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RIP Faux Pas 2012. 

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Nearly everything I ever made under the name Faux Pas can be streamed or downloaded (most of it for free) here:
http://www.iamfauxpas.com/2012/11/everything/

Tuesday Boulevard is an international musical collective based around Dutch producers Marc Goosen and Matt Vermeulen. Inspired by anything from trip-hop, rare groove, hip-hop and jazzy funk-soul to the indie pop, they teamed up with Californian native Kyla Brown who's a Jazz-singer in Paris. Their first release is an EP of a recording session that took place during a weekend in Berlin, aptly titled "Weekend in Berlin EP". 

History:
In the early nineties Marc and Matt briefly met at TINK! Records, where Marc's band was recording and Matt was doing some remixes. Years later, while coincidentally working for the same interactive media company, they realized they shared a love for the same kind of music: Inspired by anything from trip-hop, rare groove, hip-hop and jazzy funk-soul to the indie pop, they started out jamming and recording each Tuesday night. 
Working with an ever-changing alliance of musicians, eventually it was love that drove Matt to move to Paris, where he went to live with his Italian girlfriend. That's where he met California native Kyla Brown who was singing jazz in the great jazz clubs around the city (Sunset/Sunside, Baiser Salé, Café Universal). She was actually hired by one of Matt's friends to perform a surprise concert at Matt's home, where she sang old jazz standards with her trio. It turned out that besides her love for jazz she shared the group's musical interests.
 
Recording soon began and the group became mobile, shifting back and forth between Paris and Amsterdam. To complicate things further Matt moved to Berlin and now sessions take place anywhere from Amsterdam to Paris or Berlin. Teamed up with the Italian, Mauro, a classically trained guitarist, and Rico a Dutch/Molukian bass player, Tuesday Boulevard's first release is an EP of a recording session that took place during a weekend in Berlin, aptly titled "Weekend in Berlin EP". 

Style:
From atmospheric dripping trip-hop to warm but funky rare groove soul, Kyla is laying down some beautiful intimate vocals while not shying away from the odd jazzy phrasing. Loop-based they love the sound of a Fender Rhodes, crave for a dirty clavinet and need stabbing horns and lush strings to complement the recipe. Throw in some guitars whether it be classical, 12-string or a vintage Telecaster and Tuesday Boulevard is on their way. 

Influences:
Massive Attack, Portishead, Stevie Wonder, Al Green, Ann Peebles, Marvin Gaye, The Beatles and John Lennon in particular, John Coltrane, Aimee Mann, Ben Harper, David Gray, Lenny Kravitz, Anything Daptone Records, Henri Mancini, Mark Ronson, De La Soul, Curtis Mayfield,. James Brown, Sly & the Family Stone, Morcheeba, Hooverphonic, Jazzanova, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Beck, Donny Hathaway, Air, St. Germain, Nostalgia 77, The Quantic Soul Orchestra, Stan Getz, Lalo Schifrin, Marlena Shaw, Zero 7, Wax Tailor, Billy Holiday, Bob James, Tricky, Pink Floyd. 

We also Like:
I Am Kloot, Johnny Cash, Manu Chao, Van Morrison, Armand van Helden, Basement Jaxx, Daft Punk, Snoop Dogg, Tone Loc, Eric B. and Rakim, Titán, Cake, Fatboy Slim, Ayo, Nirvana, Radiohead, The White Stripes, Johan, Stereophonics, Arctic Monkeys, Django Reinhardt, Frank Sinatra, The Kinks, Prince, Feist, Erik Truffaz, Piers Faccini, Mo' Horizons, The Cinematic Orchestra, Alice Russell, Calexico, Eels, The Strokes, Tom Waits, Jurassic 5, Parliament/Funkadelic, Jamie Lidell, Kings of Leon, Jimi Hendrix, Lambchop, Joni Mitchell, Jose Gonzales, Chet Baker. 

A passionate proponent of making classical music accessible to everyone, I work in many different styles of projects either as a soloist in an opera/operetta ensemble or as the star of self-written and produced opera-meets-cabaret shows. Please visit my website for more information: www.juliachalfin.com

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