ODISSI

ODISSI TEAMS UP WITH FORMER PRODIGY/PITCHSHIFTER GUITARIST FOR NEW ELECTRO-ROCK PROJECT!
Dear Fans, Groupies, Stalkers....
If you are reading this right now...you are most likely wondering what the hell has happened to my myspace! if the new colors and and photos weren’t shocking enough.... my audio player has seemingly been invaded by some kind of strange electronica which has been infected by... *ghasp!* guitars!
Allow me to explain....
There have been some very very exciting happenings here in my corner of the world.....
about two weeks into December 07 a new musical project was born.....
Something sonically harder, sexier, edgier, and slightly more twisted than anything i have previously been associated with musically.....
The project I am speaking of is SEX & CIRCUITRY..... a new electro-rock band/project from myself and former Prodigy / Pitchshifter guitarist Jim Davies..... (if this is the first time you have heard the name.... i strongly suggest you go straight to his myspace ------- (www.myspace.com/jimdaviesmusic) and educate yourself on the musical genious that is Jim!)
Anyways...
It is now the start of March... threeish months since the two of us have decided to go ’full steam ahead’ with S&C....
during this time i have not seen much daylight as i have been practically living in the studio working on project material....
but the dedication to the cause has more than paid off.... as after only 3 months at it... we are half way into the production of our debut album, have our first gig as S & C lined up for May 10th in Manchester and are currently organizing a UK/European tour for the summer.
Exciting times indeed!!
But what does this mean for Odissi you may ask? Well, I will be honest. While i still plan to take select bookings for Odissi Live, and will continue working with other artists as a session vocalist, my career as a breakbeat producer will be put on the back burner for the time being to devote my full attention to this project. (But seriously.... With a years worth of Planet Zog singles lined up for release on Botchit & Cyberfunk, I really have no reason to be making breakbeat for the time being... If ever there was a time to experiment with and dive headfirst into something new... then this is it!)
SooOoOoOoOo..... I hope all of you will take a moment to check out the new tunes and the official SEX & CIRCUITRY myspace..... www.myspace.com/sexandcircuitry
Needless to say I’m super proud of the new tunes as I really think this has brought out the best in me when it comes to both vocals and production, and really hope you will think the same!
Thank you for taking the time to read this!
Beats and Kisses
Hailey (Odissi)
In the male dominated electronic music industry very few ladies hold both the studio and performance skills required to break gender stereotypes and gain the respect of their peers. Odissi however, is one of the rare exceptions. Armed with an unhealthy obsession for the technical aspect of making music, her quirky production style and signature punky vocals have earned her a string of releases on some of the UK’s most prestigious breakbeat/dance labels. (Cyberfunk, Botchit & Scarper, Lot49, Adrift, Audio Bug, Hardcore Beats, Mile High, & Mechanoise to name a few!)
The journey for miss Odissi started in the same manner almost every career in dance music does... behind the decks. Fake ID in hand from the tender age of 16 she held a busy gig schedule playing DnB and Breakbeat across her native country of America in clubs which she was not even legally old enough to be in! In 2004 with her first vinyl signing and the support of Cyberfunk Recordings, Odissi became one of the select few American breakbeat DJs to take their DJ career to an international level with gigs in Spain and across the UK where she now currently resides.
Soon after her move to the epicenter of the dance music world Odissi hung up the headphones for good to pursue the live aspect of performance. Laptop, midi controllers and a microphone in tow there has been no looking back for the feisty producer/vocalist/performer as she has toured her ’one woman show’ with great success on a global scale in the UK, Russia, America, Canada, Germany, Belgium, Hungary, Croatia and France.
While the breaks scene became familiar with the sound of Odissi’s voice from her first solo release, It can be said she became "hot property" vocal wise after her widely controversial single "Groupie" which was the first time we really got to hear her sharp tongued lyric style in the spotlight. She has since teamed up with some very prominent names in scene, most notably Meat Katie and D.Ramierez for what IDJ magazine listed as one of the top 20 dance singles of 2007, “Stop The Revolution”. A single which even caught the ears of Radio One’s Pete Tong and Fergie and has seen remixes by Dubfire (Deep Dish), Bassbin Twins, Bobby Lorenz and Kristoph, Jamie McHugh and 30Hz. She can also be found as a featuring vocalist on vinyl singles from both Dylan Rhymes and Vandal and on the forthcoming 2nd album from Hyper (with whom she has recently performed with as part of the Hyper Live band for gigs in Malaysia and Serbia.)
2007 also saw the release of Odissi’s first album, "Expedition to planet Zog" - a collaborative effort between herself and Cyberfunk label boss DJ Quest, which in a groundbreaking move in conjunction with IDJ Magazine was the first album in breakbeat (if not dance music) to be given away completely free. And with over 20,000 copies of the publication selling worldwide Quest & Odissi can proudly claim that their "Expedition to Planet Zog" album is in fact the most widely distributed underground breakbeat album to date!
But the ride of course doesn’t stop there! The ringing in of 2008 has brought with it the next phase in Odissi’s quest for musical world domination. Alongside former Pitchshifter and Prodigy guitarist Jim Davies she makes up 1/2 of and lends her production skills and vocals to the new electro rock project "Sex & Circuitry" (www.myspace.com/sexandcircuitry).