing on the prime time set of the French version of «Strictly come dancing» , and producing her own tracks, she knows very well where she's going.
Her 1st EP named MIOSIS, which she wrote and co-produced with french hip hop influenced producer David Videau is a cinematographic piece where seductive bass lines meet with edgy trip-hop/rock beats along with a sensual lyrical rocky voice.Each track bears its fair amount of darkness and light.

John Davis , mastering engineer for Led Zeppelin, Lana del rey, Tricky and FKA twigs, to name a few, likes to describe her as a Kate Bush who would have been raised on the sand of Martinique.
He also said about the title track of her EP that it's so good it makes him want to "eat his own hand »…:)

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I produced everything on my page.

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