ABOUT VANESSA DAOU
Vanessa Daou is known
internationally for her signature vocal style. TIME Magazine writes:
"Vanessa Daou's Jazz and Pop make an exhilarating mix." She began her
recording career at New York's seminal underground dance label
NuGroove Records appearing on numerous records, and has released
albums on Columbia, MCA,EMI Records/France and her own Daou Records
imprint, and has been featured in The New York Times, Billboard, TIME
Magazine, VIBE, URB, Mixer, Wire, ELLE France, Vogue Homme and many
more.
Vanessa's music has been featured
in advertising campaigns for Bulgari and Zwack and has appeared on
numerous top-selling compilations including Dimitri From Paris: In
The House Of Love, Danny Tenaglia Color Me Danny, Real
Ibiza, Cafeteria Hear: Mixed by Peter Rauhofer, Ultra
Lounge and the Cafe del Mar and Hotel Costes
series. Her songs have also appeared in numerous films such as
Fools Rush In, An American Werewolf in Paris and, most
recently, in Lila Says, the Samuel Goldwyn French film based on
the bestselling 1996 novel Lila Dit Ca. Writer and Director Ziad
Doueiri was heavily inspired by Vanessa's music and prominently
featured several songs (including "Near the Black Forest" and
"Juliette") throughout the seductive story of sexual awakening.
Doueiri noted: "Vanessa's music is very visual and inspiring, and most
of the visuals of the film were inspired by her songs".
Vanessa's songs have been remixed by some of the most influential
producers in the dance/electronic music community including Danny
Tenaglia, David Morales, Mood II Swing, Olive, Jim Albert, Mother,
Cosmic Baby, Chillfreez and Jazzy Nice. She has had 5 Top 10 singles
on the Billboard Club Chart; and her remixes by Danny Tenaglia have
led to three 1 Billboard Club Play charting singles.
Vanessa has toured the US with Jazzmatazz/Guru, Jamiroquai and Ziggy
Marley; and France with French Pop icon Etienne Daho, performing as
his guest at his one week of sold-out performances at Olympia
Theatre.
Her internationally-acclaimed solo debut, Zipless, a collaboration
with writer and poet Erica Jong, was signed by Bob Krasnow for his
Krasnow Entertainment imprint on MCA Records and featured her
signature hits "Near The Black Forest" and "Sunday Afternoons";
followed by Slow to Burn, with the hugely successful
single "Two To Tango". After Krasnow ended his ties with MCA,
following a merger with Seagrams (and later, Viacom), Vanessa
self-released Plutonium Glow and Dear John Coltrane on
her own Daou Music label. In 2000, she followed with her most stunning
and personal collection to date, Make You Love, co-released by
EMI France. Billboard writes: "On her fourth solo album, [Vanessa
Daou] continues to follow the beat of her own drum, bucking the norm
for her own artistic integrity. Drawing from electronic, pop, and
jazz, Make You Love drips with romance, sensuality, and much
love".
