Declan Mulligan is both an audio  and visual artist. Composing and recording as 'The Artdeco Sound Project', he is a multi-instrmentalist with over 40 years of professional and semi-professional musical experience. Playing with various Rock Bands in Dublin, Ireland, he has also produced and co-produced a large volume of work.

He went back to college in 2000 to study fine art & and design. Graduating with an Honours BFA, he then went on to study Digital Media at Masters Level. 

He lives in a small coastal area south of Dublin City with his wife Louise and their son Phoenix.

One spring afternoon outside of Paris, jazz vocalist Lisa Lindsley and French pianist Laurent Marode discovered an unexpected musical bond, and the material for La Belle Epoque’s latest release. 

“Wouldn’t It Be Loverly” is an intriguing tribute to film musicals, delivered with heady arrangements, swinging tempos and flawless musicianship. Working with a stellar coterie of Parisian players, she delivers an irresistible program featuring pianist Laurent Marode, drummer Mourad Benhammou, Esaie Cid on flute, clarinet and tenor saxophone, and Bay Area bass master Jeff Chambers (the Paris session’s only ringer).   

With her third CD, Lindsley invites listeners to surrender to her smoky soprano, while her vocal command and deft timing assure they will be delighted they did. Jeff Chambers’ lush bass lines are a perfect interplay with Mourad Benhammou’s dexterous brush work, Laurent Marode’s melodic and seductive piano and Esaie Cid’s lustrous flute and brass performances. 

Marode’s arrangements maintain a respectful, yet contemporary interpretation, from Everybody Wants to be a Cat, through the luminous tracks I Could Have Danced All Night, and It’s a Lovely Day, to the apropos summation – That’s Entertainment.

Living and creating on two continents, America and France, is not always easy, but they have melded together their talents to create some dazzling and exquisite music. Jazz Journalist Andrew Gilbert said of their inaugural album, “It’s an album for blissful late-night listening that leaves you wondering what the next day has to offer”

The title track of the quartet’s 2016 release, Long After Midnight, charted for three weeks on the U.S. Top 40, and remained in the Top 5 slot for seven weeks on the CMJ Jazz charts. La Belle Epoque will tour the U.S. and Europe, fall of 2017. They are scheduled to record their next album in France in October.


Website: www.JazzLaBelleEpoque.com
Purchase page : https://www.foreignaffairsmusic.com/store 

Lisa Lindsley – vocal – www.LisaLindsley.com 
Laurent Marode – Piano – http://laurentmarode.fr/
Mourad Benhammou – drums - http://mouradbenhammou.fr/
Jeff Chambers – bass - http://jeffchambersjazz.com/ 
Esaie Cid – horns - https://www.esaiecid.com/ 




Youtube video link: https://youtu.be/pJt7lVQRIL0

My musical influences originate mainly from the pop/punk/rock world and i write mostly about my everyday experiences both personal and not so personal. My first big musical influences came from my mum. She would play stuff ranging from Gene Pitney to classic rock ‘n’ roll and the Beatles every Sunday morning whilst cooking a roast. However, it was my elder brother’s love of the Sex Pistols in the late 70s early 80s which really made me sit up and take notice. I grew up on a council estate in the centre of Portsmouth with my brothers and sisters, i being the youngest of eight, so there was always music in the house (one of my older brothers loved Madness and another the Specials, that sort of thing). I’m not sure how my Mum and Dad did it but we have all turned out reasonably well rounded. Since then influences range from The Clash, Nirvana, Billy Bragg and the Smiths to Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, and Ella Fitzgerald to name but a few.

All compositions you hear and images you see are by me copyright © orestis.com or © ℗ zBADA Music. Elias Kissmybass Iakovoglou/BASS, Zisis Karagiannis/DRUMS, Orestis Mammis/GUITAR except some ready made forms from my musical stock I bought from Apple. You can download my tunes if you like them, however please do not use them for professional / commercial use. Have a nice day!

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