NEW SINGLE: Audrey Powne 'Sleep' + debut album 'From The Fire' coming

Audrey Powne releases her latest single ‘Sleep’ from her debut album From The Fire, out Friday 26 April via BBE
Counting down the days to the release of her debut album From The Fire out Friday 26 April, producer and multi-instrumentalist Audrey Powne releases the next taste with single ‘Sleep’, out Friday 22 March via BBE. Having explored concepts of rebirth and growth in ‘Feed The Fire’ and ‘From The Fire’, ‘Sleep’ is an introspective journey into an insomnia inspired universe, amongst Audrey’s string centred composition.

Following her previous singles which saw her added to community radio across Australia including PBS FM, 2SER, Aussie Music Weekly, and Edge Radio, radio love over in the UK and more from BBC Radio 6 and BBC Radio 2, Jazz FM UK, Worldwide FM, Soho Radio London, KCRW, Selector Radio, and more, and added to Spotify’s Fresh Finds Jazz, this next single unveils her diverse and prolific production. Transported through her wash of vocal harmonies, ‘Sleep’ is inspired by her experience with lucid dreaming and insomnia, a dreamlike take on the restless frustration.

‘During this period I experienced the phenomenon of lucid or waking dreams intensely, resulting in a peculiar feeling of existing somewhere between tangible reality and my imagination.’ - Audrey Powne

Out Friday 26 April via BBE on both vinyl and digital, From The Fire takes inspiration from Audrey’s biggest influences; Roy Hargrove, Bill Evans, and Herbie Hancock, weaving techniques from Roy Hargrove’s work with the RH Factor through her production. Written and produced by Audrey at Sing Sing East Studios in Naarm/Melbourne, the album is mixed by Russel Fawcus (Mo'Ju, Kylie Auldist, Slum Sociable), and mastered by Grammy award nominated Frank Merritt at The Carvery in London.

Drawing on experiences in her life and watching the world around her, the debut LP is one complete body of work; cover to cover telling her story of recovery and persistence, but most importantly survival. Connecting each track through reappearing motifs and themes, the material travels through her own experiences in ‘Sleep’, ‘Survival’ and ‘From The Fire’, and critiques of systems and powers at play in ‘Indigo’ and first single ‘Feed The Fire’, opened by a theatre styled ‘Overture’. Drawing on influences including Bill Evans, Archie Shepp, and many more, From The Fire blends genres of jazz and neo soul into hip-hop moments, with instrumental interludes that spotlight her career performing trumpet.

As Audrey embraces all evolutions as a musician and composer, her style is hard to pin down, from hook-laden synth pop songs to longform cinematic soundscapes, RnB ballads and free jazz improvisations, there are few genres she has not touched. As well as her solo work, Audrey Powne has also worked as a session player with acts as diverse as Maceo Parker, Midnight Oil, Jimmy Barnes, Masta Ace and the Grammy nominated band The Teskeys. 

On Sunday 7 April, Audrey will take to the stage in celebration of her upcoming album for a BBE Takeover at London's The Jazz Cafe, joined by BBE alumni Alina Bzhezhinska Trio and the Ash Walker Experience.

Sunday 7 April 
BBE Takeover - The Jazz Cafe, London
BBE Takeover featuring Audrey Powne, Alina Bzhezhinska Trio and the Ash Walker Experience. 
Tickets

From The Fire out Friday 26 April via BBE