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DESCRIPTION:Tickets: $28 Nett \,Tickets available at Stereolab (http://www.
 stereolab.sg/)\n\nZee Avi is just 23 but she's an old soul. A huge talent 
 in a petite frame with her self titled debut album achieving no. 9 on the 
 Associated Press annual Best Albums of the Year in 2009!\n\nThe album was 
 released in May 2009\, the first joint release from Ian Montone's Monotone
  Label and Jack Johnson's Brushfire Records. In picking Zee Avi's album\, 
 Associated Press wrote: 'Listening to Zee Avi might make you recall Kimya 
 Dawson's quirky lyrical style\, but the Malaysian-born Avi has an eclectic
 ism all her own on her debut CD. Her voice sounds dreamy\, her lyrics smar
 t and humorous. And paired with her acoustic picking\, she sounds intoxica
 ting.'\n\nWith an eclectic pool of influences that range from such eccentr
 ics as Cat Power\, Regina Spektor\, Leonard Cohen\, Tom Waits\, Jolie Holl
 and\, Daniel Johnston and Chris Garneau\, to jazz greats Billie Holiday an
 d Ella Fitzgerald\, to classics like Velvet Underground and Led Zeppelin\,
  this self-described 'rock lover at heart' captures the dark\, bittersweet
  qualities of romance with a crack left open for hope and optimism. \n\nFr
 om the sensuous scat singing on 'Honey Bee' to the sultry break-up song\, 
 'Is This the End\,' recalling the existential longing of Peggy Lee's 'Is T
 hat All There Is\,' Zee is hopeful of finding love\, but equally aware of 
 lurking heartache. \n\nThe songs on Zee Avi's debut are about an outsider'
 s desire to belong and the tentative hope of moving on\, filled with regre
 t and loss\, but boasting an impish\, worldly wise sensibility. 'I tend to
  be a loner\,' she nods. ' 'Honey Bee' is about a romance between two nonc
 onformists who are different from the rest of the hive\, and are trying to
  avoid the pressure to be like everybody else.' \n\n'Just You and Me\,' th
 e first song she wrote on ukulele\, has a '20s New Orleans swing jazz vibe
 . \n\n'I get my melodic feel from the simplicity of classic jazz\, people 
 singing what they felt with straightforward lyrics and not too many harmon
 ies\,' Zee says. 'Just a lot of honesty. I'm a girl of simple pleasures. 
 \n\nThe elemental acoustic guitar of 'Story of...' is enhanced with an Eno
 -like ambience that add to its shimmering quality\, while 'Poppy' is autob
 iographical 'with a little bit of poetic license' that looks back at the d
 emise of a two-year relationship. \n\n'My stuff is pretty dark\,' Zee admi
 ts. 'Most of my songs are about the reality side of romance\, outlets to v
 ent my emotions.' \n\nZee appeared this January on From the Basement\, the
  U.K. TV webcast/broadcast that has featured Radiohead's Thom Yorke\, Dami
 en Rice\, the White Stripes and the Shins. From the Basement will also air
  on the U.S.'s IFC Channel. \n\nFrom Malaysia to Los Angeles\, Zee Avi is 
 enjoying the ride and ready to take on passengers. 'I'm still pinching mys
 elf' she gushes. 'My parents always told me it's important to keep yoursel
 f grounded. I'm thankful\, but at the same time\, I just want to jump thro
 ugh the roof. It's been a pretty amazing journey\, getting to work with so
 me really wonderful people\, a blessing\, really.' \n\nZee Avi's Monotone/
 Brushfire Records debut returns that blessing...and then some. \n\nMonoton
 e Records is owned by Ian Montone\, whose Monotone\, Inc. manages the Whit
 e Stripes\, M.I.A.\, The Shins\, Vampire Weekend\, the Raconteurs\, Agains
 t Me!\, Cold War Kids\, Crookers\, among others. \n\nBrushfire Records is 
 owned by Jack Johnson and his manager Emmett Malloy and is home to artists
  like Rogue Wave\, Matt Costa\, Neil Halstead\, Money Mark\, G. Love\, Mas
 on Jennings\, ALO and Zach Gill.\n\nThis is a Public event\, -1 Attendees 
 (at time of iCal export)\n\nLocation: Stereolab\, Pan Pacific Hotel\, 7 Ra
 ffles Boulevard\, Marina Square\n\nSingapore\nSingapore\n\nGenerated: Sat\
 , 26 May 12 00:14:26 +0000@http://www.live4music.com.sg//events/profile/17
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DTSTART:20100319T203000
LOCATION:Stereolab\, Pan Pacific Singapore
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SUMMARY:UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL with ZEE AVI
URL:http://www.live4music.com.sg//events/profile/177
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