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Vanessa Daou

- New York, NY Electronica / Downtempo / Nu-Jazz

Vanessa Daou

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Members: Vanessa Daou

Sounds Like: Sade, Dido, Portishead, Norah Jones, Martina Topley Bird

Label: DAOU Records

Manager: Craig Roseberry shiftymusic@earthlink.net

Bio: Vanessa Daou is known internationally for her signature vocal style. TIME Magazine writes: "Vanessa Daou's Jazz and Pop make an exhilarating mix... Built on piano, synthesizers and Daou's mesmerizing, Billie Holiday-like vocals, the music conjures up the cool mood of an urban nightscape."

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Press

“Daou's ghostly vocals billow and swirl like a thick, phosphorous dream.”

— Inside Entertainment, Canada

“...Joe Sent Me is different, creating a gently strange portal between now and then, constructing a distinctive world of its own but without sacrificing the depth of insight into what makes a heartbeat.”

— Jonny Mugwump, The Quietus

“Vanessa Daou's Jazz an Pop make an exhilarating mix. ”

— TIME

“Consequences: The lyrics are suggestive and the visuals are nothing short of invigorating. Fans of Portishead, Massive Attack, Artemis and Divasonic take note...”

— Brian Ball, Femmebox

“Daou’s otherworldly headspace is so compellingly dreamlike, it's inescapable.”

— Imran Khan, PopMatters

“If Louis Malle were alive and making films, this would be the soundtrack."”

— Collin Kelly - Modern Confessional

“Daou's music is hypnotic, European in consciousness with a steamy Latin quality. It's quite something.”

— Graham Reid, Elsewhere by Graham Reid

“Part smooth jazz, part experimental folk - Miss Daou paints an aural portrait of a smoky basement lounge where a sexy poetess performs side by side with a sensual chanteuse. ”

— Anji Bee, anjibee.com

“Continuing to morph her artistic approach with minimalism and spoken word, Joe Sent Me is a comeback for Daou that ought to be celebrated.”

— David Byrne, Windy City TImes

“Think of the smoky torchiness of someone like Sade, and then apply it to what it might sound like recording your girlfriend as she achieves multiple orgasms and you begin to get the idea here.”

— Glen Boyd, Blog Critics

“Electronica, smooth jazz, drum-and-bass. Poet, chanteuse, painter. Vanessa Daou is one artist who thrives on not being pigeonholed. ”

— David Byrne, Windy City Times

“On an album where grime and elegance rub shoulders, Daou fosters a musical space where her electro-grooves and acoustic set-ups coalesce. ”

— Imran Khan, Inside Entertainment, Canada

“Her songs are not attacks but rather invitations, even flirtations, to sensual involvement.”

— Billy Manes, Music Hound Essential Album Guide

“Her throaty wail on songs like "Consequenses" is a seduction made-to-order.”

— Erin Lyndel Martin, Limewire

“When it comes to pure out and out eroticism, no one has ever communicated this as perfectly as Vanessa Daou did on her tragically slept on, Erica Jong-inspired album Zipless. ”

— Glen Boyd, Blog Critics

"Black&White" mp3jackpot winner: "...a collage of slow-burning smoky jazz, hazy Delta Blues, radiant electronic pop, and sultry soul you hope you'd find in a lounge in Paris."

— eye_present, mp3jackpot

“On Vanessa Daou's Joe Sent Me, sultry vocals fit comfortably with beats that are easy to dance to. Daou's voice, evocative of chanteuses Sade and Anggun, is by far the standout element of this album. ”

— Erin Lyndal Martin, Limewire

“Her music oozes sensuality, suggests forbidden pleasures, and promises a very enjoyable, safely hedonistic time indeed where the lights are dim and the outline of entwined bodies writhe in slo-mo. ... ”

— Graham Reid, Elsewhere by Graham Reid

“...a real world of music and poetry to a new dimension of electronica: electroerotica. [Joe Sent Me] is so powerfully erotic that made me replace Sade’s "Love is stronger then pride" and discard all the mediocre lazy Sunday afternoon lovers.”

— GENT, Love, Words, Music

“Joe Sent Me is amazing. The music reminds me of Miles Davis’ score for Elevator to the Gallows, and the spoken word element is really strong here; much more so than on the other records.”

— Collin Kelley, Ouroboros Review

“Imagine Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell on a date, entering a folk club only to discover its turned into an avant-garde underground club. Jazz, dance, folk and rock mingle and become indistinguishable...”

— URB

“Gentlemen, forget those Luther Vandross and Marvin Gaye records. This is an eargasm to truly be appreciated. ”

— Glen Boyd, Blog Critics

“Vanessa Daou's breathy whisper-singing is so perfectly suited to this sultry after-hours serenade.”

— vitaminsexia, mp34u

“Best of 2008 - Sensual and poetic texts, languorous electro-jazz of an almost palpable softness, Joe Sent Me feel is a small marvel in its genre.”

— Discordance - France

“[S]eriously worthy of your attention is the latest album from erotic torch-singer/songwriter/nu-jazz icon Vanessa Daou, "Joe Sent Me"... I have followed Vanessa's music avidly over the years, and this album is her best to date.”

— Gary Lucas Blog

“[L]aid back blues princess, sexual tease, and gossamer aroma in sound. Daou's style is her own and it's consistently recognizable.”

— Ken Micallef, Better Living Through MP3

"Fusing jazz, pop, dance grooves, and sexually explicit lyrics, Vanessa Daou may be one of the most daring new artists of the 20th century."

— All Music Guide

“...this woman puts sexiness into everything she sings. ”

— Windy City Times

“Vanessa Daou's breathy, intimate vocals stride clear across the jazz-inflected dance pop of Slow to Burn. Daou's flow is embellished by the deft, insinuating rhythms of the music.”

— VIBE

“[Vanessa's] smoky whisper is vulnerability itself, pure late-night allure that is chilling because it acts as a spectral knife-edge, both empowering and dangerous.”

— music.com

“When she sings ”cool sex” in that smooth, intimate voice of hers, almost whispering into your ear, well, it does funny things to you... Steamy and emotional in equal parts. ”

— Mixer

“Utterly sublime, music that can beam across the biggest dancefloor, soothe an upper east side soiree or provide the backdrop to a transcontinental cinematic drive... ”

— Paper

“Being the groundbreaking artist that she is, Vanessa was one of the first artists to sell merchandise through her Web site.”

— Windy City Times

“...as tantric and seductive as breathing underwater.”

— Bikini Magazine

“Her subliminal psycho-sexual innuendos are not for the faint of heart but they take you where you want to go - to that turned-on state of musical nirvana.”

— mwe3.com

“Vital Pop is a list of 50 of the most essential pop albums...”

— Slant Magazine

“Combining elements of jazz, blues, and alternative, Vanessa Daou has emerged as one of the most musical and provocative vocalists on the pop scene.”

— KCRW

“On her fourth solo album, [Vanessa Daou] continues to follow the beat of her own drum, bucking the norm for her own artistic integrity. Drawing from electronic, pop, and jazz, Make You Love drips with romance, sensuality, and much love.”

— Billboard

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NAMIK KC
Nice vocals and beats
David P. Reinen
Vanessa, such a great, sultry voice - on top of the groove embers you have here - love it all.
Ivan The Great/Monst...
I got you on RN I got you On Twit I got you on FB, Thanks for the same love Let's go platinum, Nephew, I am Ivan The Great, The first Beat Maker In hip hop History, I g...
Tyrone Smith
If we don't envision ourself as a success, no one else will either. Dream it and Be it... Keep Jammin' & Continue to Strive! http://facebook.com/OfficialTyroneSmith
DITRADEM
Great Work, Happy New Year, full of success, all the best, best regards, DITRADEM
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aWESOME mUSIC!gOOD lUCK oN rN!

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