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San Francisco chanteuse Najè brings a steamy electronica soundtrack to the post chill-landscape this year with her debut album 'Cinephoniq'. Heavily influenced by jazz greats, Billy and Ella - NaJé's voice is a sultry, jazz-tinged cocktail infused with contemporary Euro cool. Add a strong dose of mblaze's downtempo, melodic, electronic grooves and you've got a polished, exotic musical feast! 'Cinephoniq' presents itself with a sound and style that is fresh, sophisticated and deliciously provocative. With an innovative mix of electronica, and ambient textures, 'Cinephoniq' injects a fresh sound into this year's post-chill landscape that should electrify those hungry for something new. Check their latest tracks 'Angel', 'Saturn's Child', and the intoxicatingly melodic 'Wild Things'. Najè met British sound designer/producer mblaze in LA in the late 90's where they decided to join forces after quickly realizing they shared a mutual passion for video/film and music. They both worked together for software start-up, lava.com, producing interactive music visuals for artists such as Moby, Earth Wind and Fire, De La Soul, and George Clinton. In 2001, they began writing and recording tracks for 'Cinephoniq' at GTM Studios in Laguna and Man In The Maze Studios (their own recording studio) in northern California. Najè, aka Rebecca Benham, started her musical career in Athens, GA (indie-mecca and land of R.E.M., The B-52's, Man Or Astroman?) in the mid 90's where she worked with Man Or Astroman's? Hayden Thais, after doing a short stint with the all-girl band The Supervixens. Under the band name, Najèbi, Najè started to experiment and finely hone her dynamic sound. Soon after releasing her first album, Najè quickly introduced herself to Atlanta's rapidly growing music scene and began performing regular gigs in top Atlanta /Athens music clubs and on the festival circuit: The Cotton Club, The Tongue and Groove, The 40 Watt, The Sambucca Jazz Café, The Athens Music and Film Festival, and The Athens Jazz Festival in addition to touring and performing throughout the east coast: The Chicago New Music Festival, The Cat's Cradle (Chapel Hill, NC) , Velvet Elvis (Savannah,GA). mblaze, aka Mike Barnes, British sound-designer/producer graduated from City University, London with a Masters in Music Information Technology to work for Yamaha's prestigious London R&D Center where he spearheaded European contributions to many of Yamaha's pro synthesizer and audio products. During this time, he was offered a job to collaborate with James Bond uber-composer, David Arnold, in programming/sound-design for the movies Stargate and Last of The Dogmen. From here, he then continued his sound-design pursuits with various British bands before more session work led to a move stateside. " I have to confess to a passion for John Barry's expansive 'Bondscapes" and the great British 60's Sci-Fi TV Themes of Barry Gray like "Joe 90" . I think at heart, its that thrown into the blender with some of todays progressive European sounds and technology that is the essence of the music on 'Cinephoniq'. Perhaps not in a literal sense, but that clash of future-retro and cinematic qualities is an aesthetic that resonates strongly with us." mblaze. Check out the artist's website: http://www.cinephoniq.com Track List: 1. Angel 2. Wild Things 3. Saturn's Child 4. King Of Blue 5. Bombshell 6. Rewind 7. Cosmonaut 8. So Strange 9. Budapest Express 10. Incommunicado 11. Bliss 12. Eternal Kiss Suggested CDs:Other Genres: |