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Hey all,

If are a student of the University of Westminster and if you wish to participate to the contest, send your answer to competition@freaknsee.com.

The question to the contest is posted all over the university so go check it out and win a pair of tickets to see Sophie perform at the Hoxton Bar and Kitchen next week, Tuesday 10th of November at 9 pm.


Good luck!

Hello friends,

Just to let you know that I just came back from a couple of days of touring (mostly in France this time, had a blast at Avignon Blues Festival and at Nancy Jazz Pulsations!), which will continue later this month, after staying in London for a few days .

Indeed this week i will be playing two great shows :

On Thursday the 15th at the Hermes corner in Liberty which they have transformed into heaven (you will understand when you come down), from 6 pm to 8 pm, it’s going to be very special, you should come down and let yourself be surprised….

On Friday the 16th, with Nouvelle Vague at the Roundhouse. I think it’s sold out by now, but - it’s worth cheking if there are some tickets left somewhere… or may be some of your friends have tickets already...? ;)

And then I will be back on the road, so here are the further dates for the tour :

28 Oct 2009 20:00
RKC Vevey, CH

29 Oct 2009 20:00
JAZZNOJAZZ Zurich, CH

30 Oct 2009 20:00
LE NOUMATROUFF Mulhouse, FR

10 Nov 2009 20:00
HOXTON BAR AND KITCHEN London, UK

12 Nov 2009 20:00
ESPACE MALRAUX Tours, FR

27 Nov 2009 20:00
GAZARTE Athens, GR

28 Nov 2009 20:00
GAZARTE Athens, GR


Looking forward to seeing you very soon !
Until then, take care and have fun ;-)

Lotsaluv
Sophie xx

ps: Thanks to the many people I've met on the road so far, you rock!!!!

Hello!

Finding a little time to update you on what's been going on... I've been playing and travelling a lot the past few weeks so it's been quite difficult to keep up with the blog but I guess compared to the past YEARS i'm not doing too bad... :)

This month is the release of the new album from Nouvelle Vague, called "3", which I'm featured on. I must say I am really excited about being on this record. I have followed Nouvelle Vague for a while now and always really liked what their work. http://www.myspace.com/nouvellevague

I met Marc, the producer of the project, after a NV show in London I guess about 2 years ago. So we stayed in touch and got to meet in his studio one day, recording about 3 or 4 tracks at once.. It was a great experience. It's very interesting for me to JUST SING. Since I didn't do any arrangement on the tunes (apart from one track that is not on NV3), and of course because it's all covers, there is no writing. It makes the process very quick and spontaneous, which I loved.

I'm not sure what the tracklist is in your country, but I did record "Say Hello Goodbye" from Softcell and "Such a Shame" from Talk Talk (and a few other ones which you will probably not hear anytime soon! lol) . I think "Such a Shame" is now a bonus track on the French print... I've done a little home made video for it.. I love the piano arrangement (which was originally made by M. Collin) so I really wanted to play it myself :)
Here it is...





Hope you enjoyed it ;)
Will write soon for more exciting things of this world...
I need to write about this tv show I did tonight "Si La Soul", in Paris... But before that, I've got to get some sleep and do some more travelling tomorrow.....
muchluv+goodnight
sophie xx

Hi there,
here we go for episode 2... If you don't know exactly what this is about, just read the intro to episode 1...


Nina Simone - The Look Of Love
Stevie Wonder - Black Man
Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Toto - Africa
T.A.T.U - All The Things She Said
Daft Punk - Revolution 909
Madonna - Rain
Marvin Gaye - I'd Give My Life To You
The Frames - Fake
Zero 7 - I Have Seen
The Revolutionaries - M.P.L.A
John Mayer - Slow Dancing In A Burning Room (LOVE John Mayer)
Gorillaz - Double Bass
The Cure - Let's Go To Bed
The Heptones - Freedom To The People
Otis Redding - I've Been Loving You Too Long
The Beatles - Something
Nicolas Conte - Jet Sounds
Fertile Ground - Take Me Higher
Sheryl Crow - Run Baby Run
Labi Siffre - I Got The Blues
Patrice Rushen - Haven't You Heard
Earth Wind and Fire - Where Have All The Flowers Gone
Charlie Organaire - Royal Charlie


That's it folks! ;)
xx

A few weeks ago a very good friend, quite concerned about the weight of the purse I have to carry everyday (and probably quite concerned about the complaining, too), offered me an ipod shuffle... you know, this little mp3 player that contains about 250 songs... and that is VERY light...? Well. I always thought it was a cool idea but I don't think I would have ever bought it myself. BUT now that I'm using it I'm really enjoying it ;).. Now, for those who don't know - there is a function called "random pick" or something, which hm... randomly picks (yeah!) some tunes on your computer to put them on the ipod... (I have quite a large library since i transfered pretty much all the records I've ever had - even the 'obscure' stuff, which you can't remember WHY you bought it in the first place... "what boyfriend actually got me into that music??") which means that, when you listen, 1-you never know what to expect 2- you cannot actually see who's performing and what the song is, because the ipod shuffle is too small and light to have that function (i guess?). So you find yourself with a mix of your favorite music, along with tracks like album tracks or compilation stuff you never knew about. Or you forgot about. On purpose.
In other words, a great blind test. FUN. Very entertaining in the tube.
I did that first random pick last weekend... Not all the tunes I actually enjoyed.. But some of them really caught my ear, either because I knew them and loved them already, either because they just touched me... :)
So here is "A (short)list of the tunes that caught my ear in my ipod shuffle" - in no particular, 'shuffle' order...

Prince – Get Off
Ray Charles – Heartbreaker
Skylite – Smile
Kool and the Gang – Open Sesame
Fatboy Slim – Demons
Calvin Harris – Love Souvenirs
Shakedown – At Night
Miles Davis – Straight, No Chaser (At Newport 1958) – reminds me of Boston…
Green Day – Holiday
The Kinks – Autumn Almanac
Michael Longo – Like a Thief in the Night
Mary Wells – My Guy
Rita Mitsouko – C’est Comme Ca
Alanis Morisette – Not the Doctor
The Doors – Waiting for the Sun
Lenny Kravitz –Stand by my Woman
Thomas Dutronc – N.A.S.D.A.Q
Star Band – Thiely
Nicola Conte – Jet Sound
The Ones – Flawless
Justin Timberlake Feat. Bubba Sparxxx - Right for Me
Stevie Wonder – I Believe (When I Fall in Love it Will Be Forever) – possibly my fav of this playlist…
Electrique Feat. Solex – Train Grande Vitess – Ok. The weirdest thing on this playlist…I actually don't like to listen to it that much, but worth checking out. weiiiird (fyi - the sample used is the french railway system sound ID)... 
Graham Nash – Chicago/We Can Change the World
50 Cent – If I Can’t
Radiohead & El Lele – High and Dry – Just puts a smile on my face.
The Beach Boys – I Just Wasn’t Made for these Times
Jefferson Airplane – Lather
Gill Scott-Heron – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Kanye West Feat. Lil Wayne – Barry Bonds
The Doors – Hello I Love You
Marvin Gaye – Since I Had You
Thomas Dutronc – Solitaires – absolutely LOVE this one, it’s got something so warm, so sexy. Very FRENCH !!!
Prince – Raspberry Beret
Prince – If I was Your Girlfriend (i just LOVE him)
The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon
Cornell Campbell - Jah Me No Born Yah
Travis – Safe
Vinicius de Moraes – Canto De Ossanha
Jimmy Ruffin – What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
David Gray – Sail Away
Kendra Ross – Very Well


xx

Helloooo
Thanks to everyone who showed up last night at the Monto Water Rats it was greaaaat!
I'm currently trying not to freeze my a@% off - I'm sure you can relate. As I'm looking at my browser it is said to be 3 degrees C in London on tuesday... I'm glad I'll be in Paris then!! Come with me!!!!!!!
Je serai a Paris Mardi pour jouer a la Fleche D'or. Ce sera un peu différent des derniers concerts puisque je serai avec mon groupe!!!!!!! J'ai hâte de vous y retrouver.
The past few weeks have been crazy so i'm gonna go get some rest before rocking the Parisian scene on tuesday with da band. ;)
CHEERS
Sophie xxxxxxxx

Hello,

Just came back from a mini tour in France, supporting French superstar Christophe Willem... I was playing a short acoustic set with musicians Wendon Davis and Burnin Bobby B. It was the first time we were playing together on stage, and I must say I had a blast and I think we all did, especially having such a great response from the audience. Thanks to everyone who kept in touch, too.
I hope I will be able to post a few videos from the tour soon, as there were great moments I'd like to share with everyone.

It was also great to see Christophe's show, which was quite BIG! and impressive. :) This guy rocks! Really enjoyed it.

I was also playing in Paris last Wednesday at Le Point Ephemere.. I was presenting some new songs from my upcoming album.. Again, thanks to all the people who were there, we had much fun.

So I'm finally back in London for a bit, and actually playing at the Soho Revue Bar next Wednesday 25 at 8 pm. All details are on my page.

See you soon!!
Sophie xx


ps
Also, I should be posting more music soon..
:)

Yes! i'm currently in NYC, back for a few weeks working on my next album. It feels so good to be back here. It's been 2 years since i moved out! I would want to say things changed a little, but it is truly the same fantastic city that i lived in. That's something with ny. you feel at home instantly, no matter how long you were out.

So I'm here to make music, meet producers to work with and... have fun, of course!

More music soon. x