Press-Release
"Will you hate the rest of the world or will you renew your life?" asks singer-songwriter-producer LiLi Roquelin on the cover of her brand new album.
This question is just as tender as it is thought-provoking and it can reflect how her music blends delicateness with a touch of darkness. These catchy songs are graced by her crystalline
vocals which give a strong, focused presence that haunt her piano-based progressive electronic sound. As we are invited in by the addictive melodies and piano rhythms from the first track "Come and hear my story", it is quite difficult to resist to the charm of this endearing French import from a small town on the Riviera who came to the US to pursue her music career. Other pieces in this thoughtful collection reveal her gift for conveying emotional truth and artful songs, like the down-tempo strings orchestrated "Give you my love" and a French cover of Danny Elfman's “Sally's Song” (Tim Burton/ Nightmare before Christmas). This full-length album is the follow-up to the critically acclaimed fan-funded EP, released just over a year ago and recipient of two best music video awards and honorable mention at the John Lennon Songwriting Contest. With her musical talent and dazzling presence, Ms Roquelin definitely knows how to strike the iron while it's hot and launches her new record with a breathtaking new music video for "Should you get mad".
A must hear. and see.
Story
“I will go to the United States and have a music career there”, LiLi told her friends as she was just 14. Growing up on la Côte d’azur with a multi-instrumentalist father,
she learned music as it was all around her. She has been doing music actively since Middle School: from recording lead and backup vocals in solo or in duet for side projects or albums, to programming, and performing live with numerous bands. Her skills in PR and marketing support her constant presence in the music industry, getting press, TV, radio interviews and airplay of her songs in the US, Europe and Japan. She released “A Taste of Departure” as the lead singer/writer of her first American pop-rock band, Phizzy Lager. She then quickly
proved her professionalism in Cleveland - home of rock’n’roll - during the recording of the alternative-rock album “Neverending Sundown” with band Hate Dies Hard at Bill Korecky’s Mars Studio (Universal Records, Victory, Century Media) who then recommended her to composer/producer Sean Bilovecky. She worked with him on a side project and the song “I Saw You” was born. Pushing herself to living music to the fullest, she moved to New York City and now writes her own projects in her studio, while performing live on the piano. Entirely funded by fans, her first solo EP was mixed and mastered by three-time Grammy Award winning engineer Marc Urselli and it includes her Multi-Award-Winning music video for “I Saw You”. She now releases a full-length “Will you hate the rest of the world or will you renew your life?”.
PRESS
Live Performance Review July 2010
Artist Spotlight on The MothPod June 2010
Article in The Aquarian/East Coast Rocker March 2010
"A Rising East Coast Star", Knocks From The Underground NY/ The Quincy Cove Boston March 2010
"LiLi Roquelin's New Album", Cleveland Scene Magazine February 2010
"A Performance by LiLi Roquelin", The Kent Stater February 2010
Interview in The MothPod "Artist Spotlight", June 2009
Interview and front cover of Indie-Musik Expressions, June 2009
Review in Chain D.L.K.
Feature on French Morning, April 2009 (en français)
Feature on MusicDish TV, March 2009
GogirlsMusic Interview with LiLi Roquelin, January 2009
Roquelin breaks barriers of language and sound, January 2009
The Chronicle, December 2008
Inner Sanctum (92.3KROCK, CBS Radio), November 2008
All Access Magazine, July 24th, 2008
The Sellaband Tribune, May 1st, 2007
GrindHouse Magazine, Japan, Aug/Sept. 2006
Neverending Sundown, The Cleveland Scene, Feb. 22, 2006
Roquelin's sustained notes, Cleveland Free Times, Feb. 2006
BIOGRAPHIE EN FRANCAIS:
« J’irai aux Etats-Unis et aurai une carrière de musique là-bas », LiLi dit a ses amis alors qu’elle n’avait que 14 ans. La voix captivante de l’auteur-compositeur-interprète-producteur LiLi Roquelin enchante le public du monde entier. Son talent à tourner les mélodies jusqu'à ce qu’elles deviennent entêtantes et intoxicantes amène l’auditeur à en vouloir plus. Avec ses paroles bilingues sincères, poétiques et mélancoliques, et la profondeur d’émotion dans sa voix, LiLi se présente comme une musicienne qui veut partager son âme avec le monde. On parle souvent d’elle comme étant l’artiste la plus travailleuse de la région, sa passion et sa détermination lui donne la force pour accomplir ses rêves. Elle a quitté son pays, la France, pour la musique… Celle chanteuse avec un goût pour la mode est connue sur la scène musicale pour avoir une belle voix unique avec un accent français sensuel qui complimente ses chansons profondes et enivrantes. Sa personnalité attirante combinée avec sa présence scénique et son charisme la rendent irrésistible à tout public. Elle fait de la musique depuis le Collège : enregistrements de solos, duos ou choeurs pour des projets secondaires ou pour albums, programmation, performances « live » avec de nombreux groupes. Ses compétences en relations publiques et marketing permettent une présence constante sur la l'industrie de la musique, recevant articles de presse, interviews à la radio et télévision et passages à la radio de ses chansons aux Etats-Unis, Europe et Japon. Elle prouve son professionnalisme à Cleveland - là où est né le rock’n’roll- pendant l’enregistrement de l’album rock-alternatif « Neverending Sundown » au Mars Studio de Bill Korecky (Universal Records, Victory, Century Media.) ; qui l’a presentée le compositeur-producteur Sean Bilovecky. Elle travaille avec lui sur un projet secondaire et de là née la chanson « I SawYou ». Après avoir expérimenté les styles de musique (pop-rock acoustique, hard-rock melodique) elle se place dans un style electronique progressif. Se poussant à vivre la musique au maximum, elle emménage à New York City et écrit son propre projet dans son studio, et elle se représente en live au piano. Entièrement fondé par les fans, son cd 4 Titres a été mixé et mastérisé par l'ingénieur Marc Urselli qui détient 3 Grammy Awards; il contient aussi son video-clip pour “I Saw You” qui a recu plusieurs prix de "Best Music Video" . Elle annonce maintenant la sortie de son nouvel album "Will you hate the rest of the world or will you renew your life". Allez voir la page « news » pour dates de concerts.
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Will you hate the rest of the world or will you renew your life?
NEW ALBUM!
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The EP (includes multi-award-winning music video "I Saw You")
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"I Saw You"
(Single)
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"N'attends pas"
(Single, elektro side-project song)
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"Neverending Sundown (2006 album)"
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"A taste of Departure"
(2004 album)
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