Fries, Lea Maria
Cleo
Lea Maria Fries emerges from Switzerland's expanding music scene with her debut album 'Cleo'. Predominantly written and composed by the artist, with production coming from her bassist, Julien Herné. This deep and delicate work is full of stories recounting an artist's quest to write her own future. Tales told with confidence, maturity and sensitivity. Her music, rooted in black music and jazz also has some experimental leanings, jumping from different styles and even languages, these 13 tracks showcase sonic leanings with elegance and beauty. Lea's voice and charisma may evoke the explorations of Mélanie De Biasio and also the bewitching presence of Portishead's Beth Gibbons. Like her peers the stage is her domain, she inhabits and dominates it with charisma and elegance, with an attitude that she claims is both "classy and trashy"