LIVE: FOCUS ORGANIZATION Presents DEBRA DEBS (No1 UK SOUL CHARTS) at Cargo | 24th September
Talented Cameroon-born, London-based soulsinger/song-writer Debra Debs returns with a fresh new album entitled’LifeCycles’ – released late November 2013 and rapidly garnering rave reviewswithin the UK soul and jazz circuit. For music lovers with a penchant forsounds blessed with groove and soul, this is one album that is guaranteed tostay on rotate.
Recently No 1 on the UK SoulCharts and Jazz FM’s January week 3 ‘Albumof the Week’, ‘LifeCycles’ blend of”NeosoulfulJazzyRnBAfrosoulThings” and as much of a mouthful that is,the LP is an intricate blend of sounds infused with 90’s RnB, Jazz, Gospel,AfroSoul and skilled lyricism that tend to impart socio-conscious messages orresonate poetic enchantments for those with a weakness at describing seductionand life’s multi-experiences.
There is no mistaking she’s beeninfluenced by the likes of Jill Scott, Ella Fitzgerald, Lauryn Hill, SarahVaughn, Mary J Blige and many other greats. Currently promoting ‘LifeCycles, DebraDebs is impressively one of the UK’s finest emerging artists and certainly oneto watch in 2014.
The last 3 years have culminated in animpressive music CV for an unsigned artist. First kicking off with her 2011 EPrelease ‘WHUMAN’ with it’s socio-conscious liberating track Africa ‘Higher Higher’ reaching 1+ millionYoutube hits and being broadcast across Africa and the UK. ‘LifeCycles’ has been on rotation inLondon’s Soul/RnB/Jazz specialist stations such as Jazz FM, Solar Radio,Mi-Soul, Starpoint etc culminating with a live performance on the Robert Elmsshow on BBC London 94.9 etc.
She’s recently made it to No 1 and No 3spots of the Sweet Rhythms charts on Solar Radio and the UK Soul Chart. Otherachievements include performing at London’s prestigious Royal Opera House; winningthe Best Female Urban Act-Cameroon Academy Awards, making the Urban MusicAwards ‘Ones to Watch list 2013’, performing at the UKs biggest Africa Fashion show [Africa Fashion Week London in 2013] , theNational Reality TV Awards and British Young Business Awards to Vince Cable andthe Mayor of Camden.
Debra Debs owes her early music days to hermother’s Jazz collection and the missionary boarding school for girls sheattended where she sang tenor in both the choir and girl band formed with 7classmates. Encouraged by her drama teacher, in the summer of 2000 she pursueda degree in Film & Media with Drama in Winchester, UK although dropping out5 months later saying “…I didn’t want to analyse shadows in film noirs”Fortunately for music lovers a Popular Music degree at the Tech Music schoolssoon followed topped-up with a Masters in International Business…….and therest as they say is history.
