The Alchemists of Surreal Cabaret.

What happens when an opera singer/pianist and a jazz drummer hook up and put their alchemist cloaks on?
Opera Chaotique’s music cauldron contains all sorts of ingredients: Arias and African vibes, Jazz riffs and Punk growls, tender lullabies and gothic nightmares. Heat the potion up next to a piano and a drum kit, add a bundle of twisted tales, generously season with twisted humour, stir well, bring to the boil and... enjoy Opera Chaotique’s utterly unique crossover Cabaret show.

With an imposing armoury of original songs from their two albums “Death of the Phantom of the Opera” and “Poems of a Dirty Old Man”, as well as with as-good-as- new cover versions ranging from Tom Waits to Spike Jones, Opera Chaotique are in the habit of taking the stage by storm. And there’s always plenty of action in an Opera Chaotique gig, as they might only be a duo but they have on their side a whole bunch of (mostly) friendly ghosts, whose stories they twist, turn and narrate like post- modern troubadours, taking the audience to faraway places and times where just about anything is possible: even a heart-to-heart between Marquis de Sade and Charles Bukowski.
Infused with remarkably creative musicianship and impressively imaginative storytelling Opera Chaotique’s live performances could only be described as a feast of surrealism, with explosive music and deviant theatrics.
Opera Chaotique were formed in 2011 by Tenorman (aka George Tziouvaras) and Voodoo Drummer (aka Chris Koutsogiannis). Before joining forces and turning their backs to respectable music, they both led promising careers in their respective music genres.

As an opera singer, pianist and composer, George Tziouvaras has performed with many Symphony Orchestras and worked with artists such as Ennio Morricone and Cheryl Studer. He’s sung some of opera’s most famous parts and composed original music for theatre plays.
Chris Koutsogiannis has toured the world as a jazz and blues drummer, performing live and recording with many artists, including Meschiya Lake and Michael Dotson. His research on the roots of drumming has brought him to amazing places like Cuba, Brazil and West Africa.

Opera Chaotique’s unique music style and captivating live performances, have got them rave reviews and a growing cult following. The band has toured extensively in Europe and beyond, performing in a wide range of venues: from theatres to Goth clubs, and Jazz bars to Rock festivals. Some of their most recent appearances include venues such as Stuttgart’s Theaterhaus, Berlin’s White Trash, Barcelona’s Harlem Jazz Club and festivals like as UK’s Secret Garden Party and Wilderness and Athens’ Rockwave.

“A musical experience entirely unique, deep and well made” – thus spoke Where Y’at Magazine of New Orleans, about Opera Chaotique’s debut album “Death of the Phantom of the Opera”, featuring Bob Brozman and Tuxedomoon’s Bleine Reininger.

The band will soon release its second album, “Poems of a Dirty Old Man”, inspired by Charles Bukowski, with very special guest artists Lousiana Red and the Tiger Lillies’ frontman Martyn Jacques.

ANGELINE

While many aspiring artists are motivated by the allure of fame and fortune, every so often the inspiration derives from a humanitarian ambition, and the need to help others. That's exactly the case for singer-songwriter Angeline, professionally known as just Angeline, who started singing in her native Regina, Saskatchewan over 10 years ago.

Angeline has gone on mission trips in Northern Saskatchewan, the United States and Uganda, Africa, to help underprivileged children. It’s something she has held in her heart since a young age and has continued to grow by her time spent working in a care home for children. She has plans to eventually establish a program to help and support underprivileged and orphaned children in need. Having recognized her natural ability to sing and her ear for music, it wasn't long before the young talent realized that pursuing a successful career in the arts could empower her desire to help. Simply put, it would have remarkable effects on her ability to make benevolent contributions to the world's less fortunate.

Angeline has already begun to impress industry peers with her smooth and addictive sound.
Releasing her first record at the tender age of 16, "Only You" was described as a combination of R&B, soul and new school digital pop. She has continued to master her craft while her maturity and confidence excel to new levels.

Over the past few years, her cover songs uploaded to YouTube, and other releases, have garnered the attention of other artists and producers, including those of whose music she has covered.
Angeline will continue to develop her craft and ultimately prepare for the release of EP

Amid such a difficult year in the world with Covid-19, Angeline along with so many artists, is finding ways to push through obstacles she is so familiar with, and 2020 is shaping up to become a year where she expands on her notoriety and makes a serious run at success.

Gary “G Child” Denson was born and raised in a close knit community on the north side of Bessemer, Alabama betterown to locals as “The Field”.  He developed a passion for music at the tender age of six while attending Macedonia Baptist Church, where he would later become the drummer and a lead vocalist. By the time he was thirteen, he was writing music and recording at local studios with high hopes of one day becoming famous. 
Years passed and G Child started to rebel. Slowly but surely, he fell victim to the hard knock street life. By the end of 2005 his lifestyle had caught up with him causing him to lose five years of his freedom. His passion for music never left him.  While incarcerated, it grew even stronger, as music was all he had in order to stay sane within the harsh confinement of the prison walls.  He continued to write and pulled inspiration from memories and hopes of getting the chance to be free again to turn his life around.  Two years into his sentence, he received news that his mother had passed away from diabetes. This caused him to take his music to another level and he was determined to make good on a promise he had made his mom years ago. He began to write different genres of music, running the gamut from pop to R and B soul. 
After being released, he began to perform with a local band from Birmingham, Alabama singing cover songs in different venues throughout the city.  Although this created a local buzz for him and set his performing foundation, G Child had much bigger aspirations.  His focus shifted to diving deeper into his own creativity and developing original lyrics and sounds.  He plans to release his EP in early 2018 entitled "Versatility" which opens into the first phase of his long term vision.

Long before he was legal, Gianni Paci was sharing the stage with rock stars like Ace Frehley of Kiss, Steven Adler of Guns N Roses and the late Mike Starr of Alice In Chains. He’s been in the studio with the likes of Gail Ann Dorsey (David Bowie, Gwen Stefani), Jon Anderson (Yes, King Crimson) and Mike Keneally (Frank Zappa, Steve Vai). Gianni even toured with the infamous Butthole Surfers, earning a dedicated spot on their live album, “Live At The Forum London,” as the band sings “Happy Birthday” to him in front of that sold-out crowd.

Having performed at music festivals like Austin City Limits in Texas, Zappanale in Germany and Musikfest in Pennsylvania, Gianni learned the ropes while in the ring, honing his craft in front of audiences far and wide. Songwriting was a talent that sprouted even earlier, as he wrote his first original piece of music at the tender age of eight. “It just seemed to pour out of me so naturally,” Gianni recalls, reflecting on his propensity towards poetically simple songs that are as alluring in their charm as they are surprising in their depth.

Gianni released two full-length albums of original material under his old pseudonym, The Pine Hollows. This work landed Gianni on the cover of Performer Magazine and helped him to establish a considerable presence in the NYC music scene. An online feature at Tiger Beat labeled him “The Cutest Boy You’re Not Crushing On Yet,” claiming, “[Gianni] will be bursting onto the mainstream music scene soon,” while Darryl Norrell of Aquarian Weekly wrote, "Gianni’s been likened to Buddy Holly and it’s appropriate, not in the timbre of his voice but in the mannerisms and the writing, airy and innocently heart-on-sleeve.”

His first solo release, “Walking Through A Movie Scene” [EP], ups the ante, as each analog-tracked song is accompanied by a visual vignette. The cover photo was shot by up-and-coming photographer Ryan Jay, and is an homage to an early David LaChapelle work. Blackbook Magazine premiered the video for second single, “Too Good To Be True,” writing, “we’re kind of obsessed.”

One of the first musicians Astley recorded with was Richard Jobson. Together with John McGeoch and Josephine Wells, they created a musical backdrop for Jobson's poetry. This work was released as The Ballad of Etiquette in late 1981. Later, Astley went with Jobson to perform in Japan. She also worked on other people's projects, including work for Les Disques Du Crépuscule label, playing piano and arranging music for Richard Jobson and Anna Domino. She also had a track on From Brussels with Love in 1982. Sessions followed with Richard Jobson and Russell Webb for the final Skids album Joy, which featured Astley on flute and as a backing singer. Astley recorded a solo album, She Stood Up And Cried for Crépuscule but this was withdrawn, eventually being released three years later as Promise Nothing.[1] She signed with Why-Fi in mid-1981 and recorded an EP called A Bao A Qu, the title taken from a Malayan legend featured in Jorge Luis Borges's 1967 Book of Imaginary Beings.[4] This was produced by Jon Astley and Phil Chapman. Using a demo studio in Wapping called Elephant Studios, Astley recorded the song that was to place her in the indie top 10 (#8) in 1983: "Love's a Lonely Place to Be", a song of despair and anxiety in spite of its Christmas carol sound. The song would later form part of the 1986 LP Hope in a Darkened Heart. In 1982 Virginia also played piano on her brother-in-law Pete Townshend's album All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes.

The album From Gardens Where We Feel Secure was released in August 1983 and was recorded on Astley's own label Happy Valley and distributed by Rough Trade, which has since reissued it. The album achieved a place in the top 5 of the indie chart (#4), but neither single nor album was listed in the mainstream charts.

In 1983 Virginia established a more permanent lineup with string players Audrey Riley, Jocelyn Pook and Anne Stephenson, with guests such as drummer Brian Neville and composer Jeremy Peyton Jones.

In 1984, Astley played keyboards on tour with Prefab Sprout around the time of their first album, and she also did sessions for their Kitchenware Records labelmates Martin Stephenson and the Daintees.

In 1984 Virginia signed to Arista but left to join Elektra Records UK. "Darkness Has Reached its End" and "Tender" were both recorded at this time. When Elektra UK folded she went to WEA where she subsequently recorded the album Hope in A Darkened Heart with Ryuichi Sakamoto producing in 1986. The success of this album in Japan meant that Virginia was asked to sign to Nippon Columbia with whom she recorded a further two albums, All Shall Be Well in 1992 and Had I The Heavens in 1996. The following year, the first track from the album, "Some Small Hope" was released, a collaboration with David Sylvian.[1]

Since then, Astley has guested on CDs by both Hideaki Matsuoka and the Silent Poets. Rough Trade re-issued From Gardens Where We Feel Secure with a new cover in 2003, and in 2006 she released her first album of new material in ten years. Entitled The Words Between Our Words. This mini album features Astley reciting her own poetry to a backing of harp music. In 2007, she premiered a long poem "Ecliptic", with flute, harp and birds

Alexander Darryl is a solo singer/songwriter who comes from many different kinds of genres. He started out playing rock & roll on his guitar at the very tender age of 13. Alexander Darryl had always been kind of reserved therefore not many people knew about his musical talents. Coming from the projects in Detroit there was always a lot of pressure to be great considering all of the talent that was emerging out of Detroit. It was not until high school that Alexander Darryl gained the confidence to really display his talents. At age 16 he got his first invitation to play guitar for a band called “The Dust Band”. “The Dust Band” was a cover band that developed a buzz around the city of Detroit covering bands such as The Commodore’s, Heat Wave, The Jackson 5, and Michael Jackson. As his love for music grew, Alexander Darryl started to focus more on his passion for writing songs and began to develop his own unique style. The fact that Alexander Darryl has played, covered, and written many songs that cover a wide range of genre gives him a style like no other. His key attribute is versatility.  

His  real name is Darryl Alexander Fryer, but as an artist, I’m Alexander Darryl. Alexander only exists online and currently has two albums on iTunes. My third album, “Back To Da Tracks” will be out soon amazon.com. This album has 15 instrumentals ranging from Jazz, Pop, R&B, and Hip-Hop

If you want to locate Alexander Darryl, just Google the name and everything he is doing will pop right up.  



“Platt doesn’t put a foot wrong in a series of superb vignettes…one of the most assured and accomplished debuts of the year”

* * * * *- R2 Magazine (5 stars)

“A country-folk singer destined for musical stardom…sheer talent & determination…a captivating artist…future big successes to come for this gifted singer-songwriter”
– Glamour Magazine

“London-based Americana musician debuts compassionate and mesmerising album…this gifted storyteller takes the essence of human struggles, love and heartbreak, and intertwines them into tender songs surrounded by hope and fragility…Hannah Rose Platt has compiled a touching and sweet album featuring songs based upon honest and relatable stories which will surely launch a successful musical career.”
* * * * - Maverick Magazine (4 stars)

“Hannah Rose Platt is superb. A fantastic songwriting talent and easily the best female country singer I've heard in a decade. She has elements of the poise and class of the great Holly Williams”
-	Sean MgHee (Editor at R2 Magazine)

“Hannah Rose Platt uses the combined beauty of her lyrical wisdom and wondrous vocals to populate a blank canvas of a debut record in remarkable and mature portions… On a record simply but beautifully crafted, Hannah explores some deep seated concepts using guile, awareness and a flair for using the song writing medium to invoke some serious character studies. ….without any hesitation, endorsement of this near faultless debut work is forthcoming and PORTRAITS is as pure and natural an album you could wish to listen to. Hannah Rose Platt is a welcome addition to the UK music scene and proud accomplice to a record sealed to add value to your precious listening experience.”
– 3 Chords and the Truth UK

“Every song on the album is a miniature picture, a thumbnail sketch frozen in time. There's almost a sense of 'Pictures in an Exhibition' as successive tracks pass in front of you; each one having its own characters and its own story to tell…This is a remarkable debut album. Hannah is an artist who really knows what she is doing and where she is going. She's going to the top.” 
- Fatea Magazine

“Hannah Rose Platt is a young, north of England Emmylou Harris in blossoming before our eyes and ears”- Sid Griffin

“This is a really beautiful album…I hope it does incredibly well – it deserves to!”
- Ric Sanders (Fairport Convention)

Hannah Rose Platt is an enchanting singer-songwriter and talented guitarist who specializes in Americana / folk music, with storytelling at its heart. She recorded her debut album Portraits in Nashville last year (produced by Michael Bonagura- Baillie & the Boys) where she worked with some of the industry's leading names, Grammy award-winning musicians Mark Fain, (Ricky Skaggs, Dolly Parton) Stuart Duncan (Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, The Nashville Bluegrass Band, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss) and Jeff Taylor (The Time Jumpers, Elvis Costello). 
Born and raised in Liverpool, Hannah began playing the guitar when she was five, teaching herself how to play. Her musical education came from her stepfather who would encourage her to listen to a wide variety of music, scouring his extensive record collection for inspiration for her. Having played gigs around the country and in the USA, she released Portraits independently in March this year. The album has already received widespread critical acclaim and many of the tracks have received considerable airplay on BBC Radio Merseyside, Resonance FM, Wrecking Ball Radio and Europe's leading country radio station CMR Nashville. Hannah’s track ‘1954’ has also been featured in Channel 4’s Hollyoaks several times this year. Portraits was also included  in Glamour Magazine’s ‘Summer soundtrack 2015. She was also featured on the back cover of Maverick Magazine and on their compilation CD, and is booked to play Summertyne Americana Festival 2015.




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