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Neech

Girls like me don't grow on trees...

About Me

East London chanteuse and songwriter Neech fills in the gap between PJ Harvey and Jill Scott, letting inspiration blow from all directions. Tracks range from the sultry acoustic 'summer stories' and the bouncy dub tinged 'MerryGoRound', to the fuzzed-up warped forces that drive 'Thinking 'bout You'. 'Who is the what?' spotlights Neech in a smoky jazz den on Mars...
Growing up with the sounds of reggae, hi-life and soul divas at home and heavily influenced by the indie scene of her peers and a personal love for hip hop, Neech combines this with an abstract blend of old-school soul, blues and electronica to create her own style. The ensuing sound invites you into darker territories and tells of intimate secrets with a warmth and originality that's impossible to ignore.
Past performances with a 6 piece band including live drums, guitar, bass, electronics and string section saw Neech supporting rock and funk bands, as well as headlining predominantly guitar based nights and giving the crowd a soulful twist.
In 2007 Neech scaled the band down to a 4 piece of vocal, guitar, bass and drums. The highlight of the year was a performance at the Lake Of Stars music festival in Malawi, Africa (see blog and pics). 2007 also saw the release of Neech's first full studio album, "Thinkin' Bout You" (available here by clicking on the photo on the left), and performing guest vocals for other artists. Details and releases to follow.
Currently Neech is performing a series of acoustic gigs with her guitarist, Oli, which fully expose her songwriting talent and vocal diversity, as well as working on an acoustic album. Feel free to get in touch via myspace if you would like to get involved.
KarmaDownload made Neech their "Unsigned Artist Of The Week" in Jan 2006
"We start 2007 with NEECH my first GOOD pick fo 2007..." - Popworld Promotes
Neech track "Thinkin Bout You" is available on "Who Shot Jacques Laverne Vol 2" (Jack to Phono records) available through Kudos Records
If you are a producer/ artist/ DJ and would like to collaborate with Neech, please get in touch.
Be sure to check out euphonic productions on my space too! (Click on link in my friends...)
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/21/2006
Band Website: soon come
Band Members: Vocals - Neech
Guitar - Oli
Various producers including Rob Henry @ Euphonic Productions, Ghost @ AppleBeam, Spoonface & WAH Syndicate, Ivan Anchant @ Gotmusic...

Influences: London... womanhood... My mum... Sal... Love and despair...
Tricky, PJ Harvey, Jill Scott, Bjork, Martina Topley-Bird, Euphonic, Billie Holliday, Erykah Badu, Etta James, Missy Elliot, Pixies, Massive Attack, Ella Fitzgerald, Mckay, Stone Roses, Roots, early Moloko, Saian Supa Crew, Bahamadia, Dr Octagon, Madge in the old days, Salt N Pepa, Charlatans, Nina Simone, Laka D, Sia, Cat Power, Paul Weller, Lupe Fiasco, Portishead, Steve Hillage, Blondie, Mary J Blige, Lauren Hill, Adele, Eva Cassidy, Stevie Wonder, lots of others... I'll come back to this.

This is my one and only LOVE SONG, its all I have to say:

I just want you... I just want you...
I just want you... I just want you...

I just want you to know
you made me feel 10 feet tall.
There ain't no-one gonna bring me down,
least not today.

I just want you to know
with you here I got my all.
There ain't nothing any body could say
to change my mood.

I just want you to know
I just want you to know
I just want you to know
You made me feel 10 feet tall.

Sounds Like: Click here to buy the album for £8... including postage. Bargain!

Record Label: Neech music - Totally independent
Type of Label: None

My Blog

"Your Love" demo and other news...

Hello sugars, Hope the New Year is being nice to you all... I'm certainly enjoying it. Taking it slowly, but still pottering away, spending time with old friends (there are soooo many birthdays i...
Posted by Neech on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 01:08:00 PST

THINKIN BOUT YOU - available now!!

December already... So my albums have arrived and I'm scared shitless! It's very daunting to have so many of the fuckers sat there with your hopes and dreams innit! But the main fact is I DI...
Posted by Neech on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:06:00 PST

Lake Of Stars, Malawi

I am in love. In love with a country and its people. I am in love with the language, the music, the heat (of course), the animals, the landscape, even the border control staff (UK, USA you could ...
Posted by Neech on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:59:00 PST

Lyric LaCeile & Amy Vaughan present FLASHBACK with Neech

"Lyric LaCeile and Amy Vaughan present FLASHBACK with Neech" Lyric LaCeile/Amy Vaughan "U.K.Featured Artists Studio"Musician-supported showcase for underground talents! These fabulously hard working...
Posted by Neech on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 03:12:00 PST

Acoustickery and chatterboxes

First off I want to say thanks to all those who made it down to the Gate on the 7th and the Cobden Club on the 15th. It really means so much to me. The Gate was the first proper acoust...
Posted by Neech on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:54:00 PST

New Year New Neech

Happy New Year people! Yes I know I'm late... been struck down with this flu thing after fighting it off long enough to party HARD in Barcelona for New Years, but now i'm almost ready to take on 2007....
Posted by Neech on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 07:18:00 PST

BBC London Radio i/v & acoustic performance

Hello, You may have noticed the BBC London Radio thing up in the music section on the page. This is the full interview Zeb & Oli did with Valley Fontaine (standing in for Geoff Schumann) on Sunda...
Posted by Neech on Thu, 04 May 2006 01:52:00 PST