About
In the many reviews written about Edie’s music, we find the same influences/artists recurring.
Sounds like Sinead ‘O Connor’s “Lion and the Cobra”, Tori Amos and Kate Bush’s high, eclectic and sometimes hysterical vocal expressions, 80′s pop and synth production, mellow but deep and honest singer/songwriter integrity,
Tricky’s sensual beats and phrasing, Heather Nova’s clean vocal prestations, Portishead’s Beth Gibson, Mazzy Star’s melancholy.
Emotional and open.
Edie was born in The Netherlands near Rotterdam.
After highschool she left home to go travel the world. She lived in Paris, Sydney and settled finally in Los Angeles where she stayed for 6 years.
She first started singing and writing music in LA. She bought her first guitar and started writing.
At an open mic night, her very first performance ever, she met writer/producer Martin Motola with whom she went on to make her first album “Shades” in 2001. She co-produced the CD having gotten handy with computers and recording programs.
Edie played at LA venues like Genghis Cohen, the Kibbitz Room and The Cat Club.
In 2003-04 she spent a year in Amsterdam, playing European clubs in Holland, Paris and London.
The video for Crave was also shot in Amsterdam.
She recorded a batch of songs “The Basement Songs” one of which made it onto the next album “Nu” which was recorded in Nashville, TN.
She moved to Nashville in 2004 and has played the local circuit a lot, venturing out on small tours regularly through the South and the Midwest.
Edie’s song “Entendu” of Nu was used in the movie Zerophilia as well as the song “Through”, a new track for the third cd “Realities”.
Realities was again co-produced by Edie and Martin Motola and split released on the Atlanta based label Stickfigure.
The Dutch label AG Music took notice of Edie’s french song “Ca y est” and decided to release the song as a single in Holland in May 2007.
The song received some wonderful response and support on Dutch radio stations which led to further collaboration between Edie and AG Music.
During the late summer of 2007 the recording of Edie’s 4th studio album began in Alkmaar.
Theo de Jong engineered and produced the 11 new songs, one of which is a cover of Prince’s hit “When doves cry”.
The album was released in March 2008 and received good airplay and Edie toured the small clubs in Holland extensively.
Edie moved to New York City in May of 2008 and has been living in the East Village ever since.
In 2009 and the beginning of 2010 Edie has been shifting her focus towards painting more and more, nonetheless writing and recording many new songs in her home studio. From the summer of 2009 until the beginning of 2010, Edie has written and recorded 30 or so
songs that will inevitably be made into an album some time in the near future.
