Музыка и песни Biel, Julia / Biel, Julia

With 'Black and White, Volume 1' Julia Biel presents her fourth and so far most personal album. Entitled both as a reference to the piano and as a commentary on the binary concepts of "black" and "white", in a world that she believes should be post-'racial' by now. Music that comes from the depth of her soul and strives up to the light. Eleven songs, dressed only in her voice and piano playing, as seductive as they are vulnerable and at the same time strong and confident. Eleven songs that captivate in their simplicity and with which she finally leaves the status of an insider tip behind. The London singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist and producer moves in a musically creative intermediate realm of jazz, alternative pop, soul and gospel. Julia Biel manages to combine intellectual ambition and emotionality. Her voice reflects the experience of hope and privation, of grief and happiness. Julia Biel is not one of the great vocal acrobats, but her compositions are imbued with her unique, grandiose voice leading and her magical magic immediately captures the listener and never lets go. Recorded in her own studio, produced by her longtime partner Idris Rahman and mixed by Emre Ramazanoglu, the music is enchanting from the very first note. Born in England with British and German nationality and with South African roots, she accompanies herself on the black and white keyboard of the piano and at the same time fights against any polarizing black and white thinking. Her music creates soundscapes through which she wants to reach people emotionally. At the same time she confronts the listeners with her attitude, shakes them up, fights against injustice. "Because on the level of shared emotions, people can discover common ground," says Julia. "Skin colour, socialisation, political persuasion or any other social construct should not have any influence on our ability to understand the other person, to put ourselves in their place. Nor should anyone be allowed to be prejudiced, to deny someone the right to express human feelings in all their facets." Their songs are about confusion, pain, uncertainty, joy and sadness, permeated by touching poetry and the not always easy coping with everyday life. This dialectic, of melancholic vitality and tangible authenticity, gives her a very own artistic claim. Even if some names of great vocalists are repeatedly referred to in reference to Julia Biel: on "Black And White, Volume 1" she sets her own standards, which will certainly influence other singers.

Record Label: Naive Style: Ambient