11/09 LIVE @ AB, Brussels
“Meetings, writing sessions, songs that, like me, were fueled by travelling back and forth between London and Brussels". This is how Ellie Delvaux aka Blanche sums up the three years that passed between one evening in spring 2017 when she revealed herself to the whole of Europe with City Lights and her first album, Empire, which is out today.
Few could have predicted back then, that the world would look as it does today but in contrast, Blanche’s rise seemed something of a certainty. Clocking over 47 million streams worldwide since launching her project, she’s gone on to work with some of the best songwriters and producers in the business. All the tracks on Empire were written or co-written by Ellie Delvaux, recorded between London and Brussels and co-produced by Rich Cooper (Banks, Mystery Jets, Lucy Rose) and François Gustin (Girls In Hawaii) - The album has a unique synth-focused sheen that sets the album apart from the contemporary pop canon. The album is a full, team creative effort, with Alexander De Bruycker and Ludovic Beun working together to provide visuals for the title track Empire.
Since launching the project, the initial singles have gone on to support from Mahogany, Clash, Earmilk, Complex UK and Nothing But Hope & Passion. Spotify have also supported the album with support on their New Music Friday playlists across Europe. The album presents a stunning journey through electronica, to indie and pop. Drenched in Cooper’s signature production style, it’s a release that ebbs and flows through the nuanced electro-pop leanings of tracks like Fences and Summer Nights, to the leftfield electronica sounds of Empire and Only You. Blanche’s outstanding vocal is the main consistent, reminiscent of Florence and the Machine, London Grammar, Lapsley and Sigrid.
“Meetings, writing sessions, songs that, like me, were fueled by travelling back and forth between London and Brussels". This is how Ellie Delvaux aka Blanche sums up the three years that passed between one evening in spring 2017 when she revealed herself to the whole of Europe with City Lights and her first album, Empire, which is out today.
Few could have predicted back then, that the world would look as it does today but in contrast, Blanche’s rise seemed something of a certainty. Clocking over 47 million streams worldwide since launching her project, she’s gone on to work with some of the best songwriters and producers in the business. All the tracks on Empire were written or co-written by Ellie Delvaux, recorded between London and Brussels and co-produced by Rich Cooper (Banks, Mystery Jets, Lucy Rose) and François Gustin (Girls In Hawaii) - The album has a unique synth-focused sheen that sets the album apart from the contemporary pop canon. The album is a full, team creative effort, with Alexander De Bruycker and Ludovic Beun working together to provide visuals for the title track Empire.
Since launching the project, the initial singles have gone on to support from Mahogany, Clash, Earmilk, Complex UK and Nothing But Hope & Passion. Spotify have also supported the album with support on their New Music Friday playlists across Europe. The album presents a stunning journey through electronica, to indie and pop. Drenched in Cooper’s signature production style, it’s a release that ebbs and flows through the nuanced electro-pop leanings of tracks like Fences and Summer Nights, to the leftfield electronica sounds of Empire and Only You. Blanche’s outstanding vocal is the main consistent, reminiscent of Florence and the Machine, London Grammar, Lapsley and Sigrid.
“Empire is an album to be digested from start to finish, whereby every song has been placed with intention. Empire is rich in arrangements, nuanced in its rhythms and dripped in diversified themes. This is my album; these are my songs and my feelings. Some songs are more personal, others are like modern tales.”
DEBUT ALBUM ‘EMPIRE’ OUT NOW LISTEN HERE
11.09.2020 @ Ancienne Belgique, Brussels