Brisa Roché
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Brisa Roché | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | April 26, 1976 |
| Genres | Jazz, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, musician |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Website | www |
Brisa Roché (born April 26, 1976 in Arcata, California) is an American singer-songwriter who sings primarily in English, occasionally in French, and who has spent much of her life residing in France.[1]
Roché was raised by an artist mother and initially her adventurer father,[1] then her stepfather (after her father moved to Seattle).[2]
Growing up with her family and surroundings in a small, electricity-free cabin, shared with her mother and stepfather in Arcata, northern California (known for redwood forests and artistic communities), music played a major influence in Roché’s life. It was a childhood neighbour who introduced her to the drums, which she later swapped for the guitar.[2]
At 16, Roché moved to Seattle to be with her ailing father, at a time grunge music was coming to the fore in the city. She found escape from her personal challenges by immersing herself in Seattle's music scene, playing in a local band, the Amazing Dimestore,[2][3] having traded her acoustic guitar for an electric one.[4]
Following her father's death, she moved to Paris,[4] and began busking at age 18 in the Paris Metro. The founders of Glazart club in Paris then noticed Roché,[1] which consequently led to opportunities to start singing in the jazz clubs of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, where a few years later she was discovered and signed to Blue Note.[4]
Roché has performed folk, garage, psyche-pop, soul and electronica.[5] Her first album (on a label), The Chase, was released 5 October 2005 in Paris; reviewing the album in Billboard, Aymeric Pichevin wrote, "A PJ Harvey fan, Roché delivers jazzy tunes with a punk spirit."[6] In 2016, Roché released Invisible 1.[7] She returned to the United States in the course of writing her fourth album, which Rolling Stone described as "succeed[ing] in capturing the essence of pop in order to restore it to a song that was both pure and sensual."[1]
