Chloe Charles
Break The Balance - Quotes
Die Zeit 29.11.2012
The songs from her debut album possess a delicacy and individuality, as if they want to whisper to the listener in passing: Don't be afraid to be a little complicated. To then bring the complicated across in an incredibly natural way.
Stereoplay 1 / 2013
A large part of the songs holds many surprises for the listener in the clear, transparent sound. The density of events is too high to perceive all the details at once: the dry-kicking drums, the ringing percussion, the rich-sounding strings. Even when the singer relies solely on the accompaniment of her beloved acoustic guitar, she uses her voice so creatively that her original pop never bores for a second.
Rolling Stone 12/12/12
Julian Lennon's stepsister sings idiosyncratically colored songwriter-pop songs of inward beauty and simultaneously surprising clarity.
Kulturnews 12/12
She took years to develop her own style, processing numerous influences from 50s girl pop to almost classical guitar arrangements, art pop that evokes the nonconformity of her idol Björk, to songwriter folk and soul. ...As the title suggests: With her, nothing is balanced – and above all, it is one thing that is not at all: boring.
Audio 1 / 13
Her voice sounds both half “black” and half “white,” reminiscent at times of Etta James, at other times of Joanna Newsom. Stylistically, the 25-year-old Canadian is also a boundary crosser: folk, soul, chanson-like elements can be found in her sound, framed by a tense production and bold arrangements that give “Break The Balance” an extravagant aura.
Band : Chloe Charles
Album : Break The Balance
VÖ : 30.11.2012
Label/Vertrieb : Make My Day Records / Alive
Bandwebsite : www.chloecharles.wordpress.com
Confident, charismatic, and unconventional, Chloe Charles takes the stage with her classical guitar and breaks all clichés of an African American singer, accompanied by violin, double bass, and other surprising twists of her musical imagination. NATIONAL POST: THE AMPERSTAND
When Chloe Charles steps onto the stage, you instinctively know that you will experience something truly profound. Chloe has the grace and beauty of a cocktail-sipping star from the '50s, and the depth and intellectual power of a poet from the Beat Generation, infused with the sound of a modern folk singer.
Her lyrics are full of pain, contemplation, and a sharp understanding of what it means to be human, searching for one's place in this world. She has been compared to everyone from Amy Winehouse, Feist, and Björk, to Cat Power, Etta James, Nina Simone, and Joanna Newsom, yet Chloe refuses to pin herself down to her greatest influences.
Chloe grew up outside of Toronto in a dense, lush forest that resembled a mix of enchanted woods and art gallery. Her grandfather acquired the property years ago and planted it with trees and sculptures. “It was idyllic. As a child, I often sat by the little pond in the woods and came up with melodies to the singing of the frogs,” she says. These early days of her childhood shaped her desire for authenticity and awakened her creativity.
When Chloe's father married Cynthia Lennon, thus becoming Julian Lennon's stepfather and part of the musical Lennon dynasty, Chloe gained an unfiltered view of life in the spotlight. This led her to the realization that she wanted to pursue her music on her own terms. Although Chloe began recording her music and performing in 2005, she only developed her musical personality in 2007 when she bought her first classical guitar. In a trance-like state, she went out, bought a guitar, and composed her first song “Soon on a Snowflake” within a few hours – without lessons or practice. She began performing in many small venues in and around Toronto, and soon after, she toured in Europe and the USA.
TOUR DATES:
CHLOE CHARLES
04. Oct BERLIN, DE, Roter Salon
09. Oct AMSTERDAM, NL, Paradiso
12. Oct EINDHOVEN Holland, So What’s Next Festival
26. Oct, BERLIN, DE, Old School Record Store, Record Store Week, 3pm
15. Nov DEN HAAG, NL, Crossing Border Festival
17. Nov AMSTERDAM, NL, People’s Place
28. Nov HANNOVER, DE, Feinkostlampe
29. Nov BREMEN, DE Sendesaal Bremen
30. Nov COLOGNE, DE, Die Wohngemeinshaft
04. Dec PARIS FR, Sunset Sunside Jazz Club
Video : (Soon on a) Snowflake - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9SMELU_EvU
Video : Business - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaMRTNdK6dc
Video: Find Her Way - http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=X58G-1niL8Y
