The ‘Electric Blue Empress’ Estère has kicked off 2018 with full force playing a number of dates around Southern Africa and opening for music/fashion icon Grace Jones in her recent headlining show in Queenstown.
To celebrate the April 27 release of her double album ‘My Design, On Others’ Lives‘, Estère is taking to the road again with performances in Wellington and Auckland, before flying out to Europe and the UK for headlining shows and festival spots including Afropunk Paris (alongside the likes of D’Angelo, SZA, Damian Marley and more).
Estère
My Design, On Others’ Lives Album Release Tour
Thursday 3rd May | Caroline | Wellington
Friday 4th May | Cassette 9 | Auckland
Tickets on sale NOW from UTR.
Press Release:
Both artist and producer, like a modern day mage with an ability to conjure magic from the sounds around her, Estère’s unique brand of Electric Blue Witch-Hop creates an unparalleled melange of music. Acclaimed as a performer of unique calibre, her catalogue for support slots includes opening for the likes of Grace Jones, John Cale, Flume and Erykah Badu.
Referencing the meaty side of electronic music with thick bass atop weighty drums then contrasting it with organic acoustic textures – Estère bedecks her production with a rich elastic voice and punchy, ethereal melodies.
The coy hiss of Vietnamese bamboo trees, the angry crash of a cutlery draw, the clicking tongue of a possum, are all examples of the strange sounds Estère has sampled and surreptitiously slipped into her music.
Estère’s penchant for extraordinary lyric writing escapes the common realms of popular music, delving into imaginatively philosophical narratives about displaced refugees, kids obsessed with technology, controlling urges, rent, prostitutes becoming presidents and much more …
Armed with her MPC Lola, as well as a troupe of other machine personalities, Estère has played headline and festival shows in Africa, Europe, Scandinavia, UK, South Korea, Australia, NZ and New Caledonia.
