Fréquence Orange Radio and HorizonVU Music Working with Venture Out! - Expanding the Reach of Emerging Musicians

By: Jonathan Salamon, Director, Fréquence Orange

As many of you know, HorizonVU Music and Fréquence Orange radio http://www.frequenceorange.com have been working together for the last several months to support musicians in rock, alternative, folk and country. Now, we’re bringing you a little bit of France and expanding rhe reach of emerging musicians thanks to a great partnership with HorizonVU Music and Venture Out! Online Magazinehttp://www.theventuremagazine.com.

Fréquence Orange was born from the seed of innovation in radio – creating a web-radio station that is not just a copy of a traditional radio station - but rather a new concept in broadcasting. After months of development, on the 23th January 2010, the web-radio was opened with a special evening of live broadcast to explain how the radio station works. A “launch night” was organized the 5 February 2010 at the prestigious Bus Palladium in Paris with in a concert of an talented emerging artist – Ann’So M. http://blog.horizonvumusic.com/?tag=annso-m

With strong company values, Fréquence Orange is promoting interactivity, sharing (using Creative Commons licences),and the renewal of 2.0 Web-Radio. Fréquence Orange and HorizonVU Music will write an article every week with a selection of emerging artists (artists who are the most popular on the radio) in order to bring you cutting edge performances and to get your response.

Fréquence Orange http://www.frequenceorange.com est née d’une idée originale de créer une web-radio qui n’est pas une simple copie d’une radio traditionnelle mais un concept à part entière. Ainsi après des mois de préparations, le 23 janvier 2010, la web-radio a été ouverte avec pour l’occasion une soirée spéciale en direct expliquant son fonctionnement.

Une grande soirée de lancement à été organisée le 5 février 2010 au prestigieux Bus Palladium avec en première partie de soirée un concert d’une artiste talentueuse et émergente – Ann’So M.http://blog.horizonvumusic.com/?tag=annso-m

A part des valeurs fortes décrite dans ses statuts, Fréquence Orange est axée depuis le début sur l’interactivité, le partage (notamment en utilisant des licences libre comme Creative Commons), le renouvellement, etc.. et souhaite remettre au goût du jour la web-radio par diverses innovations nées avec le Web 2.0.

Ainsi Fréquence Orange en partenariat avec HorizonVU Music et Venture Out! Online Magazinehttp://www.theventuremagazine.com et HorizonVU Music vous proposera chaque semaine une sélection d’artistes émergents (ceux qui auront recueillis le plus de votes sur notre radio) dans le but d’avoir votre avis et surtout de faire connaitre tous ces talents.

HorizonVU Music celebrates the independent music community by supporting emerging musicians’ efforts to achieve a key business objective - recognition. www.horizonvumusic.com

Ann’So M. – Powerful and Moving Music – Saturated Guitars Mix with Her Beautiful, Warm and Textured Voice

By: Phil Cartwright

I remember very well, how I first came to know of Ann’So M. At the time I was doing consulting work in the biz for a previous employer (yes, life before HorizonVU Music) and I was making a concerted effort to bring myself up-to-speed on the emerging rock and alternative scene in France.

Now, arguably, hours on MySpace and Facebook might not be viewed as the best way for an experienced consultant to be spending time – but we do what we need to do…In the process of my search I came across Ann’So M and her first eponymous CD.

First, and I have to be honest, she has a totally awesome look about her. Second, and more to the point, rock or ballad, her music is powerful and moving - saturated guitars are mixed up with her beautiful, warm and textured voice.The melancholic lyrics dealing with themes such as the constant craving for freedom, the nostalgia for childhood or the inexorable passage of time always sound accurate and true.

Singer and songwriter Ann’So M. was born in December, 25, 1981 in Caen (France). At an early age she began, she began her studies in the Conservatoire where she learned dance, music theory and piano. Her passion for music grew, and she decided, after her baccalauréat (General Certificate of Education) to follow her passion as her profession. Since the age of 15, she has been working on her multiple studio recordings. She started on stage with her first band and the Europe 2 Campus Tour awakened a true pleasure for being on stage. The attraction for the public, the need of exchange and complicity…she cannot live without it today!

For many years now, she has been part of the scenes such as Le Réservoir, La Scène Bastille, Le Cargö, L’Exo7, Le PetitJournal Montparnasse and many others, performing first part concerts for famous rock bands Luke, Dolly, BB Brunes and Mademoiselle K.

She has participated in several TV and radio programs (Europe 2 TV, Europe 1, France 3, NRJ… ) A massive presence on the web (on Myspace http://www.myspace.com/annsommusic and Facebook http://www.facebook.com/#!/annsom2?ref=ts as well as her own site http://www.annsom.com makes her very accessible on the Internet.

Her new album “Pas à pas” (”Step by step”) is energy – always with a conscience – hard hitting as “Paris” and “Wake Up” – or melodic and warm as “Save the Day”. Lyrics oscillate between an incitement to awake consciences and more poetical ballads. Thanks to her meeting with Louis Bertignac, she has recorded “Je ne veux pas être celle”, arranged, mixed and played at home by Louis Bertignac himself. For those of you not entirely into the French music scene – Ann’So has started singing in English as well as French – even die-hard anglophiles should check out Ann’So M.

You can see Ann’So M. in Paris July 28 at 8:30pm – July 29 at 12:00am at Le Réservoir 16 Rue de la Forge Royale 75011. Find “Pas à pas” and download links at SHOP HorizonVU Music http://blog.horizonvumusic.com/?page_id=1194 and listen on Fréquence Orange http://www.frequenceorange.com/index.php .

HorizonVU Music celebrates the independent music community by supporting emerging musicians’ efforts to achieve a key business objective - recognition. www.horizonvumusic.com