OCEANA
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Genre: Pop / R&B / Soul
Location Berlin, De
Profile Views: 587368
Last Login: 11/1/2012
Member Since 6/27/2008
Website www.oceana-online.de/
Record Label Embassy of Music
Type of Label Indie
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Bio
With each of her singles OCEANA shows how easily she breaks through style boundaries. When you see her life story, it becomes clear why the young artist's appeal crosses all borders. She was born in Rissen, near Hamburg, the daughter of a German fashion designer who lived in Paris and New York for many years. Her father is a Frenchman of Caribbean origin who worked as a DJ and musician in Boston. She grew up in both the USA and Hamburg. She was only 16 when she left home to make her own way in the world - which has not always been easy: "I was always a street-wise kid; I needed to be self-reliant and fought my way through. I learned very early on to stand on my own two feet." This multi-talented artist worked as a dance choreographer with the bands Seeed and Fettes Brot, enchanted viewers as a TV presenter on the German-French culture show Arte Lounge, and acted in the new film version of Jerry Cotton with Christian Ulmen, where the role of the beautiful bar singer suited her perfectly. It was an old friend of the family who finally encouraged her to take the plunge as a solo artist: Maceo Parker, who has previously played the alto saxophone for James Brown, George Clinton and Bootsy Collins and is also established as a solo performer. Parker used to jam in OCEANA's grandfather's garden, and later would often invite her on stage during his own shows. "After one of those concerts, Maceo said to me, 'You're ready now, do your own thing!'", OCEANA recalls. "He gave me the decisive PUSH! And I had already been writing my own material throughout the years." OCEANA's songs reflect the desire to break free that one can see in her own life. This cosmopolitan lady is as self-confident and tough as her voice, the central element of her music - regardless of whether it flirts with soul, pop, R'n'B, jazz, funk or reggae. She can purr seductively, as in the spectacular "Pussycat On The Leash", she can appear happy and world-embracing, as in "Endless Summer", but she can also strike a warning, sad note, as in "Put Your Gun Down", a highlight of her current album. Her explosive new studio album "My House" was recorded in London, New York and Berlin, with producers including Rob Davis (Kylie Minogue) and Blair McKichan (Lily Allen). The album delivers a rich variety of styles. There's "Sweet Violet", featuring the Caribbean sound from her roots served up with an Afro-beat rhythm. And the swampy "My House", which sounds as though OCEANA had sung it from a hut in the Mississippi delta and got the whole village swinging. And "Hopes and Sins", a soul-pop tour de force, in which OCEANA spells it out: "All I wanna do is sing sing sing / Ain't about the ching ching ching". Then we have the ballad "Say Sorry", with OCEANA throwing the full power of her voice into the song. There is an incredibly beautiful contrast between the opening, when OCEANA sings of her love to the backing of a melancholy piano and delicate electric guitar, and then the chorus, where she clenches her fists, raises her voice, and sings: "Boy you make me angry / How you can not phone me / Heard all your excuses / Your bullshit / You're useless / Say sorry or say nothing at all". It is here in this interplay between vulnerability and defiant power that we find the special appeal of OCEANA. -
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Really enjoyed the Session with the Amazing dre Harris @AndreDreHarris #good vibes #new Songs #new Album http://t.co/KsQmGMOWgT
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L.A - Istanbul - Almaty enough Time to Watch some Movies ;) http://t.co/EC1MM7VBa5
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Flying to Kasachstan ;) L.A - Istanbul - Almaty Long Trip ;) http://t.co/0VIWfPauM2
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On my Way home http://t.co/UxSYSQMCz4
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- XAVIER7 months ago
thanks, nice to see you !
- Marica Adolina Napoli K…9 months ago
Grazie Di Aver Accettato La Mia Richiesta Di Amicizia
- Xit Meh1 year ago
Oceana - Endless Summer (CJ Stone Edit).....Super 4+///
- Xit Meh1 year ago
Oceana - Endless Summer (CJ Stone Edit).....Super 4+///
- Ann O.1 year ago
hi oceana, how are you doing? recording something new? :-) greetings!
- Wildhaus2 years ago
--Thanks for the add, greetings to you -Wildhaus
- Matos Nancy2 years ago
Love me，love my dog．
.. - VINCE2 years ago
"Baby Hold On" is great
- Enid MOrIn2 years ago
THX !!! - SCHLEUSOLZ2 years ago
Album double release
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