| Song of the Week: | ![]() |
| Julia Marcell | |
| Dancer |
TalentCast's Song of the Week:
Dancer
by
From Julia Marcell's website: "My name is Julia and I write songs - that’s what I do most of the time when I don’t sing. So out of these made up little tunes sometimes something worthwhile is born and these are what I call classical punk songs. Classical because of my intentions, punk because of the execution. Mostly they are stories - I write them simple to make sure everyone gets them, but still not too simple to make sure everyone gets them in a different way. These songs-stories are very different from each other, so to balance things out, I like to have modest instrumentation - natural, organic sounds of wood, string, finger hitting a piano key and voice whispering, cracking, breathing - this is the world of sounds that excites me.
In October 2007 I reached 50k on SellaBand, a website where people invest money in future albums of independent artists. Thanks to the money of 657 people I recorded my debut album in Berlin with producer Moses Schneider and it came out fantastic - raw and full of energy, recorded live with all the room sounds, accidents and mistakes. If you get ready for this meeting, it might like you. For good..."
Very soon after Julia Marcell signed up on SellaBand, she became a phenomenon. Investors were coming fast, and she reached her recording budget in a very short time, after only three months. And it is no wonder - her songs, at the same time very original and very easy to listen to, in a way minimalistic and still filling the listener's ears with a richness of sounds, with lyrics that sound easy but after a couple of listens make you go: "aha! that!"
Julia Marcell has been compared to Kate Bush, Björk, Regina Spektor. The biggest similarity between her and these artists would be that they are all original, daring and unforgettable. Contrary to what she sings in another song, Jack the Ripoff (perhaps tongue-in-cheek?), you cannot really say about any of her songs that "it sounds like this and it sounds like that". Julia's style is her own, unforgettable, sensitive and powerful at the same time. Her songs to many have proven addictive, so you keep listening to them until you know them by heart; yet when you have a chance to attend one of her live performances, you feel as if you have never heard them before.
In spring 2009 Julia Marcell, right after her tour in the Netherlands, Julia flew off to Tokyo to collaborate with a Japanese composer Michiru, writing some of the lyrics and singing on a few of the tracks on Michiru's new album World's End Village.
Julia Marcell's album "It Might Like You" is available, among other places, in SellaBand Store.
* Ede FM will play the Song of the Week at least 40 times.
* TalentCast plays the Song of the Week again in the next edition.
Song of the Week is voted by our members.
57 Upcoming Gigs and Events - Page 1
Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 18:00 in Poland
Ornament at klub Progresja, Warsaw
Warsaw (Mazowieckie)
Website: www.myspace.com/ornamentpl
Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 19:00 in Finland
Catself + Louna at Kahvila Valo
Puutarhakatu 11, Tampere
Catself http://www.sellaband.com/agnieszkaholm/ will perform at the weekly Louna ja Lauluntekijät -klubi (Louna and Songwriters) at Kahvila Valo in Tampere. Louna http://www.sellaband.com/louna/ will also perform and there will be another guest artist, Pieta Sintonen. Free entry.
Website: www.kahvilavalo.fi/
Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 20:00 in United Kingdom
T-ka at Bar Aquarium, London
262 Old St, London (London and South East EC1v 9DD)
T-ka promotes her album 'Maybe a tree will rise out of me'. This album was funded by hundreds of fans all over the world. You can download 1 track of the album for free on Sellaband.
Website: www.myspace.com/tka
Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 18:30 in Sweden
BOA at Dirty Records
Andra Långgatan 4A, Gothenburg
BOA booked another gig in Gothenburg at Dirty Records.
Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 20:00 in Switzerland
Mingmen at Le Manoir, St-Maurice
St-Maurice (Valais)
Website: www.myspace.com/mingmen
Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 13:00 in Canada
Ophelia Syndrome @ Chapters South London, Ontario
1037 Wellington Road, London (Ontario N6E 1W4)
Deanna is playing a solo show from 1-3, it's all ages and free!
Website: www.sellaband.com/os/shows/
Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 20:00 in Netherlands
Tennessee Kings onTaste of music 107.3 FM
Live on the Radio!
Website: tasteofmusic.come2me.nl
Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 19:00 in United States
M. Harris on Tygah Woods Radio
www.crescentcityradio.com
M. Harris is the special guest from 7pm to 9pm.
Website: www.sellaband.com/urbangroovz/
Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 20:00 in United Kingdom
T-ka at The Cobden Club, London
170 Kensal Road, London (London and South East W10 5BN)
T-ka promotes her album 'Maybe a tree will rise out of me'. This album was funded by hundreds of fans all over the world. You can download 1 track of the album for free on Sellaband.
Venue: www.cobdenclub.co.uk.
Nr Westbourne Park and Ladbroke Grove Station.
Doors open from 7.30pm to 1am.
Website: www.myspace.com/tka
Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 22:00 in Spain
Debutant Disco + Maydrim @ Rock n Roll Radio Club
C/Barquillo 44, Madrid
Debutant Disco and Maydrim to play the first of a string of concerts together. More dates to be announced.
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