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Our
Review:
Curl
II was packed! A great night with so much talent in
the house - Stephanie Jean opened the evening with
her growing collection of ballads and infectuous grooves
followed by a mezmerizing set by Craig Norton on electric
guitar as David Lane took to the second stage for
life drawing around 11pm. Malcolm Johnson's performance
monologue added to the already heightened energy followed
by NeNah Reece's edgy atmospheric pop. Then a short
open mike session drew the largest applause when visiting
Atlantan, Leslie Seamands, performed opera. Soressa
Gardner then took to the stage with a new twist to
her set and the evening ended with a late crowd showing
up for Sonicjoy's ethereal electronica. All were "caught
in the curl" that night and thanks to all we
had an amazing event!
Live
Musical Stylings by...
Sonicjoy
- New
to Beautiful House, Sonicjoy blends electronica trance
vibes with world beats and middle eastern acoustic
instrumentation. Sonicjoy is built around the ethereal
lyrics and vocals of Joyelle Brandt. Featuring a global
collection of instruments, Sonicjoy incorporates everything
from tabla to snake charmer to djembe.
Sonicjoy
Promotional Photo
Soressa
Gardner - Soressa's song writing appeals to
lyric-hungry listeners with an ear for quirky story-telling.
Her distinct style of urban folk explores inner workings
and secret selves. We're glad she's back, with new
material to boot, after her first Beautiful House
performance at our first Curl event in April.
Soressa
Gardner Promotional Photo
NeNah
Reece - She describes her music as "edgy
and atmospheric pop". Singer/songwriter, NeNah
Reece, has been making a fresh start with her guitar
over the past year - performing a number of solo,
2-piece and 3-piece gigs in Vancouver including recent
gigs at Cafe Montmartre, Cafe De Soleil and Divas
@ Babalu. We're glad she's back after her first Beautiful
House performance at our Angel event.
NeNah
Reece at our Angel event
Stephanie
Jean - New to Beautiful House, this 22 year
old pop recording artist has spent the past two years
recording tracks off her 'advance ep' and forthcoming
CD. Stephanie wants to sings songs that are "positive
and leave people with feelings of hope". With
airplay already on Z95.3, Stephanie loves how music
can "cross all barriers and touch people in so
many ways - to be able to do that myself is something
very exciting."
Stephanie
Jean Promotional Photo
Craig
Norton - He describes his music as "romantic
love - except I’m on the loosing end". A
self taught guitar player and singer/songwriter, Craig
will be recording his debut CD this summer after performing
original material regularly at various open mike nights
around Vancouver for the past year or so. We're glad
he's back after his first Beautiful performances at
our Angel and The Four Loves events.
Spoken
Word by...
Malcolm
Johnson - A
BC-based creative and freelance writer, Malcolm’s
first collection of works, a collaboration with Victoria
writer Matthew Hooton, was published in January. Striving
for some sort of marriage between the sacred and the
profane, Malcolm’s writing is focused on "unique
characters and interesting language”. "An
emerging CanLit star" he has also performed spoken
word at cafe's in Victoria and was featured on CBC
Radio this spring. We're glad he's back after his
first Beautiful House performance at The Four Loves
event.
Life
Drawing (Drop In Session)...
New
and returning drop-in sketchers came with their brushes
and pencils in hand Our
model for the evening was David
Lane.
DJ's
In The Chillout Room...
Diverse
and Steve "Disco" Hornung - Curl
your hair and shake your sweet groove thang at this
Summer's most fabulous Beautiful House party with
DJ's Diverse and Disco spinning in The Chillout Room
and latenight on the dancefloor.
Display
Art by...
GReY
- A
collection of original art by local artist Grey was
on display by promoter Christopher Small.
Event
Merchandise:
Available
for purchase, albums by Sonicjoy,
Soressa
Gardner, and
Stephanie
Jean and artwork by GReY.
To
order, email: merch@gallerylounge.com.
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