EMILIE CHICK © STÉPHANE GINER. All rights reserved. PRESS KIT 2012 BIOGRAPHY "I love Emilie Chick… …but I can’t pin down her style..." © NASSIRA BELMEKKI. All rights reserved. It is hard to define Emilie Chick’s music: hip-hop, swing, electro, pop, soul? It’s as if choosing one genre would deprive her of all the others. While the quartet remains groovy, it ventures out into daring pop arrangements, on which Emilie’s voice navigates like the bad-girl, crooner, spoken word, jazz diva that she alternatively is. Gilles Peterson, the English musical pope, loved her so much he named her Winner and Revelation of his 2008 Worldwide Festival. In 2010 she released her 1st solo album, precisely mixing all her influences, very urban, and was awarded the « Best Album » Prize by the European Musical Press at the Europavox/Adami/Deezer de Talents competition in 2010. Since then, a variety of great producers have remixed her tracks. Currently adding the finishing touches to her next album, Emilie has settled in the South of France where she and her band were pre-selected for the 2012 edition of the famous emerging artists Festival “Printemps de Bourges”. Promising isn’t it? LIVE - 2012 07/09 – INAUGURATION OF PALOMA, Nîmes (w/ DJ Shadow, Death in Vegas, Juan Rozoff & Phyltre) 21/07 – FESTIVAL “LA PLEINE LUNE”, Payzac (w/ 1995, The Shoes & Le Peuple de L’Herbe) 13/07 – FESTIVAL “LIVES AU PONT”, Pont du Gard (w/ De La Soul, Selah Sue, Breakbot & Birdy Nam Nam) 21/06 – LA FETE DE LA MUSIQUE DU DOMAINE D’O, Montpellier 17/06 – LES PETITES DECIBELS AU PRESTO, Wazemmes 16/06 – LE BIPLAN, Lille (w/ Eclectek) 09/06 – LE PERISCOPE, Lyon 29/04 – L’INTERNATIONAL, Paris (w/ Carosel, Mademoiselle Sane & Le Mellotron Crew) 21/04 – L’ESCALE, Aubagne 06/04 – LE 83EME PARALLELE/THEATRE DU ROCHER, La Garde (w/ Kussay & The Smokes) 30/03 – JAZZPANAZZ, Nîmes 24/03 – L’AKWABA, Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne (supporting Sporto Kantès) 23/03 – MJC PICAUD, Cannes (w/ Appletop) 09/03 – L’USINE, Istres (supporting Pigeon John) 18/02 – MJC DE VENNELLES, Venelles (supporting UHT°) 09/02 – LA BERGERIE, Marseille 29/01 – GUMGUTS CONCERT EN APPARTEMENT, Montpellier 21/01 – FESTIVAL ‘GARD EN SCENE’, Pont du Gard SUPPORTED The Rapture // Pigeon John // Sporto Kantès // UHT° // Fujiya & Miyaji // Lisa Portelli // Beast // Antipop Consortium // Shantel & Bucovina Club Orkestar // Maceo Parker // Selah Sue // De La Soul // Birdy Nam Nam // Breakbot // 1995 © MICAEL REYNAUD. 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Main past shows 09/12 – L’ESCALE, Aubagne (Printemps de Bourges pre-selections) – NIKA A LIVE, Nice (supporting Shantel & Bucovina Club Orkestar) 21/10 – LA GARE DE COUSTELLET, Maubec 08/10 – THEATRE CHRISTIAN LIGER, mes (supporting Lisa Portelli) 17/09 – FESTIVAL ‘&THEBITGOESON’, Saint Denis (w/ Tha Trickaz and Orbeat) 10/09 – CHANTIER SMAC, mes (supporting The Rapture) 24/05 – L’ESPACE B, Paris 29/04 – VICTOIRE 2, Montpellier (supporting Fujiya & Miyagi) 26/04 – GRAND STUDIO RADIO FRANCE, Paris (15th anniversary of the French National Radio Sophia network) 05/02 – L’AKWABA, Ch teauneuf-‐de-‐Gadagne 26/01 – LE BALOARD, Montpellier 2011 17/11 – LA BALLE AU BOND, “SOUNDS GOOD TO ME” parties launch 07/10 – LE CHINA, Paris (w/ Jeronimo & The Furious Live) 22/05 ‐ FESTIVAL EUROPAVOX, Clermont-Ferrand ME” 16/04 -‐ LA MAROQUINERIE, Paris (supporting Beast) 25/03 -‐ L’ANTIROUILLE, Montpellier 15/03 -‐ LE RESERVOIR, Paris 2010 14/11 -‐ FESTIVAL 00%, Montpellier (supporting Antipop Consortium) 19/06 -‐ SHOWCASE FNAC, Montpellier 23/04 – ROCKSTORE, Montpellier 2009 Check out the complete list of Emilie Chick’s past shows here: emiliechick.com/shows VIDEOS “Scholarship” Live Check out all Emilie Chick’s videos on her YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/emiliechick PRESS & PRIZES PRIZES EXPOSURE MUSIC AWARDS, UK - 2 ominations “Best International Artist” & “Best Urban Song” ADAMI / DEEZER DE TALENTS / EUROPAVOX, FR - European musical press' choice 2010 GILLES PETERSON WORLDWIDE TALENT SEARCH FESTIVAL - 2008 Winner TV (“Scholarship” video) MTV 3 plays/week DIRECT STAR « Indies » show RADIO France RADIO NEO “Scholarship” RADIO FRANCE “Scholarship” FIP “Wakarimaska” FRANCE BLEU VAUCLUSE Interview 13/10/11 SUN NANTES “Scholarship” OUI FM “Wakarimaska” RADIO MARITIMA Interview 24/04/2010 RADIO GRENOUILLE “Scholarship” RAJE “Scholarship” International > Belgium MIXT LIEGE “Scholarship” LE CENTRE FM “Scholarship” RADIO QUARTZ “Wakarimaska” RTBF PURE FM “Wakarimaska” > Switzerland DRS VIRUS (Basel) “Wakarimaska” > Spain CATALUNYA RADIO “Huff’n’Puff”, “Tip” > Hungary KLASSZIK RADIO “Huff’N’Puff” > USA KCRW (Los Angeles, CA) “Wakarimaska” KLRE (Little Rock, AR) “Huff’N’Puff” KUOW (Seattle, WH) “Huff’N’Puff” KUAT (Tucson, AZ) “Huff’N’Puff” PRESS REVIEW Stricking red lipstick and iroquois haircut to match, [Emilie Chick] opens the evening. We We arrived nearly at the end of the set, just in time to discover the band. Its organisation is unusual : no understand we had definitely missed something. The blend guitar and a vibrant three-instrument is an ingenious one : rock, jazz, soul, funk and hip hop collide conversation between the bass, the drums and at the crossing of paths. It’s precise yet very groovy, the the keyboaords. And the voice calls to mind solid French-American songstress has convinced the audience. Indeed, there was already a full-on crowd at this early stage jazz influences. of the evening. Les Inrocks - July 2012 DISCORDANCE - July 2012 Of rare subtlety, Emilie Chick's electro trip-hop will also please fans of feminine jazzy voices. In an embroidered setting of piano, keyboards and sample machines, the lady's tone oscillates between a typical atmosphere and old-school swing. We are in a contemporary lounge bar where her very special sort of sensual and silky voice glides over a groovy bass that humanizes her urban electro sound. Classy and current. A candy cane. Simply chic. FANZYO – December 2011 / January 2012 Remember: we had offered you a free download on our digital sampler a couple of months ago of a very good deep-house remix by Charles Webster of the French-American singer Emilie Chick. Winner of Gilles Peterson's dear Worldwide Festival Talent Search in 2008, she is back with her first album. ...Which only confirms the talent and the soul-house-rare groove orientation of this first opus (…). TSUGI - May 2010 Between pop & soul, the musical world of this singer from Montpellier is colored with deep house thanks to the too rare Charles Webster. A beautiful discovery. Émilie Chick “The Next Day (Charles Webster remix)” - TSUGI Digital Sampler #25 Beware: talented artist! Emilie Chick is a young woman from the South of France who navigates between different musical genres without ever getting lost. A healthy dose of soul, electro accents here and there & a big hip-hop influence, this Chick is a girl in synch with The French-American releases a her time. She knows how to do everything and does it well. This Is debut album like we unfortunately do Emilie Chick Speaking, and when she does, we listen & ask for more. not get to hear often in France. QOBUZZ - "Curiosity of the week " - 22 March 2010 Navigating freely between electro-funk, acid-jazz, R ‘n B and hip-hop, Emilie Chick defies the traditions and habits of each Accompanied by a pianist/keyboards/machines who sails between genre. (…) Gilles Peterson (…) loved swing & atmospheric moments, a possessed electro drummer & a what she does so much that he sacred groovy bassist, the elegant young woman has steered her ship her one of the revelations of his somewhere between an electro ocean, an ultra-modern urban landscape & comfortable lounge. A silk-cut evening. Very chic. Worldwide festival in Sète. LA DEPECHE Oct'09 VIBRATIONS Dec'09-Jan'10 DISCOGRAPHY 2013 NEW ALBUM DUE. 2011 “REMIXES : PART II” - LISTEN DJ Mr Fish launches the festivities with his intense, obsessional and tribal version of “Rough Times”, followed by Senbeï’s progressive descent into the disquieting marsh of his “Scholarship” dubstep remix, right before DOT turns “Weird Enough” into a joyful and highly charged electro hymn, but we are then taken by surprise by the majestic beauty of the haunted limbs wherein Charles Webster’s very personal version of “Scholarship” hypnotizes us. Silent Frequencies, the last guests on this EP, pays tribute to Emilie’s astounding voice that blends into the echo of the industrial shores whereto the duo leads us back, safe and sound. “LIVE AT RADIO FRANCE” On April 26, 2011, Emilie Chick was invited by Radio Sophia (Radio France programs bank) to play for their 15th birthday, along with Radiosofa, The Hub et Felipecha. - LISTEN 2010 “REMIXES: PART I” « Scholarship » & « The Next Day » remixed by Charles Webster, Atjazz, Jeronimo & Xeum - DIGITAL (World) : BELIEVE / BANDCAMP (Direct to Fan) “THIS IS EMILIE CHICK SPEAKING” --- 1st SOLO ALBUM --- - PHYSICAL (La Baleine/France) : AMAZON / FNAC - DIGITAL (World) : BELIEVE / BANDCAMP (Direct to Fan) COLLABORATIONS 2012 – “Moment of Ease” avec Steve Bug (Poker Flat Recordings) 2011 – “Red Shoes” w/ Useless Wooden Toys (EMI Italiy) 2010 – “ othing” w/ Version (Miso Records) – #2 on Traxsource 2009 – “The Waiting Line” w/ Unclesound (Kinjo Records) 2008 – “The Brighter Side” w/ Version (Charles Webster & Atjazz, Miso Records) 2006 – “Keep on trying” w/ Antoine Clamaran (“Ambassade”, ULM) 2005 – “Bag U Should” w/ Quizz (Charles Webster remix, Dialect Recordings) 2002 – “Sing a Song” (“Release Yourself”, Antoine Clamaran, ULM) CONTACTS & LINKS Official site www.emiliechick.com Single info www.scholarship.viinyl.com Social networks Facebook // Twitter // Noomiz // Myspace // OneSheet Music & store Believe // Bandcamp // Soundcloud Management Emily Gonneau [email protected] Distribution La Baleine (Physical, France) // Believe (Digital, World) .