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Olivia Flenley

About Me

Olivia is a singer, melodist and song-writer based in London. She adores creating vocal melodies and songs. As well as recording her own material, Olivia has enjoyed co-writing music for Baraka Theatre (The Brothel Project 2007), soundtracks to adverts and is in the process of co-writing experimental material within an ensemble.


'sometimes it seems my voice has a personality of its own. It sources sounds and melodies from somewhere within, before any thought, like a young swallow flying into the unknown heading for new heights.'


My first solo performance was the realisation of something I literally dreamt about, and since then I've performed regularly in and around London, and in Paris. I believe the voice is an amazing channel for emotion, the most primitive one through which we express ourselves right from the second we're born! To turn those emotions into sound that touches people in some way is kind of like Alchemy; i like this magical potential.

I'm looking for a double bass player with whom to perform my more recent material that is becoming a fusion of acoustic-folk-jazz-emotion - genres can't always describe a sound. Anyway, even if you're not a d-bassist and you want to co-write, perform and explore new sounds with me, contact me and share what you've got. xox

tRutH is wiThIn YouRSeLf...

What's been said about Olivia's music: "Very occasionally someone comes along with a sound that is truly different and that is always an exciting discovery; Flenley is one of those aritst" Steve Wyatt, The Halfmoon, Putney, London. MyGen Profile Generator

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Member Since: 21/10/2005
Band Website: www.oliviaflenley.com
Band Members: Olivia Flenley (Vocals and Guitar) Max Wilson (Piano) Joules Chown (Rhodes) on 'Tree cover'
Influences: the Earth, Jeff Buckley, Martha Wainwright, Bjork, The Blues, Cole Porter, Feist, Camille, Tori Amos, The Beatles , Elliott Smith, Lisa Knapp, Joni Mitchell, Simon and Garfunkle, various anglo-irish folk artists that young olivia was subjected to on many car journeys.
Sounds Like: Warming north-westerly winds bearing a hint of blues twirling through fairy-dwelling tree tops with a sprinkle of french stardust
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

herbie hancock wisdom

some of the words of Mr. Herbie Hancock I was inspired by and wanted to share:" Music is an expression of one's life. That's why a musician can't produce good music without polishing his or her life. ...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:36:00 GMT

changing my mind

people and situations can be incredibly testing at times - very demanding, aggressive, pushing you to the edge. I'm declaring that i wish to change my mind about these situations - perhaps they're in ...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:32:00 GMT

a quote

a quote which i found again and which i find wonderful:'the responsibility of the artist is to imitate nature in her manner of operation' S. Freudi think when an artist is at their most natural, they ...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:26:00 GMT

song played on myspace podcast

I have the pleasure to have one of my songs broadcasted on Myspace Mars planets radio this week - their podcast is this Thursday 30th October at 7pm!x X
Posted by on Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:28:00 GMT

x + x

’Dragonfly’ which was a more recent idea and collaboration is taking time out to grow and become more developed just in time for the springtime and will be reappearing soon.I add here a ne...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:39:00 GMT

more of a journey -dragonfly improv

I've posted up a collaborative piece, 'dragonfly', written with Dan Burne. Well, actually it's a guitar piece that Dan wrote originally and I improvised a vocal melody and lyrics pretty much in this o...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:22:00 GMT

Heidegger simplicity

I am grateful to Mr. Heidegger for expressing the following:'We need arT so we can stop seeInG the worLd as just a resOurce and be paRt of natuRe agaIn!'insigtful wordsgratitude to philosophers and ar...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:06:00 GMT

busting the pedastal syndrome

I just wanted to share the snippet of 'was thinking'; this is an improvisation that came from playing with my friend JoulesMy message: it's not good to think other people are far better than myself, i...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:21:00 GMT

x ;o) x

beauty at your finger tipsbeauty everywhereoceans of potentialif you only dare, allow yourself to seelet go let love let meunleash your power withinlike spirit, like the seax x x
Posted by on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:00:00 GMT

The Brothel Project

The Brothel Project, Paris 2007Olivia has recently taken part (July 2007) in a site-specific play and short film entitled 'The Brothel Project' playing the role of a singer, Estelle, in a brothel in ...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:44:00 GMT