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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 China too.

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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