Z-STAR

Songs

Album : Masochists & Martyrs
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  • country:United Kingdom
  • style(s):Rock, Soul
  • label:Muthastar Music
  • type:Band
  • gender:male, female
  • instrumentation:vocal
  • artist posted by:Macabane

Line up

  • Carl Hudson (Keys)
  • Diogenes Baptisttella (Brazil) (Lead Guitar)
  • Jevon Beaumont (UK) (Bass)
  • Nikolaj Bjerre (Denmark) (Drums)
  • Zee Gachette (Vocals, Guitar/Perc, Bandleader)

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"Z-STAR is a force of nature" - JIMMY PAGE

To be at a Z-STAR concert is a truly liberating experience; dangerous, seductive, edgy, profound and impressively unpredictable - unfolding like a most decadent road trip through a HeavySoul VoodooRock magic-infused landscape.

The Z-STAR sound is created and led by singer-songwriter, musician and producer, Zee Gachette, and her multicultural band; Brazilian Diogenes Baptisttella (Lead Guitar), British Carl Hudson (Keys - Professor Green), Jevon Beaumont (Bass - Moloko) and Danish Nikolaj Bjerre (Drums - Lamb, Ian Seagal).

"Intense magic...see Z-STAR live. It's a mesmerizing & liberating experience" - AAA MUSIC

Musically described as "the lovechild of Jimi Hendrix and Nina Simone" (Il Corriere Della Sera), Zee Gachette is a musicians' artist admired by many musical heavyweights including Nigel Kennedy and Quincy Jones. Awarded BEST
LIVE ACT at the Brighton Music Awards, Z-STAR delivered a performance which brought the audience, including Jimmy Page (Led Zepplin) and Roger Daltrey (The Who), to their feet.

Zee "dominates the stage like the lead of a West
End musical, a ring-leader...the band follow her every move like an orchestra to its conductor" (Spannered).

"She kicks everyone else's ass on stage, there's no doubt, the stage is hers" - ROCKERILLA

"Deserves serious success" - BRIGHTON MUSIC AWARDS

She has a myth-like reputation that quietly spans the globe. She has performed on global stages to audiences of up to 250,000, including the Royal Albert Hall, Radio City Hall, Ronnie Scotts, MTV Live, Arezzowave, Roskilde, Villa Ada, Glastonbury, WOMAD, Bestival, Polish Woodstock and had inspiring collaborations writing/recording/performing) with; Nigel Kennedy, Keziah Jones, Spleen, Shlomo, Max Sedgely, George Benson, Meshell Ndegecello, Richie Havens, Sinead O'Connor, Gabin, Mathew Herbert, Natascha Atlas, Beverly Knight, Isabellia Rossellini, Sunlight Square etc.

"Like a fine malt whisky this girl just gets better and better" BLUES AND SOUL

As a recording artist Zee has sold over 2.5m in combined compilation sales worldwide, with a music career that has produced 5 albums: 3 Z-STAR and 2 SLOWTRAINSOUL. Her records have been released by various global labels inc. VirginEMI, Sony, Wagram, Universal, Playground, Quango and Tommy Boy with many songs featured in European Films, Commercials (Velvet Magazine, Ya Juice, Vaio, CellC), TV series (Ugly Betty, CSI, Six Feet Under, Californication, Brothers & Sisters, Entourage) and Fashion Brand Shows, Events and Comms (Armani, Diesel, Replay, Boss).

This Summer, Zee is working on a new EP for Z-STAR (Autumn release), as well as performing at a variety of European and UK festivals including Standon Calling, Give, Green Gathering, BoomTown, Scene De Femme, Ghetto Nobile and Showtime Festival, commissioned by the Mayor of London for the Olympics with an immersive and spontaneous 360 music and arts experience called Lyrix Organix: Relay (as featured on BBC London).

"Definitely one to watch" - BBC RADIO 2
"Charismatic, genuine creativity" - THE TIMES
"A top-billing for the Royal Albert Hall might be more appropriate" - SPANNERED
"A phenomenon to keep an eye on" - LA NAZIONE
"A star is born...the comparisons are wasted" - IL MANIFESTO
"Zee has a voice that goes straight to the stomach" - MARIE CLAIRE

Concerts

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