I have long been looking for a female artist to write about, and today I'm happy to report that my eyes (and my ears!) have finally focused on a very special girl from Portland.
Anomie Belle (aka Toby Campbell) started her musical cereer as a classical violinist. But over the years she showed to be an artist of many talents... and she's now playing and singing all around the world with a growing number of musicians.
© 2007 Anthon Smith
You're now listening to a selection of songs from Sleeping Patterns, the album that Anomie Belle kindly sent us some weeks ago. It sounds like a crossroads of electronic styles such as trip-hop and neo-soul. But we can't (and we don't want to!) reduce her music by enclosing it with a definition. Listening to music is always the best way go!
So... inside Sleeping Patterns we find the lonelyness of our soul, human inability to communicate, and the sense of helplessness and annihilation in the face of mass media... These topics are so dear to the American and European culture. And, well, these songs are really telling us our story with an elegant, sometimes sad, sometimes melancholic... but always sensual voice.
Anomie career is quite impressive. For example, she toured with a guy better known as Tricky. Jump to her myspace or official website and discover all of her music!
Our opinion - which is also a wish - is that her future will be even better than the present day.
All the best, and keep in touch,
Laura Chieregato
http://www.myspace.com/anomiebelle
http://www.anomiebelle.com/
PS: Artists permanently (and randomly) "on air" at present date: Anomie Belle (USA), Christophe Marc (France), Death Valley Sleepers (Denmark), Jeremy Sparrow (Denmark), Zoon van snooK (England), Systemton (Germany), Matti Bye (Sweden), Manuzik (Japan), Chances (Italy), Hometaping (Great Britain...?), Ping (Norway), Frey (New Zealand), Manhan (Japan), One Chef (Sweden), Mijagi (Poland), Pandacetamol (Scotland), Lu-Sin (Argentina), Thomas Solgaard (Denmark), Wonderboy (France), Gimme 'hat Moonshine (Belgium), Krakenti (Latvia), Wheelchair Discotheque (Latvia), TheOneOnTheIsland (Slovakia), Maok (Slovakia), LaBon (Slovakia), Jordan Jordan (Slovakia), Social Society (Slovakia), Batte (Norway), Orange Crush (Norway), Oriental Music System (Hong Kong), Iamsum (Hong Kong), Rex Cody (Hong Kong), Donkey Valium (Hong Kong), Smiling Buddhas (Hong Kong), O-M (Hong Kong), Hvoya (Ukraine), Automatic Pilot Required (Brazil), Yogi (Brazil), Light Merchants (South Africa), Los Hermanos Butaca (Argentina), La Biyuya (Argentina), Negro Fluo (Argentina), Sempai (Italy), Riccardo Vianello (Italy), Wolther goes stranger (Italy), Eildentroeilfuorieilbox84 (Italy), Buzz Aldrin (Italy), Stefano Roveda (Italy), Rosso! (Italy)