On Black Sesame's debut album "brink", Melissa is joined by the formidable talents of Cameron Deyell (guitar), Cameron Undy (electric bass), Phil Stack (acoustic bass), Evan Mannell (drums), and Brendan Woithe (production and programming).
Black Sesame’s debut album brink is available now through any CD shop in Australia. You can also order it online through Waterfront Records or download tracks from ..
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Black Sesame is vocalist, violinist, songwriter and ex-mathematician, Melissa Cox.
Melissa first began writing songs while she was supposed to be writing her PhD thesis; her supervisor pretended not to notice. She continued to write songs after she had (finally) finished her thesis and begun studying jazz performance at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music; her composition teacher nodded approvingly. So the music drowned out the maths, and now, as Black Sesame, Melissa has completed her debut album, brink, which will be released through Green Media in August 2007.
brink paints landscapes of many colours. The jazz influence is present but understated; probably inevitable considering Melissa has performed internationally as a jazz artist (most recently in Japan and China). But as Black Sesame, it’s a darker palette that colours her writing, a palette compiled across years of winters in different cities: stark Edinburgh blue, inner-west Sydney grey, pulsating Bristol black...
Outside Black Sesame, violinist-Melissa has performed and recorded with Jenny Morris (NZ), Afro Moses O’Jah (Ghana), Gervais Koffi and the African Diaspora (Cote d’Ivoire) and Dominique Fraissard (Australia), with whom she has supported Australian bands such as The Waifs and John Butler Trio.
Hello darling...Still in London ? How are you?..Things are a bit better for me here.Hope I'll see you soon, let me know when you're back in PAris...Take care, bye!
Hi Melissa! Thanks for the request - 'twas great to meet you on the weekend! We had way too much fun that night! ;-) We're back in Paris and playing at Le Cleub on Saturday night - hope you can make it :-) Either way, see you soon! cheers, N&N
Hi Mellisa, 'Live at the Savoy' is coming along quite nicely - check out www. conspire. com. au and let us know what date suits. Even though we've only got 2 in so far it's going to fill up fast! Just had the Blue Mountains Music Festival over the weekend and heaps of our friends are well interested!
Congratulations on the radio play! Sounds like things are going well.
We are hoping you can help us....
The Falls have been short listed for a chance to perform at the "Sound Of Music Festival" alongside bands such as 1990's, The Devoted Few, Belles Will Ring and the Seabellies.
In order to make it on the festival they are holding a show at the Spectrum in a few weeks to decide the final band - but to get on the gig at spectrum we need as many people to send a message to the festival's myspace page. So please help us by dropping them a message.
2. Send them a message with THE FALLS as the SUBJECT, saying that you "think The Falls should play at the Spectrum and open the Sound of Music Festival!"
That is all.... so easy!
Thanks for your help, Simon + Melinda + Dave + Mal + Pat + Gerard The Falls
hey mel great gig on wednesday. u rocked it so hard. seriously. so awesome to see that light shinin out o u. way to go. am sure the album will go platinum. love t
aww merci :) although i live in melbourne now i lived in sydney for a while and still get the vanguard newsletter, and saw your gig on the list (and the new listening device how cool is that) and thought, oh they sound really interesting so thought i'd see if you had a myspace page so i can listen to more and sure enough you did!
you have such a beautiful sound!! i love it. and will indeed listen some more.
so yes i would be very interested in seeing you play in melbourne... - please do send me a note or put up a bullet or something - but i'll keep my eye out for you.
wishing you wonderful things with the album and a sold out vanguard show!!!... xs
hey guys just letting you know we got our homecoming gig this sat in oxford st, hope you can make it, otherwise will c you at your launch. cheers Da Family.
Thursday 9th August @ 8.30pm Will & Toby's Supper Club 134 Oxford St, Darlinghurst With special guest Claude Hay Tickets $12 presale or $15 on the door. Bookings recommended. For bookings, call 02 9331 7073
Hey Melissa, Thanx for finding I :) Loved the set at the sando. You do have some style on those v's! Great to hear your other sides too. See you again xotul
there's a coincidence,yes the Bell is a regular with us,and here's another coincidence,my sister lives in Sydney and my parents are there right now... I'm looking after their place..I hear u have the best of the weather.
Maybe we'll meeet up someday,keep in touch
Trevor x
yes i am an old friend of giffo...do you have his latest email? or his myspace?
red tape to live in europe is not a problem, i have a british passport
take care
FREYjA
hi, i guess chance brought us to the empire that wet night. the three of us were sitting at home then suddenly decided to go for one drink there. no hostage taking. maybe you can come up with an equation for it ha ha. but yeah, we were lucky to catch your beautiful music- a rare treasure in time
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