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connor desai: guitar and vocals
alex trzyna: upright and electric bass
mike o'doherty: drums and percussion
Etkilendikleri
new instruments
people who lose themselves in performance
joan as police woman
our elders
songs that, when listened to, prevent or provoke clear thinking
steely dan
dave brubeck
huge trees
children
tough love
easy love
dreams
random sounds of people living life
feist
strangers
john o'hara novels
Neye Benziyor?
"This smoky-voiced jazz/pop siren stayed in my CD player for months. My toes melted into the floor each time I heard that croon drift out of my speakers. She gets edgy and raw sometimes, not adverse to dropping an F bomb here and there, but she can also slide into Radio-Friendly Land without compromising that spirited attitude. A must for anyone with a soul."
KCRW -Santa Monica / L.A. KEXP -Seattle Rainydawg -UW radio iRADIO L.A. -L.A.'s best rated internet radio station
(PLEASE NOTE: you will have to request CONNOR DESAI since that is the name under which we released our EP)
BIO:
Following the critical acclaim that met Seattle songwriter/guitarist Connor Desai’s self-titled debut EP, Secret Stairs is the compelling result of her collaboration with bassist Alex Trzyna and drummer Mike O'Doherty. As they blend Connor’s irresistibly sultry purr and uncluttered guitar stylings with Alex and Mike’s innovative rhythms, Secret Stairs float between jazz, folk, pop and indie slowcore without breaking stride or putting audiences to sleep.
From her first public performance, singing “Jesus Loves Me” at the age of three, Connor Desai has pursued every opportunity to emulate her early influences (Victoria Williams and Kansas, among many others) and create honest, soulful music. Her first release was a success in that regard – sexy and soothing and downright real in a manner that beguiled a number of jaded music writers. In Secret Stairs, Connor will have the opportunity to bring her songs on the road while working with two musicians equally as talented and innovative.
Alex Trzyna has been playing everything from prog to funk since picking up the bass guitar for his initial 9th grade “grunge” band in 1991. He found time to produce and engineer Leanne Wilkins’ folk/Americana album Waterwheel as he gigged around Seattle in a number of local acts and assisted Connor with the creation of her debut EP.
Mike O'Doherty recently moved to Seattle from Santa Cruz, California to teach drums at The Rock School. Like Alex, Mike is conversant in a number of musical styles and has been active as a professional musician for the last fifteen years. He’s a familiar face in venues throughout the West Coast and brings a seasoned edge to Secret Stairs.
Matt Brown, NadaMucho.com
CD REVIEWS: REVIEWER MAGAZINE:
Connor Desai's self-titled 6-track EP is an impressive debut. Seattle's Desai makes dreamily soulful jazz/pop, reminiscent of Norah Jones or Feist. Her voice is sultry, her lyrics alluring and poetic, backed by playful percussion and subtly funky bass grooves (courtesy of bassist Alex Trzyna and drummer Mike O'Doherty.)
INDIE MUSIC MAGAZINE:
Good Lord, where has this voice been all my life? Take the easy lightness of Edie Brickell, add in the scratch of Rickie Lee Jones, dip it in hot buttered rum, put it in a smoky jazz nightclub, and you have Connor Desai. And you only have her for six tracks, so savor the sound. Let it melt over you and make your toes tingle.
SMOTHER MAGAZINE:
Slowcore fanatics might be amazed with the deft ease that Connor Desai portrays a sound that’s somewhere lost between pop, indie folk, and vocal jazz. Sort of like if Norah Jones had never been discovered and was forced to record in her Brooklyn apartment.
hey ... no, that's a disease ... MB as in they have as much of a right to be pissed about what we have done to them as any other critter out there ... see you on the trail.
Thanks for the add! I like your songs and their special sound. If you ever visit Europe, let me know. Greetings from: myspace. com/lastwaterhole Have a good time and take care of you! Yours Kingsize Noidl!
You guys are so well tuned, I can't believe I was a day late in discovering you and a day late in missing your only stop in LA =T Hopefully you'll come back sometime soon. I will spread your sound.
hey Connor...thanks so much for the kind words...!...I'll surely send you a copy of the lp when it's printed...and I'm enjoying your music so much...it fits every mood I pass through perfectly...!..hope you're *well*...xo...itai
