Artist: Julia Biel

Date of Release: 02/05/2005

Catalogue no: RKT010

Label: Rokit Records

Price: £12

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For the acclaimed singer/songwriter’s debut album ‘Not Alone’, Julia Biel has teamed up with fellow F-IRE member Jonny Phillips to write and produce a deeply individual recording with a group comprising some of the UK’s finest musicians. Born and raised in the UK but with a cultural heritage that spans continents, both Biel and her collaborator Phillips have diverse musical influences. The result is an original and intoxicating sound laced with world folk and possessing a cinematic quality, which is characterized by delicate yet epic arrangements woven out of acoustic instrumentation.

Julia Biel (vocals/cavaqinho), Jonny Phillips (acoustic guitar), Ben Davis (cello), Idris Rahman (clarinet/flute), Tom Herbert (double bass), Sebastian Rochford (drums).

Reviews

02/05/2005 BBC On-Line

"Julia Biel hovers in her own stratosphere - a remarkable showcase"

02/05/2005 John Fordham, The Guardian

“soulful, expressive and subtle, Julia Biel is a jazz star on the rise”.

02/05/2005 BBC on-line

“not quite pop, not quite jazz, Julia Biel hovers in her own stratosphere”

02/05/2005 Jazzwise

“the highly original Julia Biel mixes world folk, soul and roots”