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Listen to Valente
To kick start Arjan’s blog for 2008, I’ve come up with the perfect new artist to take away any hangover blues from New Years Eve! Valente is an extraordinary singer, producer and songwriter whose stunning debut EP ‘Escape Artist’ is out now on iTunes worldwide.
Valente Bertelli's soothing music reminds me of boundary-pushing artists such as a young David Sylvian or The Postal Service. My friend Tiff (of TIFFcast.com) first told me about Valente in May 2007, and I was immediately captivated by his intimate sound world and revealing songs.
You may already have heard Valente's awesome vocals on the recent project Two For The Road produced and created by Marc Collin, the producer behind Nouvelle Vague… which also led to Valente becoming one of the main vocalists on 10 songs for the forthcoming third Nouvelle Vague album, set for release later in 2008. So he's definitely a hot new talent to keep a close eye on!
Download Valente’s debut EP now from iTunes worldwide or stream Valente’s solo music at MySpace.
January 2, 2008 in Guest Blogger: Rob Diament, Hot New Talent Alert | Permalink
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I like it! It is so laid back and mellow. I can listen to this while relaxing, taking a bubble bath, sipping from a glass of chilled sparkling cider. *Sigh*...I'm gonna go and listen to his music again!^_~
Posted by: Geminikitty at Jan 2, 2008 4:11:30 PM
Oh yes I like this!! his voice is gorgeeeeooouuuss! I was a big big fan of Nouvelle Vague, Bande à Part is like one of my all time favourite albums. Valente fits perfectly the Nouvelle Vague mood. Good find Rob!!!
Posted by: Crisps1234 at Jan 2, 2008 5:53:50 PM
I love him! Valente is by far one of my favorite artists... great music to clam the nerves with.
Posted by: tiffelie at Jan 3, 2008 8:26:43 AM
Thoroughly enjoying Valente's EP. His voice is incredibly soothing and calm (reminds me quite a bit of Chris Martin's), and the lyrics, well - "...let's fold in two, my Origami Baby" - brilliant!
Posted by: Tine at Jan 6, 2008 8:36:59 AM
Cool, glad you liked it.
You should also check out the wonderful Two For The Road album that he sings on, it's very good and a friend pointed out the other day that the UBER AMAZING French singer Camille wrote one of the songs on that album... I love her, we were lucky to remix her song 'Ta Douleur' a while ago too, her album 'Le Fil' was pure bliss!
R.x
Posted by: Robert Diament at Jan 6, 2008 10:48:55 AM
His vocals sound exceptional; though he is not that Los Angeles producer that covers my sound in California. Valente the producer works more in grunge genre show on the URL provided. I think he limits my work though my using only RealPlayer, so that no one gets to keep the music for free.
Posted by: daonetruartist at Apr 19, 2008 10:49:59 AM
