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Jessie Grace** is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer whose music blends raw emotion, haunting melodies, and poetic lyricism. For her, music has always been a survival tool—a way to process the world when words fall short. Her songs explore themes of trauma, healing, and the complexities of being human.  
Her debut album, *Asleep on the Goodfoot* (2009), was an intimate collection of songs that earned a publishing deal and a placement in a Deep River Rock ad.  

She later co-founded *Superhand*, performing as “Inga the Destroyer” in the experimental electronic duo. Their award-winning album *American Teeth* pushed sonic boundaries with dark, immersive soundscapes. After a difficult personal rupture, Jessie took a step back, but in 2023, she returned with new material, recorded in Vienna with producer Filippo Gaetani (Ray Recordings). We heard a more refined and matured Jessie in  "Livingroom Legend"and "Say Something". 

Now, in 2025, her latest work- *Flatline*— raises the question: “When am I going to "flatline"? Bearing witness to, and living through the burning of our planet, tyrannised by corporate murder, war, and ecocide. It expresses the longing for simplicity and truth, when all around us is a psychotic, fabricated, narcissistic illusion. 

For more info or to get in touch see: https://www.jessiegrace.world

Edits, broadcasts, translates...yn golygu darlledu a chyfieithu.

Since leaving Cardiff University and an early career sessioning & arranging for Dave Stewart’s Anxious Records in London, John has subsequently enjoyed a long and successful career as a composer for concert platform, theatre, television and film, also experimenting with sound installation, and sound-art. His numerous interests and abilities find him playing rock and roll piano for The Manic Street Preachers one day, and composing for the BBC National Orchestra of Wales the next...

Alongside numerous nominations, John’s awards include two BAFTA Wales Awards in the ‘Best Original Music’ category: in 1995, and 2000 for specially composed scores: for the BBC commissioned film featuring contemporary dance company Cyrff Ystwyth, directed by Paul Islwyn Thomas, and his orchestral score for the BBC Wales arts series ‘The Big Picture’ directed by Ceri Sherlock.

John’s interest in sound and music first appeared in a groundbreaking piece called Breakbeat for string orchestra and four turntables/samplers (in collaboration with DJ’s Bench & Jaffa) which was shown as part of the S4C series The Composers. Other commissions include work for The BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, The Arts Council of Wales, The Welsh National Orchestra Brass Consort, Element Films, Walk The Plank, The Wales Millennium Centre, KPM Music, Red Bee Media. The list continues to grow!

Sounds created by me; an emotional landscape painted with tones, voice and noises…

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