Aislin Evans
Aislin Evans @ ICMP Songwriters' Circle (Proud Camden)
Proud Camden
THE HORSE HOSPITAL, THE STABLES MARKET, CHALK FARM
Jan 10, 2017
7:00 PM UTC
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We have secured a very special guest for our first Songwriters' Circle of 2017. The renowned songwriter Ed Harcourt, who describes himself as a "part-time brewer of dark ales, full-time composer of dark tales" will join the circle bieng lead by singer, songwriter, producer, session keys man and now ICMP tutor Oli RockbergerAlso featuring in the round will be Katie Wilkinson (1st Year BASW), Aislin Evans (2nd Year BASW), Jordanshawmusic (3rd Year BASW) and Hakeem (MA Songwriting).About the Artists:ED HARCOURT - Depending on who you speak to, you will hear that Ed Harcourt was raised by wolves, he grew up in a Russian orphanage or discover that he was once part of a travelling circus, which perhaps explains his Coulrophobia. Truth is, he was born in the seventies (“the year punk broke, days before The King was dead”), and lived with his parents in East Sussex. Over the years, he has become a well-read, well-dressed, well-travelled English gent and a songwriter of some repute. www.edharcourt.comOLI ROCKBERGER - Singer, songwriter, producer and keys man Oli Rockberger divides his time between hometown London and New York City, with performing/recording highlights to date including: Carly Simon, John Mayer, Steve Gadd, Jesse Harris, Gloria Gaynor, Levon Helm, Randy Brecker, Becca Stevens and Chris Dave And The Drumhedz. Current work includes performances as a member of prodigious award-winning UK songstress Laura Mvula's touring band, as well as with his original solo project, with recent highlights including Love Supreme (UK), London Jazz and Rochester Jazz Festival (US). Oli will be following up his acclaimed "Old Habits" (2013) with "Sovereign", his 4th studio album, to be released Sept '17. http://www.olirockberger.com/KATIE WILKINSON - AISLIN EVANS - 21 year old London songwriter Aislin Evans provides nocturnal pop laced with vulnerability and electric poetry, currently working on her debut EP to be released soon.www.aislinevans.comtwitter.com/aislinevansinstagram.com/aislinevanssoundcloud.com/aislinevansJORDAN SHAW - HAKEEM MONTAGUE - Hakeem is a singersongwriter, and I has been since the age of 13. Songs always camenaturally to him, especially, when accompanied by an instrument. Hakeem can play a number of different instruments including piano, guitar, saxophone, drums and clarinet.He writes in many different genres, but his style is one of narrativepop form - the songs tell a story and have a specific meaning or concept that can be related to a lot of everyday issues or concerns people may experience in their lives at any given time.https://www.facebook.com/officiallyhakeemhttps://www.instagram.com/xxhakzxxFree Entry, 18+Prior to the Songwriters' Circle, Ed Harcourt will be In Conversation with ICMP tutor Oli Rockberger, sharing his experiences and songwriting advice. Doors for the Masterclass open at 5:00pm. Both the Masterclass and Songwriters' Circle are free to attend and open to ICMP students and public attendees alike. Please register in advance for the Masterclass via Eventbrite: https://inconversationwithedharcourt.eventbrite.co.uk/ABOUT SONGWRITERS' CIRCLE:Lifting the veil on songwriters today, this writers round is a truly unique experience.Do you love to discover new talent or listen to the finest stripped back songs? Then come along to London's fastest growing Songwriting event where Songsmiths reveal how and why their lyrics came to be. Taking place in an intimate setting, the audience gets an exclusive listen to well known hit songs stripped back sung by the writers themselves as well as new material from the most talented, up and coming, songwriting students in the UK. Hosted by our tutors (which include a Mercury Music Prize Nominee and No 1 UK writers and artists), and featuring an exciting line-up of successful alumni along with ICMP student artists and our fantastic line up of special guests... you never know who you'll meet! Open to all, the Songwriters' Circle attracts musicians, music lovers and industry alike. This is a unique blend of people coming together for one evening along with stunning songs and the stories around them, this is an experience you won't forget.
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Aislin Evans Biography
“If only I had an enemy bigger than my apathy, I could’ve won” - Mumford & Sons
Sometimes you meet someone that’s so right for you that your mind can’t process it, and the warnings flash because It Can’t Be Possible and you don’t know what you’re feeling so you label it as repulsion and brand them an enemy and try to move on. But you can’t.
In music, Aislin found her greatest enemy.
It stalked her from childhood, arriving in 1999 when the tiny child first took up piano lessons. It didn't last long. It reappeared in 2005 when her mother and father brought down a dusty flute and an old clarinet from the loft and offered them ceremoniously to Aislin and her sister as they stood wide-eyed in the front room. She took the flute.
It followed her when she hid away studying in a Suffolk boarding school, and when she tried to push it away it wouldn't loosen its grip. Her apathy was strong but the music was stronger. They tumbled and battled and fell in and out of love, and pulled each other's hair and kicked and screamed but in the end, she always came crawling back. It's the vitriolic lovers that create the brightest sparks.
"I hated it, but it wouldn't go away", says Ais. "Nothing in my life was constant except music, and when everything else was gone it was still there, waiting. So I took a deep breath and I gave it a chance. But I don't think I'll ever fully trust it."
"At the start, when I was a teenager, I was a flautist and a pianist and a singer and people who didn't know my name knew I was that girl who played music, and I was so bitter that this abstract concept was consuming my identity and I felt strangled beneath the weight of it all and I tried to rebel against it but once people have an image of you in their heads, it's almost impossible to change. I guess when I started writing my own music, it was almost an act of defiance, like a reclamation of my identity, because if I was going to be the girl who played music, I wanted it to be on my own terms."
That result of this reclamation has been described as strong and delicate, flawless and emotional, and Aislin herself has been labeled angelic, an "unstoppable, special little thing". She sees the music as a natural extension of her own tangled mind.
"When I first started writing songs, I knew I had a lot of feelings but I didn't know how to express them and I was teaching myself guitar as I went along, so I was exploring these simple accompaniments and pouring out fountains of metaphor and even I didn't know what I was trying to say - I just knew that in some small way it helped me figure things out, and that people were responding to it. If I can write strange emotion-infused poetry and someone else can find their own spark of meaning in that, then that's what I want to do always."
In the small space she has carved out in her life away from music, Ais is an introverted, idealistic, deeply sensitive creature, prone to standing on the edge and observing everything from a distance, and profoundly affected by the wrongdoings of the world. She is a vegan feminist romantic, unfalteringly nurturing and enchanted by stories and dreams and what-ifs and maybes.
"I like to imagine that I'm like Hermione Granger, except with fewer house-elves and more cats, and less magic and more singing. I've always identified with Hermione as a strong, smart female and I find so much inspiration in women fulfilling their potential and shining. Musically, I look to the likes of Marina Diamandis, Florence Welch, Laura Marling, Lorde, Beyonce, Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift and see these uninhibited empowering forces and I want to do what they're doing."
Kate Bush, The Cranberries, Paolo Nutini, Mumford & Sons, Fleetwood Mac, Lana Del Ray, Bastille, Daughter, Sia, The Staves, Gabrielle Aplin and Paramore have all also influenced her musical tastes.
"But really I just want to be an ethereal musical fairy, in whichever way that manifests."
Read MoreSometimes you meet someone that’s so right for you that your mind can’t process it, and the warnings flash because It Can’t Be Possible and you don’t know what you’re feeling so you label it as repulsion and brand them an enemy and try to move on. But you can’t.
In music, Aislin found her greatest enemy.
It stalked her from childhood, arriving in 1999 when the tiny child first took up piano lessons. It didn't last long. It reappeared in 2005 when her mother and father brought down a dusty flute and an old clarinet from the loft and offered them ceremoniously to Aislin and her sister as they stood wide-eyed in the front room. She took the flute.
It followed her when she hid away studying in a Suffolk boarding school, and when she tried to push it away it wouldn't loosen its grip. Her apathy was strong but the music was stronger. They tumbled and battled and fell in and out of love, and pulled each other's hair and kicked and screamed but in the end, she always came crawling back. It's the vitriolic lovers that create the brightest sparks.
"I hated it, but it wouldn't go away", says Ais. "Nothing in my life was constant except music, and when everything else was gone it was still there, waiting. So I took a deep breath and I gave it a chance. But I don't think I'll ever fully trust it."
"At the start, when I was a teenager, I was a flautist and a pianist and a singer and people who didn't know my name knew I was that girl who played music, and I was so bitter that this abstract concept was consuming my identity and I felt strangled beneath the weight of it all and I tried to rebel against it but once people have an image of you in their heads, it's almost impossible to change. I guess when I started writing my own music, it was almost an act of defiance, like a reclamation of my identity, because if I was going to be the girl who played music, I wanted it to be on my own terms."
That result of this reclamation has been described as strong and delicate, flawless and emotional, and Aislin herself has been labeled angelic, an "unstoppable, special little thing". She sees the music as a natural extension of her own tangled mind.
"When I first started writing songs, I knew I had a lot of feelings but I didn't know how to express them and I was teaching myself guitar as I went along, so I was exploring these simple accompaniments and pouring out fountains of metaphor and even I didn't know what I was trying to say - I just knew that in some small way it helped me figure things out, and that people were responding to it. If I can write strange emotion-infused poetry and someone else can find their own spark of meaning in that, then that's what I want to do always."
In the small space she has carved out in her life away from music, Ais is an introverted, idealistic, deeply sensitive creature, prone to standing on the edge and observing everything from a distance, and profoundly affected by the wrongdoings of the world. She is a vegan feminist romantic, unfalteringly nurturing and enchanted by stories and dreams and what-ifs and maybes.
"I like to imagine that I'm like Hermione Granger, except with fewer house-elves and more cats, and less magic and more singing. I've always identified with Hermione as a strong, smart female and I find so much inspiration in women fulfilling their potential and shining. Musically, I look to the likes of Marina Diamandis, Florence Welch, Laura Marling, Lorde, Beyonce, Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift and see these uninhibited empowering forces and I want to do what they're doing."
Kate Bush, The Cranberries, Paolo Nutini, Mumford & Sons, Fleetwood Mac, Lana Del Ray, Bastille, Daughter, Sia, The Staves, Gabrielle Aplin and Paramore have all also influenced her musical tastes.
"But really I just want to be an ethereal musical fairy, in whichever way that manifests."
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