acoustique

Get Your Own! | View Slideshow Acoustique play gentle jazz songs. The line-up varies from an intimate trio to the more dancy sextet. The essential trio includes Lleuwen Steffan on vocals, Jochen Eisentraut on spacious piano and Owen Evans providing a substratum of chocolaty double bass. They perform their own songs in a variety of languages as well as a selection of standards.The original tracks are written by Lleuwen and/or Jochen. Their writing partnership combines her melodic sensibility with his carefully considered chords. They display a songwriters emphasis on genuine lyrics. The slower songs breathe with a heart full of longing, or hiraeth as the Welsh call it, while the faster ones are propelled by the Latin rhythms of Brazil and Cuba.This profile was edited with Thomas' myspace editor™ V2.5