TOUR DATES 2025
“A voice of supreme subtlety and honeyed depth. Her mesmerizing voice and magnetic stage presence should encourage many to follow where she leads… ”
With a full bag of deeply groove-driven songs, Julia Biel’s ‘astral soul’ sound takes listeners on an immersive, energising and intriguing journey into the parallel universe of the collective subconscious. Equally at home freely improvising in the moment as performing her written songs, the boundaries are frequently blurred, resulting in exciting one-off performances coming from an outer-national space.
Whilst containing echoes of the legacies given us by Nina Simone, Alice Coltrane, Roberta Flack and Joni Mitchell, Julia Biel’s instinctive and self-taught artistry also carries within it the unmistakable sound of her South African ancestry, connecting her to a long line of artists using music as a powerful force in the quest for spiritual liberation.
“« Dans un paysage où les chanteuses se suivent et se ressemblent trop souvent - technique impeccable, jolie voix, joli minois et pas une once de fibre artistique pour animer l’automate d’une vie propre, Julia Biel détonne résolument. Rien de conventionnel dans son approche. Elle ne reprend pas de standards, ne se soucie pas de swinguer, ne scate pas, ne cherche pas davantage à charmer.
La seule leçon qu’elle dit avoir retenue, notamment en écoutant Billie Holiday et Nina Simone, demeure la plus simple de toutes: être soi.»
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