About Me:
My bio
I'm a vocalist-emcee in Brussels, Belgium. Born, raised and studied in UK, I then moved onto the European mainland, and until now I've been living in Belgium, with a brief interlude based in Bangkok, Thailand. Along with DJs Saiko (my wonderful and fabulous fiance!) and Rhumble, I'm one of the founders of Hydra, a Belgian drum & bass oriented collective of DJs, MCs, graphic/web designers and promoters - check out the website at www.hydra-breaks.net. In Thailand, I MCed regularly for Specialist at his Vertigo events and for the Homebass crew, both at the amazing Astra Club. I'm on the mic at events all over the place, and have had my vox released on John B's Nu Electro label. I'm also the vocalist of Loulou Players, a successful electro house group on Sharam Jey's King Kong Records and Darren Emerson's Underwater label.I've MCed and sung live in Belgium, France, Germany, Holland and Thailand with Storm, DJ Marky, Klute, Pendulum, Raiden, Robyn Chaos, Dylan, Ill Logic, John B, Trace, Skitty, Chris .SU, A-sides, Motion Theory, System D and of course my home boys Saiko and Rhumble.. As a support act, I've been invited to gigs with MC Tali, London Elektricity and 4Hero among others. I've also MCed alongside MCs Jamalski, DOC, Stoneman, Divine, Shaman and more.
Audio
Lotus on the mic with DJs Saiko & Rhumble, live @ Aachen, Germany
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Favorite Music:
the style without a style... drum & bass, jungle, hiphop, glitch hop, Indian stuff (bollywood, bhangra, desi, classical, all of it), electronic stuff, techno, emo & math rock, jazz, soul, funk, classical, ragga & reggae, clicky minimal stuff... current passion is Thai luuk thung, northern Thai synth country music., In d&b I dig Amit, Klute, John B, Dylan & Robyn, Skitty, Outrage, Digital, Raiden, Ben Sage, Deeizm, Dom & Roland, Optical (old tunes), Teebee, Pieter K, Polar, Alaska, Metalheadz vibez., Other stuff: Surgeon, Autechre, Aphex Twin, Johannes Heil, Kanzleramt, Hint, Jazzanova, Foreign Beggarz, Gravediggaz, Christmas Baubles, Wu Tang and all related incarnations particularly Killah Priest, Lewis Parker, OneSelf, Spooky, Ricardo Villalobos..., MCs & vocalists I dig: Louise from Lamb, Stevie Hyper D, Sarah Jones, Cleveland Watkiss, Conrad, GQ, Tali, Roots Manuva, Lady Saw, Ce'cile, Pall Jenkins (3 Mile Pilot), Bille Holliday, Kishore Kumar, Bjork, Lydia Lunch, Zap Mama, Bahamadia, Apani B Fly MC, Alice Russel, Sylvia Robinson, dat girl from the Kidney Thieves.... I could carry on and on and on, Rock wise I dig... Slint, Sonic Youth, 3 Mile Pilot, Tortoise, Oval, Galaxie 500. In classical music it's gotta be Stravinsky, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, John Cage., And of course I loooove
Favorite Books:
Kabuki and all the related books by David Mack, all books by William Burroughs, the KLF's Manual, Jhonen Vasquez, Alan Warner, James Lovelock, Franz Kafka, Jorge Luis Borges, anything about Asia, Amitav Ghosh, preferably some gritty real life...