Concert for underprivileged children in Vietnam and Mongolia – The Association Christina Noble and HorizonVU Music join forces

By Angélique Joly, Marketing Manager, HorizonVU Music

Music is an integral part of the lives of children. With an aim for creating awareness of and providing support for The Association Christina Noble http://www.asso-christina-noble.fr , the humanitarian organization that provides aid and comfort to underprivileged children in Vietnam and Mongolia, a concert is planned for 30 June 2011, 20h00.

The show which will take place at La Pomme d’Eve , 1 rue Laplace, 75005 Paris, admission 5€, features rising pop artist LYNETTE with Max Jean-Louis, Pierre-Yann Bellego and Fabrice Hoarau performing their latest original material and popular covers which have earned them recognition.

The Association Christina Noble is a humanitarian organization that provides aid and comfort to underprivileged children in Vietnam and Mongolia. It represents, in France, “Christina Noble Children’s Foundation.

The Association Christina Noble is completely independent of any political affiliation and / or religious and acts for:

• The protection of children against exploitation
  
• Education and employability
• Medical Care
• Accommodation

The Association’s work is not limited to these areas. It also trying to bring warmth and happy experiences that constitute a real childhood and its

Marie-Charlotte Lanniée and Caroline Faraud, Association Christina Noble

work is in the context of family and community whenever possible. Efforts are focused on respecting the dignity of each individual child.

Lynette sings with the confidence and clarity of a woman who really knows her own voice. Which makes sense, since she says she’s been singing for as long as she can remember. Writing her first song at the tender age of seven, Lynette knew music would always be a big part of her life. She began classical voice training at the age of eleven.

Since having graduated from Princeton University, Lynette has had the opportunities to do some

Rachel Minor, Association Christina Noble

songwriting and recording at various studios in Nashville. Her studies, extensive travels, life experiences and the friends she’s made along the way have helped to significantly shape her musical tastes and writing and performance styles.

Lynette’s lyrics have a poetic quality and bring to bear the power and multiplicity of words. Her music attempts to express and illuminate the power of common, shared experiences: life, love and hope. Lynette is currently working on an EP.

HorizonVU Music is about the coming together of hopes and dreams – a dynamic, changing view toward the future which

Phil Cartwright, CEO, HorizonVU Music

can be attained – with the love of music. HorizonVU Music focuses on the developing careers of emerging artists in rock, alternative and folk. HorizonVU Music CEO, and Promoter, Phil Cartwright said earlier today, “It’s a privilege to be a part of something so special. It’s a great chance for us to help kids that need us so very much.”

For information contact angelique@horizonvumusic.com or info@asso-christina-noble.fr

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Cultural Behavior Party #1: Week-End of Indie Success and Celebration in Paris!

By: Phil Cartwright

Thanks to great friends at Cultural Behavior, Friday and Saturday brought us two nights of fantastic entertainment, cool

Adèle Bauville, Director and Founder, Cultural Behavior

people and just great fun. Cultural Behavior was founded and is directed by Adéle Bauville and works in partnership with My Tour Manager www.mytourmanager.com under the direction of Laure Decailly. Unfortunately, we couldn’t take it all in (bad planning on our part), but Friday brought us the photography of Nicolas Brunet www.nicolasbrunet.fr. Accustomed to concert halls, moving mainly in the music world and more particularly rock ‘n’ roll, he particularly appreciates the diversity and does not hesitate to leave his area of ​​expertise to deliver various and varied stories. Very active in the web world ( le-hiboo.com then joined Discordance.fr in 2008 with a stint at Agendeo.fr particular), his photographic work is also managed by the agency slab . By night’s end at least 400 people were at the famed Paris venue La Bellevilloise.

Laure Decailly, Director and Founder, My Tour Manager

Saturday we were able to tune into folk artist Maia Vidal http://www.myspace.com/maiavidal followed by The Niro http://www.myspace.com/theniro. The Niro is a singer songwriter hails from Italy, a place he left to travel and play from the small and smokey clubs in Tucson to the bohemienne Paris and Wien. He’s a gifted singer and songwriter, and despite evocations of folk/acoustic music’s long history, the truth is there are no referencepoints in his music. He shared the stage with important artists like Sondre Lerche, Isobel Campbel, Deep Purple, The Zephyrs, Tom Hingley (Inspiral Carpets), Lou Barlow, Amy Winehouse, and in 2006 he has been chosen by Radiohead’s manager Chris Hufford to sing in a new One Little Indian label project called Anti Atlas.

Created in late September 2010 by and for cultural operators, the association Cultural Behavior is an autonomous, animated by a revitalization strategy based on partnership with local people in the art. It aims to promote all forms of art, accompanying the different cultural actors in various areas.

HorizonVU Music focuses on providing services to emerging talented musicians These services include marketing and promotion, publishing, and in some cases, production and management. HorizonVU Music supports rock, alternative, and folk music www.horizonvumusic.com.

Lauren Brombert Delights Fans in Paris Concert Premier!!!

By: Phil Cartwright

In this time of Book of Revelation-like world events, Paris got a real breath of fresh air last week with the arrival and performance of Lauren Brombert.

HorizonVU Music and other fans had a fantastic night at Lauren Live! The crew at O’Sullivan’s Rebel Bar was welcoming as always. Fréquence Orange was on the scene to cover the show and Gibson provided us with a beautiful J-160 E.

Lauren http://www.laurenbrombert.com

has command of a broad range of music. She can really rock with a band - her new album “Closer than Skin” on Teresa Records proves the point. Her solo acoustic performance really shined. She started the evening with “Make It Last” and ended with “Just A Lie”. Songs such as “Like An Angel” that rock hard on the CD work beautifully when done on her own. And she can really cross over moving into the country sound with “Say Goodbye” (also on “Closer Than Skin”).

Classical music was the soundtrack of Lauren’s upbringing. Born in New Haven, CT, as thedaughter of a Parisian and a New Yorker, she was raised on two continents. Though her father was an opera singer and her mother a classical pianist, it was the Beatles’ “Dizzy Miss Lizzy” that ignited the musical passion of a five-year-old. After studying classical piano for eight years, she switched to guitar.

In a garage outside of Paris when she was fourteen, Lauren sat in as a singer for the French band, Duty Free, and was hooked. But instead of pursuing music, she wound up taking a long academic detour. After a B.A. in Classics at Haverford College, an M.A. in Russian Studies at Yale University, more graduate work in linguistics, and a couple of teaching jobs, she was about to start a career abroad as a field linguist and realized it was a now-or-never proposition. She settled in Chicago and finally abandoned herself to songwriting.

Adopting the moniker Urban Nomad, Lauren started performing and recording with her band. A few years later, she began a collaboration with guitarist/arranger David Chelimsky and recorded an acoustic EP produced by guitarist extraordinaire, Fareed Haque. Their acoustic duo eventually attracted renowned Chicago bassist Bob Lizik (Brian Wilson) and drummer Ed Breckenfeld (the Insiders, CathyRichardson Band). Together they recorded “From These Stones” (Tessera Records), which received critical acclaim and was chosen by “The Performing Songwriter” as a Top 12 DIY.

Lauren moved to Denver in 2003 with three songs for a new album having already been produced by Bob Lizik and engineer Jon Smith. With new Denver band mates Greg Blankenship on bass and David Harms on drums, the rest of the album was finally recorded by Brian and Greg McRae (Wrecking Room, Coupe Studios) and released in early 2008.

The good news is that Lauren will be back sooner than later and we’ll be waiting!!!

Check out Lauren’s CD “Closer Than Skin” and downloads at SHOP HorizonVU Music http://blog.horizonvumusic.com/?page_id=3156.

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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 .

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