ELBI
The first time I encountered the artist known as Elbi ( real
name Lucille Bauer ) was opening for Liverpudlian Goth folk
Bird at Edinburgh's Electric Circus. J.P the Manager of
the live haunt bumped in to her outside one day, she was looking at
the upcoming gig's, they got talking and he booked her to play. Also I was
looking for a female Electro act to open for my Electric
Wonderland gig at the same venue. Needless to say after seeing
her live I instantly booked her myself.
She has since built up a a fan base through word of mouth and was
seen playing around the Capital frequently. She announced the
BBC had asked her to play their bar tent in the Fringe festival. A
event I had discovered Plum at the year before. Of course I
went along. They loved her performance and tunes so much they asked
her back , this time to headline and I had my review book in hand:
Elbi takes the stage wearing a Indian headdress and fires
up the laptop, all smiles and groove. Melodic notes ring out, Opening
tune My name is Elbi she says. “E.L.B.I , see, it's easy “
The gorgeous You don't really know follows. Reminding me of
Amy Winehouse sharing a bottle of wine with Laura Maluva. Introducing a new tune Something which she tells us was
written only a few weeks ago. The French soul star in the making
takes a detour in to Hip-Hop territory. The set flows well in to a
cover of a French rapper on Caroline.
Higher Ground is her collaboration with Brighton Electronic
Producers Ambassadeurs with it's French dialect intro, soulful rap and delicious melody. She moves and grooves, animated to
say the least, fun and very Sassy. Showing off her range and
diversity.
Another new song Hey Lover has a house music edge ,
very tribal and atmospheric. She tells me later using Ableton
live it has unleashed a new world in sounds.
She
finishes with live favorite Mambo
Mambo
, Elbi
shows she's a natural live headline act by encouraging the audience
to repeat her lyrics after her. Looking round there's a few happy
faces obliging. She's winning us over. She moves in to the crowd.
It's absolutely uplifting, jazzy, soulful - Electro pop to the highest
degree.
Unfortunately for Edinburgh this is her last gig in the city
for a while with her moving back to her native country France .
A must see live act and with a upcoming E.P penciled in for early
2014, New tune: https://soundcloud.com/elbimusic/king-louis-jungle-book-cover is a taster of it, Showing her sense of humor, covering a classic Disney tune.
More collaboration's penciled in ; one with Glasgow's Bass heads Gingerbeard
Men https://soundcloud.com/gingerbeardmen/toddla-t-pandoras-box plus a prospect of her bringing over a full band, exciting times
ahead. Lucille also has a talented brother who is a quality house producer,
together they call themselves
Mooney Mooney Brooklyn and
what a vibe they have created. Check out their cool and playful video here:
If
I can just say to Elbi,
we'll miss you and PLEASE
COME BACK
very soon. votre
une étoile
https://soundcloud.com/elbimusic/please-come-back-live-mp3
Elbi has finally released her long awaited E.P
http://elbi.bandcamp.com/
(GET IT HERE)
Elbi has finally released her long awaited E.P
http://elbi.bandcamp.com/
(GET IT HERE)
I had the pleasure of seeing Elbi at the Electric Wonderland gig. I was immediately hooked, she really is a star in the making. Can't wait to see where she goes next
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