Charlotte Jacobs

Vocalist, composer, and producer Charlotte Jacobs makes jazz-flecked avant-pop shaped by literature as well as movement and visual art. Raised in her parents’ gallery in the Flanders countryside, the Belgian-born artist found an affinity with contemporary dance as an adolescent, motivated by choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, before making the pivot to music and studying jazz vocals at The Royal Conservatory of Ghent.

Arranged and produced by Jacobs with the help of engineer and producer Zubin Hensler, a t l a s, her debut solo full-length—and first for New Amsterdam Records—showcases her interest in language as a tool for expression and as a means of grounding her musical ideas. Spanning both Dutch and English, the LP incorporates spoken language for the first time, creating vocal dynamics that add depth and dimension.