CAROLINE NIN

JAZZ :

Jazz is the school of Caroline Nin. She listens to Ella Fitzgerald’s live Berlin album 1954 and her singing career is born. Singing tuition with an opera singer, she discovers Callas, "the genius ".

 
She grows into " scat ", a singing improvisation technique invented by Satchmo (Louis Armstrong), and while listening to Sarah Vaughan, " the vocal instrument ".

Billie Holiday invites her into the subtlety of harmony, she is unique and inimitable Exploring the huge repertoire of Nina Simone, from jazz to South African music, from Kurt Weill to Brel. Nin follows, she adventures into Cabaret.

CABARET :

Cabaret is Caroline Nin’s "lounge". She is familiar with the cinematic and musical masterpieces of Marlene Dietrich, "her beauty". She has been a fan since her teenage years. She discovers Edith Piaf, "the ultimate gift", she is besotted and records her first album, "If you love me - Hymne à Edith Piaf". Sally Bowles becomes an integral part of her life. "Cabaret", its photography, the Berlin era, the decadent 30’s - Nin is in her element. Juliette Greco is a living example of stage passion, her knowledge, her poetry. Grace Jones, androgynous, modern cabaret, popular music ­ pop

POPULAR MUSIC :

A 4 track EP is in the making with lyrics by Caroline Nin and composed by Corine Sombrun and Sean Hargreaves, produced by James Knight (who has worked with Princess Julia and Moloko). It is entitled "A". Clearly an underground project which allows Nin to sing her own lyrics for the first time. The tracks are called : "je ne sais pas", "dommage", "le doute", "cocagne". A recent collaboration with the French group "Brady" (Paris Lounge 2 ­ Wagram), a song called "beautiful". Two singles : "My Harley Davidson" and "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) the latter illustrating Caroline’s first short film. Both tracks are produced by Hargreaves.

MUSICAL INFLUENCES:

Klaus Nomi, Serge Gainsbourg, Prince and the Revolution (Under the Cherry Moon), Madonna, Mirwais, Radiohead, Nina Hagen, Bowie, Roberta Flack, Moby, Innercity, S’express, One o one, Susheela Raman, Nitin Sawhney and many more ... Oh, of course, Kraftwerk.

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