Balladeste - Violinist Preetha Narayanan and Cellist Tara Franks  came together through an understanding of their parallel paths from a classical background to a current practice of collaboration, research, and improvisation. Having developed a duo identity born out of their trio Quest Ensemble, they have created a unique sound of their own and way of working with mutual resonance.  Writing through playing, improvising, and finding a shared language without notation, the duo explore the versatility and sound potential of just two string instruments as a band.  They merge their varied musical experiences to create compositions that are vibrant and experimental yet melodic and filmic in quality.

Having integrated their duo repertoire into Quest Ensemble performances at venues including Wilton’s Music Hall, Vortex Jazz Club, Southbank and Union Chapel, the duo have received high praise from listeners for their engaging interaction.

With a collective array of collaborations and commissions including working with visual artist/dancers; Lucy Steggals,  Somang Lee,  Ruth Pethybridge,  and renowned UK artists  Oi Va Voi, Talvin  Singh, Bernhard Schimpelsberger,  Shammi Pithia and Kate Tempest, their varied work and love of collaboratively creating feeds into their process and performance dynamic as a duo.

Hilary Silver's sound has been said to resonate with musicians such as Joan Armatrading and Albama Shakes to Bradley Nowell  from Sublime. Hilary's heavy love for rhythm on guitar matched with her unique vocals make for a powerfully authentic sound.

Rita Morar is a versatile Fusion Singer, Songwriter and Live Performer.  

She has a  deep love of music with a unique sound that connects with others. A natural live performer who engages with her audience through her voice. Rita uses her voice to provide a fusion sound of singing in contemporary Hindi and  English.  Rita is also available for live performances and session recordings.

From a young age, music has always been an important part of Rita’s life. Whether it be devotional singing, playing the harmonium, learning the piano or having a great interest in a fusion of music from Bollywood to EDM, Rita continues to strive for a greater understanding in music.

 

With an experience including over 1,000 live performances and reaching an audience of over 1 million, Rita keeps on excelling in her art. Rita has performed for the BBC Radio Live Tabla Soul Sessions to the Jazz Cafe, Glastonbury and the Alchemy Festival.

 

For any press or media enquiries, contact Rita.

Saga Breeze or Saga for short is an up and coming artist (music & spoken word), guitarist emerging in Seattle, WA. He is currently apart of local Seattle record label Steady on the Clock Entertainment. Originally hailing from the soulful grit of Memphis, TN Saga made his way to Seattle, WA in mid 2011. This was after a stint of hitchhiking and depressional homelessness. He grew up in a family that consitsed of him, his sister that is only two years older than him and a single mother working as a flight attendant. By occupying his mind with comics, anime and attempts at writing poetry Saga was able to spark the flint for his creative fire and began music making. Dubbing himself an outcast due to alienation in school and an awkward lack of connection in life he began practicing rhymes and poetry at the age of twelve but never moved in a very musical direction until the age of 16. This is when he began singing, playing guitar, banjo and writing spoken word. His instrument venture allowed him to hone in on his songwriting abilities and from there he began to experiment with musical genres outside of the southern rap, soul and reggae he was raised on. Drawing most of his influence and ideology outside of hip-hop he revisited rapping at the age of 21 in 2013 and hasn’t stopped unleashing his inner demons since.

His style encompasses many musical influences from almost every region. Breeze speaks on themes of alienation, nymphomania, pornography, psychological disorder, infection, stereotypes of being African American and the " kill yourself " mannerisms of society today. His stressed-out tone of voice is a trademark sound embodying his southern soul. At times Breeze’s voice snips through the mic with an almost cry-like warp to it. He often references  television shows, comics and anime from his childhood and hints at being an addict of some sort.

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