ELE

Eleonore “Ele” Hansson was born to a Swedish mother and a North African father in 1983. She grew up in a single parent home and had to grow up fast. At the age of 8 she learned how to play violin, which helped develop her musical ear to later on express herself vocally and write songs by playing keys. She always used music as a form of expression and it later on became her therapy while going thru challenges in life such as more or less raising two brothers on her own at an early age and later on in life, the trials of loosing her loved one.Growing up listening to artists like Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Youssou N Dour, Mary J.Blige and Erykah Badu, Ele found the inspiration to become an artist empowering women and inspiring others to pursue their dreams, like her idols inspired her. She started her career as a singer/songwriter in Stockholm, Sweden by singing in various bands, choirs and won several talent shows. She then worked as background singer for artist Ayo, Swing-Fly, Same- E (Medina) and Dee. To find maximum inspiration for her genre of music, Neo soul/r n b/jazz she moved to Los Angeles and attended Musicians Institute where she produced 4 of the tracks on her debut album “She, Her, Ele” on her own.In December 2007, Ele sang back up for Stevie Wonder during his annual christmas concert "House full of toys". In Stockholm 2008, she opened up for Swedish artists Papa Dee, Titiyo, Da Buzz, ADL and Blues at Song Academy Live on May 8th. She held the releaseparty for her debut album "She, Her, Ele" and host for the celebrity attended event was rap artist Blues who also performed during the night together with Ele. Thereafter, Ele spent 4 months in Sweden promoting her album that is digitally distributed on Itunes, CD Babay, Amazon etc.Sony/BMG Sweden A&R Joachim Stenhammar voiced interest in a collaboration with Ele during the Swedish TV show ''Hitmakers" on Kanal 5 where she performed with her song "Who is that man?". The Swedish magazine Rodeo described her as "A hot candidate to become the new soul diva of Sweden with her jazzy, neo soul-try sound". Since then, her single "Free" spins on Swedish radio Metropol 93.8. Lady J on L.A Talk Radio interviewed her in December and spins several of her songs and so does Titan Radio that featured her on their "Thursday Morning Show" as well as Mike Parlett on Solar radio and Mr. R on "What's hot radio?".Ele has performed at several famous venues in L.A during the years such as the House of Blues, B.B Kings, Temple Bar, Cozys, MBar etc and performs regularly at "R'n'b Live Hollywood". In May 2009, Ele became a REDKEN sponsored artist and signed as back up singer for Sleepy Brown from the Dungeon Family. She was thereafter featured in "The Local Squeeze" magazine of O.C and can currently be seen in "Melrose Heights Magazine" available in every newsstand in L.A. ..