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LEILA ADU
Alternative / Blues / Experimental

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London/ Wellington/ Rome
New Zealand

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Member Since2/15/2006
Band Websiteleiladu.com
Band Members LONDON

songs and improvs = with Steve Noble (drums), John Edwards (double bass), Hannah Marshall (cello), Steve Beresford (piano/electronics)...

ROME

electroset with Daniele de Santis (drums)

NEW ZEALAND

albums/tours with David Long (guitar), Jeffrey Henderson (sax) & Tom Callwood (bass), Ricky Gooch (drums) Chris O'Connor (drums), Nick Gaffaney (drums), Rick Cranson (drums), Francesca Mountfort (cello), Chris Palmer (guitar), Lucien Johson (sax) and Nick Van Dyk (tuba)

Influences Howlin' Wolf, Bessie Smith, Indonesian Gamelan, Claude Debussey, Dimitri Shostakovich, Slint, PJ Harvey, Stravinsky, Galena Ustvolskaya, Mark Rothko, Tartovsky, Einsturzende Neubauten, Primo Levi, Ingmar Bergmann, YOU
Sounds Like Reviewers have compared Leila Adu to: Nina Simone, Bjork, Ute Lempe, PJ Harvey, Stereolab, Patti Smith, Joni Mitchell, Astrud Gilberto, Fiona Apple, Nico....[(i.e. basically any female artist, who is equally uncategorisable, that a reviewer can think of at the time) Actually, Mark Braby finally compared her to a man, Tim Buckley, which she was rather chuffed about.]
Record LabelFrizz Records + Rai Trade + Little Red Hen
Type of LabelIndie


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Nov 27 2009 10:00P
URB ALT Jimi Hendrix Tribute @ Galapagos New York, New York
Dec 22 2009 8:00P
LEILA ADU & THE DON’TS - The Vortex London, London and South East

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   About LEILA ADU
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DARK JOAN, the new solo album recorded and mixed in Chicago with the legendary Steve Albini (PJ Harvey, Joanna Newsome, Nirvana) is OUT NOW in the UK on Frizz Records!

"Her voice is extraordinaryboth tender and terrifying" -Sunday Star Times

Sounding like hot treacle on broken glass, Leila Adu has been described as "Nina Simone for the noughties". Praised by critics and fans alike, Leila Adu explores the dissonant edges of familiar forms with a voice that is simply incomparable.

London-born with a heritage both European and Ghanaian, Leila was brought up in New Zealand. She has appeared with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and produced two acclaimed albums, which led to national tours in Australia, Indonesia, U.K. and Russia. Since returning to Europe in 2006, Leila performed both solo with piano and with her live band at various venues in London, as well as recordings from The Orchestra Pit and live studio sessions and interviews on BBC World Service, Rai 3 (Italian National Radio), Radio Citta Aperta and Resonance fm.

In 2009, Leila is performing in NZ, New York, Europe and will tour the UK as part of the Frizz Records Dark Joan UK Album Release Tour.

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NEWS

— Music video planned for latest mystery single

— Recording dates for new full-length, solo album for Italian based label, Rai Trade

— ‘Cherry Pie’ single to be released on The Orchestra Pit’s first compilation CD

ALBUMS:

CHERRY PIE (2005)

Produced by David Long (winner of Producer of the Year Award 2001 and sound designer on Lord of the Rings) with some of New Zealands top musicians. "Curiously compelling . . . Centred on her percussive piano playing and an astonishing voice theres little I can compare it to. -National Radio. "If you havent already aquainted yourself with Adu, go do it." ****1/2-Dominion Post

DIG A HOLE (2003)

Leilas debut album received rave reviews both in New Zealand and Australia from the media and audiences alike. The 'I'm Calling' single and video clip played on both student and National Radio stations and on NZ Televsion. "She has a hypnotic voice, moderately spiced, sprinkled in firewater. Some call it sultry, and it is, but its also heavy and soothing and gets under your skin in the most welcoming way."-Beat Magazine (Melbourne)

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SOREN GROTH aka NYERTUN

SOREN GROTH aka NYERTUN



Nov 23 2009 9:02 AM

Hiya, thanks for being a friend - I enjoyed visiting YourSpace :-) Keep it up
May your life be full of love, light and fun...
hugs SOREN - Beats for change -
NYERTUN
TIZIANA LO CONTE

TIZIANA LO CONTE



Nov 20 2009 4:49 PM

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Marcelo Pretto

Marcelo Pretto



Nov 20 2009 4:49 PM

Leila!!!!...
I LOVE your music so much!!!!!!!!!!...

Thank you!

Greetings from Brasil!
The Criterion Band

The Criterion Band



Nov 20 2009 4:49 PM

LEILA ADU - Long Legs: City Feigning Sleep
DJ Tendraw is looking for shows in Berlin 02/10

DJ Tendraw is looking for shows in Berlin 02/10



Nov 17 2009 9:37 AM

Hey, how are you? 
I keep missing your shows.
Hope we bump into each other again somewhere soon.....
I doubt it though, your stuff is much more of a higher class than mine.
Beautiful new work btw.


Jean-Philippe ICHARD

Jean-Philippe ICHARD



Nov 16 2009 12:18 PM

Hi!

Thanks for your friendship

Greetings from PARIS

Jean-Philippe

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Mrafi

Mrafi



Nov 12 2009 11:02 PM

DESERTIFICATI
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Nov 10 2009 9:01 AM

....FRIZZ RECORDS is proud to announce our fourth LP release...

LEILA ADU has been described as 'A Nina Simone for the Noughties', and her two acclaimed albums infuse a broadly 'art-rock' approach with elements of torch song, speakeasy blues, avant garde jazz, gamelan, post-rock textures, and a David Lynch style dreamlike b-movie melodrama. As her website has it, exploring the "dissonant edges of familiar forms", but with that kind of 'dissonance' that they once accused Thelonious Monk or Debussy of, the kind that soon betrays it's own compelling melodic and harmonic logic to the attentive listener...

'Dark Joan', Leila's third album as a solo artist, was recorded in Chicago with the legendary Steve Albini (PJ Harvey, Joanna Newsome, Nirvana, Pixies), and Albini's genius has been to strip her sound back to it's essence, and hold it's most distinctive qualities up to the light. It doesn't hurt that this is by far Leila's most powerful set of songs to date, and if anything we are lead even deeper into her world by the pictures painted with just piano (or in some cases harpsichord or a grime-encrusted electric piano) and that voice...

Capable of anything from delicate heartbreaking purity to a fearsome dramatic power, her powers are seemingly limitless, yet unlike most other singers of her calibre, never does she resort to melodrama or show-boating, or any kind of pastiche, instead she employs her resources fully in the expression of her distinctive musical vision and the deep well-spring of her imagination. Nothing ever sounds as though it could have not been sung...

Download from iTunes, LP/CD from http://www.frizzrecords.com

SKOPJE

SKOPJE



Nov 9 2009 1:00 PM

Let me know if you want any or all of the vids deleted.. Great gig!







ROBERT

robert higgins



Oct 29 2009 9:29 PM

Thank You for Your Friendship..PEACE....
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Oct 25 2009 8:10 AM

upcoming shows:

Thursday 29th October @ 7.30pm - (Roshi feat. Pars Radio album launch) @ The Flea Pit,
49 Columbia Road, London, E2 7RG. Cost: £4
launch night for the ’The Sky And The Caspian Sea’, the debut album from Roshi feat. Pars Records, on GEO Records (myspace.com/roshisongs / myspace.com/georecordsuk). Support comes from Rothko man Mark Beazley’s Signals, Gideon Coe favourites Hong In The 60s, and Orchestra Pit/Scaledown impresario Mark Braby’s new project Damp Matchbox.

Friday 30th October @ 7pm SCALEDOWN co-presents a SARTORIAL RECORDS special,
upstairs @ The King & Queen, 1 Foley Street, London, W1W 6DL. Cost: £0 (donations welcome(d))
okay, so it’s Scaledown Friday as we actually all dress up in our best whistles for a night of music featuring Terry Edwards alongwith artists from his Sartorial roster + our own guests. Full bill: Terry Edwards & Simon Charterton, Micko Westmoreland, Ian R. Watson, Pete Marsh & Pete May, Bob Constant & The Goodbye Horses, Iris Garrelfs and Damp Matchbox. Further details can be found @ http:www.theorchestrapit.com/scaledown.

DJWyrmwood

DJWyrmwood



Oct 23 2009 1:33 PM




{hi your self, trust Mother England is treating you well!}
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Oct 21 2009 6:51 AM

....FRIZZ RECORDS is proud to announce our third LP release...

"Anutha Kinda Brotha" is the debut LP from underground legend ART TERRY. Since moving to the UK from his native Los Angeles in the early 90s, Mr Terry has established himself as one of London's characters. Describing Art's sound to the uninitiated usually involves debunking some of the stereotypes of what the 'typical' black Californian might play. Despite his jazz training, and coming of age to the sounds of classic soul and funk, these styles are only a part of his musical vision. His fascination with folk styles, classical music, punk rock, pure pop, easy listening, musical theatre and the European avant garde have taken him on different paths from most...

The result is an orchestral pop record full of sonic inventiveness, whether it's the blend of Shuggie Otis's 60s California and Sun Ra's ancient Egypt on 'Bible', Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons leading a mariachi band on 'Escort', or the Walt Disney music box orchestra of 'Miss Dominatrix', but whilst this is very much a sonic feast, we shouldn't overlook Art's extraordinary lyrical adeptness, and the distinctive character this brings to the proceedings, with a knack for unique and colourful imagery, and how like a great short story writer he is able to paint an engaging picture whilst keeping back from casting judgement on his characters, always leaving open ends for the listener to tie; giving us the feeling that however far astray someone might have gone, there is always sympathy and human feeling for them in Art's mind...

Download from iTunes, LP/CD from http://www.frizzrecords.com

Roberto Grilli

Roberto Grilli



Oct 15 2009 5:11 PM

Grazie!!!!
Sono veramente onorato della tua amicizia.

Roberto
sarah dietrich

sarah dietrich



Oct 15 2009 5:11 PM

Sabato 17 Ottobre 2009
Live @ INIT Club
via della Stazione Tuscolana 133
inizio ore 22.30

ARDECORE & NADA (feat. SARAH DIETRICH)

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Afrodisia

Afrodisia



Oct 8 2009 6:57 AM

BASSEKOU KOUYATE & NGONI BA
Per la prima volta a Roma, "Mali's Rockstar griot!" e la sua incredibile orchestra!

Mercoledì 14 ottobre - Apertura 21,30
c/o INIT CLUB Via della Stazione Tuscolana 133


In collaborazione con Lifegate Roma
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Oct 6 2009 2:12 PM

Casa Del Popolo - Lodi

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Oct 2 2009 5:12 PM

Ciao Leila,
un abbraccio!




Afrodisia

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Oct 1 2009 5:16 PM

OPENING PARTY
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Afro Conscious Reggae + Dancehall!!!
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Sep 29 2009 9:20 AM

Thanks for being friends :)
Hope you like our old school Soul Music.
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Sep 29 2009 9:20 AM

....FRIZZ RECORDS is proud to announce our second official LP release...

"Modern Mediaeval" is the third LP from singer-songwriter DAVID GARSIDE, and the first to receive the full Frizz Records vinyl treatment. It’s also clearly the most fully-realised statement of his distinctive vision so far…

It’s an easy route to locate David in the tradition of his ‘classic’ influences (McCartney, Nick Drake, Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell, The Beach Boys, Love, Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel, Dexy’s…), but there are few songwriters working today that have absorbed these influences so fully, and arrived at a mature style as David has…

This is ’singer-songwriter’ music in the sense that it’s focus is on song-craft and the unfolding of the lyrical vision of a single individual, but if so then it’s definitely at the sophisticated end of the scale (’progressive’ if that term isn’t too loaded…), filed alongside ‘Bryter Layter’, ‘The Hissing Of Summer Lawns’, ‘Pretzel Logic’ or ‘Surf’s Up’...another FRIZZ RECORDS instant classic!

"Modern Mediaeval" can be downloaded from the iTunes Store

The album is also available on heavyweight vinyl LP, or on Digipack CD from www.FrizzRecords.com & all good retailers

Michael Zerang

Michael Zerang



Sep 18 2009 5:36 PM

Hello Leila!  Nice music! Thank you for the add... peace from Chicago!
michael

Lucky Foodbar

Lucky Foodbar



Sep 18 2009 6:28 AM

Hullo
PACO MENDEZ LUCAS

PACO MENDEZ LUCAS



Sep 15 2009 8:04 PM

Great concert in Sardegna!!!
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