Cover art, Merch and other visuals. email me: abigaileldritchart@gmail.com

Toen Tess Merlot Jacques Brel voor het eerst hoorde, sloeg de bliksem in. Sindsdien is de muziek niet meer gestopt: ze vormde de band Tess et les Moutons en honderden shows later draait elk optreden nog steeds om de essentie: de menselijke ziel naar de oppervlakte trekken zoals alleen het Franse levenslied dat kan. Met originals van Brel, Piaf en Aznavour en eigen werk.

Gemotiveerd om haar passie te delen en culturen samen te brengen, bracht Tess in 2017 met les Moutons haar eerste EP Chansons pour non-francophones uit. In 2019 zong ze het zelfgeschreven Mon Paris in een bomvol Paradiso en in 2020 tourde ze met haar eigen theatervoorstelling Voyages en Chansons langs volle zalen van o.a. PAARD in Den Haag, TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht en Boom Chicago in Amsterdam.
Of Tess nu alleen optreedt of met een compleet orkest, ze doet dit vol overtuiging en met een onweerstaanbaar joie de vivre. De uitvoering mag ingetogen en mooi zijn, maar ook ongepolijst, grotesk. En keer op keer blijken de oerkrachten van het chanson een magnetisme te bezitten van heb ik jou daar: meezingen, tranen in de ogen en gelukzalige koppen over de volle breedte.

Kortom: Tess Merlot past in elke setting waar het geen ramp is als er wijn wordt gemorst.

second account: http://www.soundcloud.com/darigako



Lulu James (3rd Culture Kid) was born in Tanzania and raised there until she reached the age of 6. You can see a scar on her nose from when she ran headfirst into an industrial coffee bean hulling machine whilst desperately trying to evade the wrath of her beloved Mother. 
She landed in Newcastle without a word of English or a thick enough coat, swapping Kilimanjaro for South Shields. A turbulent childhood followed, and by 16, Lulu was on her own.
But then, her voice came to the rescue. Lulu has been busy in the lab for the last 8 months undergoing a full rebrand. After going back to Africa, to reconnect with her family, her roots and the music, she’s back with a fresh new sound to bridge the two worlds.
Now, 26, her music is a patchwork of stories woven from the many lives she’s already lived, told with an unabashed honesty that is visceral. 
Her atmospheric vocals and powerful performances have taken Lulu around the world. 
She has toured many countries, playing world renowned stages from Glastonbury, WOMAD, Coachella, Red Rocks and Londons O2 arena. She continues to impress with her choice of collaborations, keeping relevance both on and off the dance floor, working with world leading DJs/Producers, Gorgon City, Jon Hopkins, Kidnap Kid and Lane 8, just to name a few. 
Lulu James has always received massive support from the Guardian, Fader, Notion, and many more platforms as she lays out her past, present and future.

My old soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/hardpillow
There you can find my remixes and mashups. I also repost from others there.


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