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writer / vocalist nessa voss
Nessa is a Houston native that escaped to
the countryside for a few years, only to
return happier, with an appreciation for
samba, folk and lounge music. "Nothing is
more beautiful than a Sunday afternoon,
windows open, and a bossa nova record
spinning on the table," she says.
Nessa believes that music is the only
language that is universal and has written
essays about the power of music, focusing
on the nature of music to overcome Idea
and to argue that there is a part of the
mind that is shared and overlapped. "I am
not alone when I sing, for the music is
such that it dives deeper into the mind
than any painting, poem or novel. Singing
is to be completely naked; naked of flesh,
bones and mind."
Her influences are Beethoven, Bjork (Bjork
being an excellent role model in solo
female electronica, ambient and
experimental music) and torch songs of
such jazz mistresses as Dinah Washington
and Billie Holiday. She also loves
international music, such as Najma from
India, Bregovic with his Balkan influence,
and also enjoys the sugary pop music of
Korea and Japan. She loves Faye Wong from
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writer / producer ian eden
Ian
is influened by everything he listens to and is
always on a quest to discover music. He
likes practically every genre, but especially
ethnic fusion, downtempo, new wave, classic
rock, funk, jazz, disco, Latin, blues and all
forms of electronica.
Among his favorite artists...Pink Floyd, The
Doors, Led Zeppelin, ELO, The Cure, Underworld,
Fluke, Orbital, Moody Blues, Peter Gabriel, Morcheeba, Cream, Elton John, Banco de Gaia, Pet
Shop Boys, Beatles, Air, Babble, David Bowie,
Pearl Jam, Dead Can Dance, Modern English,
Depeche Mode, Genesis, Heart, Stevie Wonder, Enigma, Seal,
Gary Numan, Jean Michel Jarre, Jane's Addiction,
The Cars, Erasure, Yaz, Smashing Pumpkins, Donovan, Kraftwerk,
Human League, Jethro Tull, Coldplay, Velvet
Underground, Massive Attack, Monkees, New Order,
Nine Inch Nails, Black Sabbath, Radiohead, Santana, U2,
Verve, Willie Nelson, J. Hendrix, Rush,
Dirty Vegas, Marvin Gaye, Styx.
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