Selah Sue: Selah Sue
Selah Sue
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- Label: Because, 2011
- Release date: 12.4.2018
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Selah Sue wuchs in einer kleinen Stadt in Belgien in einer Familie auf, in der niemand etwas mit Musik zu tun hatte. Es ist die Geschichte einer jungen Frau, die ihre jugendlichen Sorgen in ihre Texte und mit ihrer Gitarre in ihre Musik übertrug. Als Fan von Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu und Bob Marley entstehen aus ihren Zweifeln Songs aus Soul, Funk und Reggae. Schon während ihrer Schulzeit singt sie in Clubs. Zu Hause und bei Freunden entstehen Aufnahmen, die sie auf MySpace ins Netz stellt.
Tausende von Fans reagieren und dies wiederum erregt die Aufmerksamkeit von Because Music, die mit der jungen Musikerin eine erste Platte mit prominenter Unterstützung aufnehmen: Farhot (Nneka) und Patrice übernehmen die Produktion des Albums, Meshell Ndegeocello nimmt mit Selah den Song “Mommy” auf. Cee-Lo Green begleitet sie bei einem Duett und bittet sie, den Track (“Please”) auf seinem eigenen Album veröffentlichen zu dürfen.
Gleich ihre erste Single “Raggamuffin” wurde online mehr als 1 Million mal abgerufen. Ihr jetzt vorliegendes erstes Album verschmilzt elektrischen Rock, Hip-Hop und Soul Funk miteinander: ein ehrgeiziges Projekt ohne musikalische Grenzziehungen.
Selah Sue was not destined to become an artist. “I grew up in a really little town in Belgium, and none of my family was into music,” reveals the twenty-one year old, with refreshing sincerity. “As a kid, I wanted to be a ballerina. I danced from the age of six to twelve”.
Even without romanticising it, her story is like a fairy tale. It’s the story of a young musician who ignores her fate, and pours her anxieties into her songs and her guitar. “I had all these worries and depressions that I wrote down, it was a way of structuring my thoughts”.
She turns her doubts into soul, funk and reggae melodies, trying hard to be worthy of her idols, Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu and Bob Marley. She sings in local clubs on the weekend and attends high school during the week. She records in home-studios, at friends houses, and publishes drafts of her songs on Myspace, without a thought of making a career in music.
What happens next seems almost unreal. Thousands of fans respond to her on the net, attracting the attention of professionals, and the interest of Because Music, which eventually leads to a record deal for the young musician. Then Farhot (Nneka) and Patrice take on the production of her first album. Meshell Ndegeocello stays with her in the studio for two days to produce the track “Mommy”. Cee-Lo Green agrees to accompany her on a duet and ends up asking her to put the track (“Please”) on his own album. And, last but not least, last autumn Prince offered her a coveted support slot at his show in Antwerp, Belgium.
To put it in a nutshell, in just two years, Selah Sue has fulfilled her dreams. To keep her grounded, she has insisted on keeping the songs she wrote during her teens for her debut album. It’s a way of reminding the world that she has not been unfairly spoiled by destiny and that before Prince, Cee-Lo Green, radio play and incredible press, there was just a teenage girl, with her guitar, who was chosen spontaneously by fans on the net.
For example, her first single “Raggamuffin” is one of her oldest songs and was viewed more than a million times online. “This track symbolizes me” she explains. “It shows my soulful and singing side, but also my hard side, between rap and ragga. When my manager asked me who I wanted to work with, I said Farhot straight away, as I’m a fan of Nneka. But I also wanted an intimate, dark, melodious record, with light and lively beats. Farhot is crazy about digital sounds and Patrice, who I know well, was the ideal man for the melodious part. They were my two accomplices in the studio.”
Her first album is ambitious. It is a smart melting pot between electric rock, organic hip-hop and soul-funk. The eleven tracks shift from poignant ballads like “Mommy” to wilder styles like “Crazy Vibes”. Like Janelle Monae, M. I.A. or Aloe Blacc, Selah Sue belongs to a new generation for whom music has no boundaries.
,,Die 19-jährige belgische Sängerin röhrt wie eine reife Afro-Amerikanerin mit einigen Jahrzehnten Bühnenerfahrung. Selah Sue - oder Sanne Putseys, wie sie richtig heißt - beherrscht Soul, Rock, HipHop und Blues, doch ihre eigentliche Erdung liegt im Raggamuffin und Reggae. Meist bewegt sie sich durch verschmustes Terrain, dabei kann ihre Stimme ordentlich anheizen, wenn sie will. Duffy darf man im Regal nach hinten räumen, Selah Sue zieht vorbei." (Stereo, August 2011)
,,Die Belgierin vermischt Ragga und Dubstep mit zeitgenössischem R&B und empfiehlt sich für den internationalen Markt. Patrice produziert, Cee-Lo singt mit. Nicht uncharmant." (Rolling Stone, Juli 2011)
,,Ein reifes Debüt voller ,,crazy vibes"." (stereoplay, September 2011)
Tausende von Fans reagieren und dies wiederum erregt die Aufmerksamkeit von Because Music, die mit der jungen Musikerin eine erste Platte mit prominenter Unterstützung aufnehmen: Farhot (Nneka) und Patrice übernehmen die Produktion des Albums, Meshell Ndegeocello nimmt mit Selah den Song “Mommy” auf. Cee-Lo Green begleitet sie bei einem Duett und bittet sie, den Track (“Please”) auf seinem eigenen Album veröffentlichen zu dürfen.
Gleich ihre erste Single “Raggamuffin” wurde online mehr als 1 Million mal abgerufen. Ihr jetzt vorliegendes erstes Album verschmilzt elektrischen Rock, Hip-Hop und Soul Funk miteinander: ein ehrgeiziges Projekt ohne musikalische Grenzziehungen.
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Selah Sue was not destined to become an artist. “I grew up in a really little town in Belgium, and none of my family was into music,” reveals the twenty-one year old, with refreshing sincerity. “As a kid, I wanted to be a ballerina. I danced from the age of six to twelve”.
Even without romanticising it, her story is like a fairy tale. It’s the story of a young musician who ignores her fate, and pours her anxieties into her songs and her guitar. “I had all these worries and depressions that I wrote down, it was a way of structuring my thoughts”.
She turns her doubts into soul, funk and reggae melodies, trying hard to be worthy of her idols, Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu and Bob Marley. She sings in local clubs on the weekend and attends high school during the week. She records in home-studios, at friends houses, and publishes drafts of her songs on Myspace, without a thought of making a career in music.
What happens next seems almost unreal. Thousands of fans respond to her on the net, attracting the attention of professionals, and the interest of Because Music, which eventually leads to a record deal for the young musician. Then Farhot (Nneka) and Patrice take on the production of her first album. Meshell Ndegeocello stays with her in the studio for two days to produce the track “Mommy”. Cee-Lo Green agrees to accompany her on a duet and ends up asking her to put the track (“Please”) on his own album. And, last but not least, last autumn Prince offered her a coveted support slot at his show in Antwerp, Belgium.
To put it in a nutshell, in just two years, Selah Sue has fulfilled her dreams. To keep her grounded, she has insisted on keeping the songs she wrote during her teens for her debut album. It’s a way of reminding the world that she has not been unfairly spoiled by destiny and that before Prince, Cee-Lo Green, radio play and incredible press, there was just a teenage girl, with her guitar, who was chosen spontaneously by fans on the net.
For example, her first single “Raggamuffin” is one of her oldest songs and was viewed more than a million times online. “This track symbolizes me” she explains. “It shows my soulful and singing side, but also my hard side, between rap and ragga. When my manager asked me who I wanted to work with, I said Farhot straight away, as I’m a fan of Nneka. But I also wanted an intimate, dark, melodious record, with light and lively beats. Farhot is crazy about digital sounds and Patrice, who I know well, was the ideal man for the melodious part. They were my two accomplices in the studio.”
Her first album is ambitious. It is a smart melting pot between electric rock, organic hip-hop and soul-funk. The eleven tracks shift from poignant ballads like “Mommy” to wilder styles like “Crazy Vibes”. Like Janelle Monae, M. I.A. or Aloe Blacc, Selah Sue belongs to a new generation for whom music has no boundaries.
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,,Die 19-jährige belgische Sängerin röhrt wie eine reife Afro-Amerikanerin mit einigen Jahrzehnten Bühnenerfahrung. Selah Sue - oder Sanne Putseys, wie sie richtig heißt - beherrscht Soul, Rock, HipHop und Blues, doch ihre eigentliche Erdung liegt im Raggamuffin und Reggae. Meist bewegt sie sich durch verschmustes Terrain, dabei kann ihre Stimme ordentlich anheizen, wenn sie will. Duffy darf man im Regal nach hinten räumen, Selah Sue zieht vorbei." (Stereo, August 2011)
,,Die Belgierin vermischt Ragga und Dubstep mit zeitgenössischem R&B und empfiehlt sich für den internationalen Markt. Patrice produziert, Cee-Lo singt mit. Nicht uncharmant." (Rolling Stone, Juli 2011)
,,Ein reifes Debüt voller ,,crazy vibes"." (stereoplay, September 2011)
- Tracklisting
- Contributors
Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
- 1 This World
- 2 Peace Of Mind
- 3 Raggamuffin
- 4 Crazy Vibes
- 5 Black Part Love
- 6 Mommy
- 7 Explanations
- 8 Please
- 9 Summertime
- 10 Crazy Sufferin Style
- 11 Fyah Fyah
- 12 Just Because I Do
