nikgml's video: Anna Calvi - The Wall originally by The Invisible

Hailed as "the best thing since Patti Smith" by Brian Eno, as well as being included on the BBC's Sound of 2011 list, the hype surrounding London-born Anna Calvi came to fruition during late 2010. Gaining critical acclaim among music journalists, Calvi drew comparisons with the passionate and brooding musicianship of the likes of Nick Cave and PJ Harvey. The dense and rich musical influences that inhabit Calvi's world are broad and distinctive strokes of sultry flamenco, smoke-filled blues, and seductive goth pop/rock. Adding to this tapestry of influences, Calvi has claimed to have been inspired by the films of David Lynch, Gus Van Sant, and Wong Kar Wai; the cinematic element to her music contributes a mysterious and unyielding undercurrent to her work. Half Italian singer/guitarist Anna Calvi grew up being exposed to a multitude of genres of music by her music-loving father. According to the Suzanne and I Songfacts, she cites the classical composers Ravel and Debussy among her influences and her music has been described as "brooding melodramatic goth-pop." The release of her debut single, "Jezebel," in the fall of 2010 was an electric cover version of the Edith Piaf standard. The young Calvi soon captured the attention of Domino Records' boss Lawrence Bell after a glowing reference from former Coral guitarist Bill Ryder-Jones, who had witnessed one of Calvi's gigs in Manchester. Bell quickly signed her to his label. Ryder-Jones was not the only celebrity admirer of Calvi's, an acquaintance with the aforementioned Brian Eno similarly urged him to listen to this emerging talent. After hearing Calvi's raw and unplugged performances on The Attic Sessions (the early demos that she recorded on an 8-track in her parent's attic), the distinguished producer soon became her mentor and unofficial cheerleader. Calvi entered Black Box studio in France with the much-lauded producer Rob Ellis to record her self-titled debut album in 2010. Using vintage analog equipment, Calvi created a velvet Wall of Sound that justified the hype in the buildup to its 2011 release. Anna Calvi is a creature of contrasts. She says almost nothing between songs, breathing her thanks in a shy murmur -- but when she sings, it's as if molten lava were pouring from her mouth, a torrent of red-hot emotion. The sounds she conjures up from her guitar are crisp and precise -- yet she plays with fluid motions, fingers rippling across frets, hand moving in circles across the strings. She is a vision of decorum, elegantly prim in tailored trousers and a long-sleeved blouse -- but her songs drip with lust, voicing the cries of a body rejected, consumed, gripped by obsession. Her sophomore album "One Breath", released in early October 2013, is more varied musically, "each song is coloured with a knowing intelligence and it all comes from her voice"(The Guardian). One Breath was recorded with Texan producer John Congleton over an intensive period of six weeks and it pushes Calvi's evocative songwriting into much more personal territory. For further information on Anna Calvi, please visit: http://annacalvi.com/ http://www.last.fm/music/Anna+Calvi http://soundcloud.com/annacalvi https://www.facebook.com/annacalvi https://twitter.com/annacalvi https://myspace.com/annacalvi http://www.songkick.com/artists/2361324-anna-calvi http://www.youtube.com/AnnaCalvi "The Invisible" are an English band based in London, United Kingdom and fronted by the singer and guitarist Dave Okumu. The band formed as Okumu's solo project but quickly developed into a full fledged band with friends Tom Herbert (bass & synthesizer) and Leo Taylor (drums). Their self-titled debut album, released on 9 March 2009, was nominated for the Mercury Prize[2] and selected as critics choice for iTunes album of the year. Learn more on "The Invisible", in the links below: http://www.last.fm/music/The+Invisible https://myspace.com/theinvisiblethree Original artwork: "guide through the fears", by shamanski http://shamanski.deviantart.com/art/guide-through-the-fears-160047027 More on "shamanski"(Evgeniy Shaman), in the links below: http://shamanski.deviantart.com/ http://www.photosight.ru/users/463/ nikgml is here to stay: http://www.youtube.com/user/nikgml -All the material used in this video, is property of the artist who recorded this material. No copyright infringement intended. "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."