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"4AD’s latest pop saviour Erika de Casier channels classic & woozy 00’s RnB heartbreak. Fans of Aaliyah, Brandy, Ciara etc should book their tickets now for their new favourite goddess."
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A gig held at Strange Brew on Sunday 14th November. The event starts at 19:30.
Strange Brew & Damnatio Memoriae are very excited to bring one of the most essential names in modern RnB to Bristol as part of her 2021 UK & European Tour
Born in Portugal to Belgian and Cape Verdean parents and raised in Denmark, Erika de Casier initially made her mark as an ally of the Regelbau collective (home to Danish house acts DJ Sports, C.K and Central) before writing, co-producing and releasing debut album, Essentials, through her own Independent Jeep label. Her take on 90s/00s R&B became a slow-burn success story and Essentials graced Best of 2019 lists at Mixmag, Gorilla vs. Bear, FACT, Dummy, and Crack Magazine.
Her second album, Sensational, has recently been released by 4AD. Where Essentials dealt more with the infatuation stages of love, Sensational has more of an attitude, aiming to dismantle the stereotype of single women looking for love, tackling relationship dramas and the toxicity of dating. It was a chance to rewrite scenarios in ways that empowered her, fantasising about what could’ve been. Sensational was co-produced by de Casier and Natal Zaks and is a breath of fresh air to anyone with a passion for music in all its genres, as much influenced by Aaliyah and Janet Jackson as house, garage and techno. With hushed, pillow-soft vocals and production that references turn-of-the-millenium sounds, de Casier’s sound surveys the past while looking to the future.
In support is Joviale, a multidisciplinary artist from North London making otherworldly, immersive music that
plays with “minimal textures, killer interjections and vocals that are equal parts restraint and
rage.” (The Times) Looping these high vocals with heady, emotional chords, they weave a
screen around the listener, pulling them into chaptered, strangely sweet variations of the artist.
For their forthcoming EP Hurricane Belle [NEVER SEVEN], Joviale combines warm sensual
exposure with a flash of teeth, as the fictional Hurricane Belle whirls onto the scene, an
embodiment of the “sense of electric and spiralised chaos” erupting from the artist’s centre.
Industrial, insatiable and metallic, Hurricane Belle is embedded in the album not only through
sound, but also through sight.
Entry requirements:
Born in Portugal to Belgian and Cape Verdean parents and raised in Denmark, Erika de Casier initially made her mark as an ally of the Regelbau collective (home to Danish house acts DJ Sports, C.K and Central) before writing, co-producing and releasing debut album, Essentials, through her own Independent Jeep label. Her take on 90s/00s R&B became a slow-burn success story and Essentials graced Best of 2019 lists at Mixmag, Gorilla vs. Bear, FACT, Dummy, and Crack Magazine.
Her second album, Sensational, has recently been released by 4AD. Where Essentials dealt more with the infatuation stages of love, Sensational has more of an attitude, aiming to dismantle the stereotype of single women looking for love, tackling relationship dramas and the toxicity of dating. It was a chance to rewrite scenarios in ways that empowered her, fantasising about what could’ve been. Sensational was co-produced by de Casier and Natal Zaks and is a breath of fresh air to anyone with a passion for music in all its genres, as much influenced by Aaliyah and Janet Jackson as house, garage and techno. With hushed, pillow-soft vocals and production that references turn-of-the-millenium sounds, de Casier’s sound surveys the past while looking to the future.
In support is Joviale, a multidisciplinary artist from North London making otherworldly, immersive music that
plays with “minimal textures, killer interjections and vocals that are equal parts restraint and
rage.” (The Times) Looping these high vocals with heady, emotional chords, they weave a
screen around the listener, pulling them into chaptered, strangely sweet variations of the artist.
For their forthcoming EP Hurricane Belle [NEVER SEVEN], Joviale combines warm sensual
exposure with a flash of teeth, as the fictional Hurricane Belle whirls onto the scene, an
embodiment of the “sense of electric and spiralised chaos” erupting from the artist’s centre.
Industrial, insatiable and metallic, Hurricane Belle is embedded in the album not only through
sound, but also through sight.
Entry requirements:
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