Amel Larrieux

Biographie :

“[Morning] is a tight, 10-song set that’s Grade-A prime choice- no filler.”- Billboard, April 2006

“’Bravebird’ sounds like some brilliant rare-groove thing you’d find in a used-record store. Except it’s really one of the most off-the-hook new soul albums in years.” - Rolling Stone, February 5, 2004

“With talent like Larrieux’s, anything is possible.” – Vibe, March, 2000

An urban chanteuse by birth, the bi-coastal Amel Larrieux grew up in a West Village "artists building" in New York, her parents exposing her early to bohemian characters and experiences that would mold her eclectic sensibilities. By 18, sure that she wanted to express herself musically, she wrote a song and created a demo tape, which led to her pairing with Bryce Wilson to form the duo Groove Theory. As lead siren and co-writer for the group, Amel enjoyed success with "Tell Me," which broke the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 and the top five on the R&B charts before being certified gold in October 1995.

Amel recently released her third solo album, Morning (Blisslife Records) on April 25, 2006. Amel fuses a range of genres – R&B, soul, hip-hop, jazz and folk, with flashes of Middle Eastern, West African, and Indian styles. Inspired by a friend who felt "tired of having to be strong," Amel wrote the first single "Weary" for hard-working single people all over.

The title track, "Morning," speaks of sleepless nights and the longing for the morning to come so the feeling of time standing still will disappear, while "Earn My Affection" is influenced by early blues recordings and “Trouble” features a playful melody and light-hearted acoustic guitar. "Mountain of When" speaks of procrastination due to self-doubt and features delayed backgrounds through delayed effect, giving the illusion of the vocals piling upon each other.

Flying high with a Grammy nomination for her work on Stanley Clarke’s "Where is The Love," Amel Larrieux stretched her wings in Bravebird (Blisslife Records), her second solo effort that was released in 2004, rising courageously into atmosphere untouched by her contemporaries. The ballad "For Real" pulses with the beat of early Prince, offering a classic, unabashed ode to the human heart. In "Bravebird,” Amel mourns female circumcision by describing a fearless victim who fled her native Somalia for the U.S.

In her solo debut in 2000, Infinite Possibilities (Epic), Amel crafted a veritable concept album that explored an endless range of promise and potential. Its single "Get Up” is an ode to working people became a modern anthem and magnet for the growing legion of Amel’s fans.

Amel has contributed to film soundtracks, writing and singing in such films as Barbershop, Love Jones, Down To Earth, and Sunset Park, as well a Mercedes Benz commercial. Former Sade guitarist Stuart Matthewman sought Amel to sing on an album for his band Sweetback. She has also collaborated with hip-hop supergroup The Roots on several songs and tours. She was also recently recognized with a Grammy nomination in the Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals, for "Where is the Love" by Stanley Clarke, on which she joined Glenn Lewis as a featured vocalist.

Equal to Amel’s vocal and writing talent is her alluring beauty and eclectic style. She has been spotlighted as a style maven in Essence, Honey, Harper’s Bazaar, Trace, The Fader and other magazines and was also featured in the Coach anniversary print campaign. More recently her vocal talent and beauty have been central to Coca-Cola’s "Keep It Real" campaign in television, radio and print ads. She is also a trained dancer.

She is happily married to manager, producer and musical collaborator Laru Larrieux and is the proud mother of two girls, Sanji-Rei (7) and Sky (11), whose singing on Morning proves that the apple does not fall far from the tree.

source : le site officiel

Discographie :
Infinite possibilities - 550 Music/Epic (2000)
Bravebird - Blisslife (2004)
Morning - Blisslife (2006)

site officiel
http://www.amellarrieux.com/

myspace
http://www.myspace.com/bravebird2

Get up
INI
Sweet misery
Searchin' for my soul
Even if
Infinite possibilities
Shine
Down
Weather
Make me whole

For real
Bravebird
Dear to me
All I got
Beyond
We can be new
Giving something up
Your eyes
Congo
Sacred
Say you want it all
All I got2

Trouble
Unanswered question
"No one else"
Earn my affections
Weary
Morning
Gills and tails
Magic
Just one
Mountain of when

du lourd Amel Larrieux, mais j'ai pas accroché à son dernier album que j'ai trouvé très somnifère

perso je reste scotchée sur "make me whole"

je venais voir si personne avai fait de fiche sur elle et quesque je vois lol

bah jmet la biographie en francais et puis voila lol

Amel Larrieux est une chanteuse de soul/folk qui grandit à New York aux Etats-Unis. Sa mère, qui est prof de danse, l'élève dans un environnement artistique. Elle forme le duo Groove Theory avec Bryce Wilson, connu sous le nom de Bryce Luvah, et enregistre le single Tell Me ainsi que l'album Groove Theory en 1995, c'est à partir de cette année là qu'elle a commencé à se faire un nom. L'année suivante, elle chante pour instrumental Sweetback composé d'anciens musiciens de Sade. C'est en 2000 qu'elle enregistre son premier album intitulé Infinite Possibilies un album qui sonne assez jazz.

Son 2e album est produit par son mari Laru Larrieux. Elle en profite pour changer de label et signe avec Blisslife Records. L'album est plus intimiste que le précédent et a un coté chaleureux.
Les synthés rappellent le son 70's, et l'album a un petit coté old school motown.

En 2006 elle sort son 3e album intitulé Morning, encore plus pétillant et joyeux que les 2 précédents.

je voulais la mettre en français, mais bon je voyais flou avant hier alors pas pratique^^

Sortie 2007

01. If I Were A Bell
02. Try Your Wings
03. Lucky To Be Me
04. Wild Is The Wind
05. Shadow Of Your Smile
06. You're My Thrill
07. Younger Than Springtime
08. Something Wonderful
09. If I Loved You
10. I Like The Sunrise


*mise a jour*

J'connais pas vmt je pencherais une oreille dessus