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).
The Paris-based live band features Alex Stuart (guitar), Jouni Isoherranen (bass) and Arnaud Oeggerli (drums).
Black Sesame's debut album brink is distributed nationally in Australia through Green/MGM. It can be ordered online through Waterfront Records and is also available from .
"Stunning."-Zan Rowe, JJJ FM "Chilled, creative...hopefully a sign of things to come."-Andrea Beattie, mX "Brilliant. ... I love the album."-John Carver, 3PBS FM "...an amazing piece of work."-Bob Tissot, 2NIM FM "...highly innovative."-Tony Bates, 3CH FM "Très fresh... gorgeous work."-Deepchild, Future Classic artist "Gorgeous compositions and a voice to match."-Inga Liljeström, MVS Records artist
Since its release in August 2007, every track on "brink" has received airplay within Australia, on more than twenty individual radio stations.
The single "Angel songs" - a "sweet, smooth and delicate" (Zan Rowe, JJJ) track featuring multi-layered vocals - has not only received national radioplay but has also been used on national television programme "Hack".
Black Sesame is vocalist/violinist/composer, Melissa Cox. Her jazz training (she has performed internationally as a jazz artist) informs her compositions, but the music she makes as Black Sesame explores a wider musical terrain:
"Fusing elements of rock and jazz, electro and acoustic, the music Melissa Cox makes as Black Sesame is not easy to classify." - UniNews, 27/12/6
"Drawing on a range of influences and featuring her gorgeous airy vocal as well as her violin prowess and some electronic influences, ["brink"] will give fans lots to work with." - InPress, 22/8/7
Mercredi 21/10 au Vieux Léon (Paris) POLLYREZA WELCOMING ... V.O.
Petit rappel du concept : pour ces rendez-vous trimestriels, Pollyanna et Reza ouvrent la soirée en acoustique avec 3 morceaux chacun, avant le laisser la place à un invité venu d'ailleurs pour un full-show unique.
Pour cette 5e édition, nous avons la joie d'accueillir V.O. , projet de Boris Gromberger, guitariste de Françoiz Breut, batteur de Soy un Caballo et fer de lance de l'excellent label belge Matamore.
Le Vieux Léon, c'est sympa, bien situé (métro Etienne Marcel, rue de la Grande Truanderie), l'entrée est gratuite et c'est toujours entre 20h30 et 22h00.
Salut melissa, ici jojo des bavest, Trés belle musique, trés délicat et recherché.... je suis contente d'avoir enfin eu le temps d'écouter! A trés bientot j'espere ;)
Hello ! On vous prend un peu d'espace pour annoncer notre concert du 30 juin au Sentier des Halles à Paris, pour la première fois en trio, avec notre violoncelliste. Merci !
have a listen to the mix and let me know what you think! I don't know how but I've completely lost the choir files.... will have to re-organise another session. Bummer! How are you? xx Claire
Hi Melissa! Just dropping you a line to say you looked great on PopTarts TV! You were in Episode 3, which you can watch at our page or at www. poptarts. blip. tv where you can even download it! (just double click on that episode and go to the 'files' menu. xamanda
sounds good, I may not have the choir completely mixed properly, but can send you the version with the sketches I recorded myself. I'm away til the weekend, but will send them over to you as soon as I get back. Hope things are good-busy...
Let me know when you're ready miss. Just mixed in some vibraphones (not quite happy with it yet though) and will be recording a small choir (!!?) on Monday... will then pass it over to you. Best of luck with your shows. xx Claire
sounds good, will try and structure a little something for you. Let me know if you want to do a solo-ish part for track 3 OR part of a more structured string trio for a new one, track 7 xx safe travels
oooh i love hanne hukkelberg! do you also like carla khistelt? (i'm prolly mispronouncing her name). she was the violinist from 'tin hat trio' that went solo... i'm really sure you would dig her and their group... well, it was nice to meet you. good luck with everything!
