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Volenté

Volenté - Singer, Songwriter, Producer & Performer

About Me


South Wales singer-songwriter Volenté returns with her long awaited second album entitled "Butterflies Fall Away". After critical acclaim for her debut album "Cold Clean", Volenté returns with this new illuminating album.
Compared by critics to the likes of Bjork, cult indie favourites the Sundays, Lambchop and Kate Bush, this album presents us with Volenté's thoughts on life, love and loss over twelve haunting tracks, all written, produced, arranged and performed by Volenté herself.
Since starting out as a session singer in London in the late -1990s, and after having collaborated on many musical projects, South African born Volenté has developed her own personal style as heard on Butterflies Fall Away and will throw off the shackles of being studio-bound to play live at a number of select gigs throughout 2008.
To hear some of the tracks from the album, surf to: www.myspace.com/volentelloyd. The album is released in the UK from 21.07.08 and will be available online from digital shops such as itunes throughout the world from the same date.
Volenté album launches:
Sat, June 14 - Le Pub, Newport
Mon, June 23 - Monkey Café, Swansea
Sat, June 28 – 1pm Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Thu, July 24 – Buffalo Bar, Cardiff
Fri, October 31 - Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay
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Member Since: 6/28/2006
Band Website: volentelloyd.com
Band Members: Just Volenté at the moment!

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Influences: Rachmaninov, Chopin, Beethoven, Bach, Nick Cave, M Ward, Shellac, Slint, Neil Young, Massive Attack, Rage Against The Machine, Beastie Boys, Swell, Sonic Youth, Pavement, The Prodigy, Skylab, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Nina Simone, Primus, Nirvana, Talk Talk, PJ Harvey, G.Love & Special Sauce, Chemical Brothers, Mercury Rev, Stereolab, Air, The Breeders, Tom Waits, The Amps, Beck, Ashokan, Red House Painters, dEUS, Sparklehorse, Cuba, Slayer, The Cinematic Orchestra, Frank Sinatra, Lamb, Morphine and Fugazi amongst so many others!

Sounds Like: No one else on earth but I have been compared to Kate Bush, Bjork, PJ Harvey, Portishead, The Sundays, Sneaker Pimps, Lambchop, Mew, Shirley Bassey, The Pixies, Madonna, Beth Orton and the KLF!

Record Label: Dockrad - www.dockrad.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Volenté Newsletter

New album, launch gig and radio appearance!Hi guys, welcome to the first official Volenté newsletter! Album ReleaseVolenté's second album, Butterflies Fall Away is set to be released on Monday, July 2...
Posted by Volenté on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:36:00 PST

Volenté live @ Buffalo Bar, Cardiff

Hosted By: Stafell FywWhen: Thursday Jul 24, 2008 at 8:00 PMWhere: Buffalo Bar11 Windsor PlaceCardiff / Caerdydd, Wales|74 CF10 3BYUnited KingdomDescription:Acoustic, Other, Experimental featuring Pet...
Posted by Volenté on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:59:00 PST

Volenté played on BBC Radio Wales

Butterflies Fall Away was played on Adam Walton's show last night - click on link below to have a listen. http://www. bbc. co. uk/radio/aod/networks/wales/aod. shtml?wales/adamwalton...
Posted by Volenté on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:02:00 PST

Volenté @ Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff

When: Saturday 28thJune , 2008 at 13:00 pmWhere: Wales Millennium Centre,   Bute Place  Cardiff   CF10 5AL  Wales             Descri...
Posted by Volenté on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:04:00 PST

Album review

Read this review here http://condemnedtorocknroll.blogspot.com/2008/06/brave-new-a rtists-andrea-liuzza-and.html
Posted by Volenté on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:57:00 PST

Volenté live @ Monkey Café, Swansea

When: Monday 23rd  June , 2008 at 8:00 PMWhere: Monkey Cafe  13 Castle Street,Swansea,SA1 1JFWalesTel:  01792 480822             Descripti...
Posted by Volenté on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:57:00 PST

Volenté on Radio 1 Bethan Elfyn

Eye On The Road Vol. 1 played on Bethan Elfyn's show!http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bethanandhuw/index.shtml...
Posted by Volenté on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:20:00 PST

Check out this event: Volenté live @ Le Pub, Newport

Hosted By: Volenté When: Saturday Jun 14, 2008 at 8:00 PMWhere: Le Pub1 Caxton Place, Bridge StreetNewport, NP204BNWales   Description:Acoustic, Experimental, OtherClick Here To View Event...
Posted by Volenté on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:42:00 PST

New album and gig news!

South Wales singer-songwriter Volenté returns with her long awaited second album entitled "Butterflies Fall Away". After critical acclaim for her debut album "Cold Clean", Volenté returns with this n...
Posted by Volenté on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:13:00 PST

Forthcoming album news!

The "Butterflies Fall Away" album will be released towards the end of May / June 2008.  In the meantime, I’ve uploaded a few new tracks from the forthcoming album for you to enjoy and to ge...
Posted by Volenté on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:23:00 PST