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For Sans Elle – literally 'Without Her' - music is like a good book: pages follow one another but are not alike. Exposed early to Debussy & Gershwin just as much as Sting, James Taylor, Pat Metheny, Georges Benson, Stevie Wonder or Barbra Streisand, Sans Elle grew as a multidisciplinary artist (singing, piano, composition, arrangements), interfering with pop, electro-acoustic, soul or jazz music throughout the years. Her personal style has kept re-inventing itself since then & materializes today with Beyond: her debut album, entirely made of originals, produced & supported by her own label SAY YAY!

Sans Elle started studying classical music theory & classical piano at 5 for several years. Aged 12, she started singing as a self-trainer and composing nearly simultanesouly. At 17, she launches with her first band in Festival d'Angers. But her business studies in Lille take her away from her music for a while. Neverthless, she continued music investing herself into various local projects, notably being the lead voice of the very Motown Maddoc' band. This was the opportunity to give a series of shows in the region and at the prestigious Théâtre Sébastopol in Lille, to explore soul, rhythm 'n' blues and the repertoire of her beloved Stevie Wonder & Aretha Franklin.

Along her educational & professional experiences & trips, she met, formed relationships with & has been influenced by people from across the World. From then on this intercultural dimension has never stopped shaping her life & approach to music.

In late 2007, she self-produced 4 original tracks, of which 'Invisible' which she published on the internet. Her mesmerising voice & sense of melody soon attracted the attention of Havas & the French national railway company (SNCF), who decided a few months later to publish the track on the compilation Le Son du Transilien - 101,500 copies - & sponsor a series of gigs. Besides, she decided to go back to music full time performing on stage & studying jazz at IMEP, where she met numerous talented musicians, some of whom right away came aboard her 2 projects: Sans Elle Pop Project & Sans Elle Jazz 'N Soul.

After 50 shows in France and abroad (Festival des Nuits acoustiques de Reims with Virgin Radio, Festival de St Germain en Laye, Casino Mondorf, Le Biplan, Le Pavillon Baltard, L’Entrepôt…), she took a break from live music with a promise made to herself: to come back only producing a jazz, soul & world album & setting up her own label.

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'We found Nikki Yanofsky's elder sister (...) Sans Elle is the French Jazz revelation of the year.' WeBloomish

'Classy with a capital C, the best vocal jazz & soul album of 2014' George Bonazzelli, Polynésie Première.

"Sans Elle is this year's jazz French revelation" - WeBloomish 'A voice that reminds the warm shades & subtle sparkles of beautiful fabrics' Félix Marciano (Jazz Mag, Jazzman) "Her first album is a beautiful discovery between jazz & contemporary soul. Unlike many of her pairs, she chooses the path of an entirely original repertoire in English & French which she embodies with a voice that at times resembles Niki Yanofski's

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