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Renée's musical style blends a poet's
eye with Punk and post-Punk's independent, defiant spirit, New
Wave's quirky art-pop, and the edgy introspection with which
[the classic] singer-songwriters… dissected life. -Taylor
Guitars-- Discover the Indies
Her smooth delivery flows through and I
expect her to pop up on all sorts of interesting projects delivering
wonderful post-modern soul to the masses. - San Francisco
Spectrum
… more than just acoustic folk with
an Eastern twist. Robin Renée is a vocalist and musician
of considerable gifts, which she offers up lovingly to the Infinite.
- newWitch Magazine
…one of the Garden State's finest
singer-songwriters whose spiritual pop is a solid mix of
Joni Mitchell, Joan Armatrading, and The Beatles. - Courier
News
Not only is performing songwriter Robin
Renée not afraid to listen to what the voices in her
head tell her, but she makes that intuition real. It was a sudden
moment of awareness and listening in an everyday bookstore that
once lead Renée to a California adventure, new music,
and unfolding opportunity. It was seeing the "vision"
of David Bowie in a
dress on Saturday Night Live that lead the young Robin to realize
that she could be anyone and all she is meant to be. It was
an inner light experience that pointed the way toward renewed
spirituality and the chant vibe that has woven seamlessly into
her life and work. It was a dream that involved a billboard,
oversize sunglasses, a drag bar, and fire ants that lead to her
latest: spirit.rocks.sexy - mantra-pop headlines from the
clairaudient dreams of the evocative Robin Renée (March
2009).
spirit.rocks.sexy is a celebration of what Robin Renée does
best. Featuring two previously unrecorded live show favorites
- the lyrically arresting, AAA radio-friendly "The Other
End of the Line" and bluesy "You're In Demand"
- plus tracks from three acclaimed releases - In
Progress, All Six Senses,
and Live Devotion, spirit.rocks.sexy
brings together the smart pop rock ("I Don't Wear Sweaters"),
East-meets-West devotional sounds ("Jai Ma"), and the
simmering love and eros ("My Bride") that have continued
to define her.
Renée's accessible tunes with a
spiritual twist have forged her own genre - Mantra-Pop - and
its development can be heard across the sounds of spirit.rocks.sexy.
She began this leg of the journey with In Progress (2000),
which was applauded in much alternative press across the U.S.
All Six Senses (2002), stands as the real-life chronicle
of one caught in the act of cosmic transformation. It was produced
by Scott Mathews, who has worked with artists as fabulous as
George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Elvis Costello, Patti LaBelle and
many more. Live Devotion (2007) is Renée's first
recording dedicated wholly to sacred chant.
Robin Renée claims personal favorites
and influences from acts as disparate as Elvis
Costello, Krishna Das,
James Taylor, Gary Wilson, and Devo.
In the biracial, multicultural family in which she grew up,
the blended experience extended easily to music. She was just
as likely to take a ride on Gladys Knight's "Midnight Train
to Georgia" as to drive along Kraftwerk's "Autobahn,"
and the easy-going sounds of "You've Got a Friend"
were as common as Dylan's acerbic "Masters of War."
Ultimately, spirit.rocks.sexy, and
all of Renée's work emerges from the in-betweens. She
lives and writes at the crossroads, in the fusion of sexuality,
spirituality, and sound. So far, those inner voices she hears
still insist on this mantra: Live for your truth, keep it real,
and make music that matters.
Menage a Music (BMI) P.O. Box
204, Atco, NJ 08004 USA
info@robinrenee.com
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