Niki Brah

Niki King and Marcus Ford have become established as one of Scotland’s most high profile jazz duos with sell-out concerts at both the Edinburgh and Glasgow International Festivals. They have also performed internationally including concerts in Germany, Japan, Switzerland, China and Italy. Niki King won the Perrier Jazz vocal award 2001 and was further nominated for the prestigious spirit of Scotland Award and International Young Jazz Vocalist in Brussels 2005. As a solo artist she has supported Al Green and the Average White Band and with her incredible vocal range and stage persona she is considered one of the UK’s most exciting new vocalists.

New York, 1947. Niki de Saint Phalle, diciassette anni, è radiosa nel suo vestito di tulle bianco per il ricevimento del Waldorf Astoria che sancirà il suo ingresso nel mondo degli adulti dell’Upper East Side. Tutto deve essere perfetto, per questa figlia dell’aristocrazia francese trapiantata in America: il corpetto stretto al punto giusto, l’auto in attesa alle sette e mezzo, i guanti candidi. Ma quello splendore è solo effimero, perché l’adolescente Niki cova dentro di sé un desiderio insopprimibile di libertà, di evasione dalla gabbia dorata in cui è rinchiusa. In testa, Niki ha sempre il pensiero dell’arte: che siano il teatro e la drammaturgia, dove ha già mosso i suoi primi passi, la pittura o la scultura. L’arte è il suo rifugio, il solo luogo dove trovare l’indipendenza e il potere da sempre negati alle donne..

Afro-Cuban meets classic standards with new flavor and nostalgic old-school soulful sounds blended together with ear-pleasing appeal. This describes the tastefully done project, Time & Rhyme by EC3 and Niki Haris! EC3 is (time) and Niki Haris is (rhyme). These two seasoned and diverse artists are bringing together a rich, unique combination of music for listeners who loves jazz, classic standards and Afro-Cuban music! EC3, is a accomplished Drummer who has performed with the Las Vegas Symphony, the Caesars Palace Orchestra, Harrah's Reno and Tahoe Orchestras.

While their roots are in theatre, they ultimately straddle the pop and dance worlds with a devastating musical hybrid that incorporates electronics and beats spanning from tribal to synth-pop to R&B. Niki & The Dove’s pop and dance sides are both evident from the very first moments of "Instinct", their debut album, as the opening track “Tomorrow” unfolds a subtle pulse with pan-Pacific textures underneath Malin’s aching vocal, rising to a series of euphoric peaks as the vocals ramp up the feeling of a tribal ceremony. Time and again, Instinct follows the same blueprint of intent-a blend of tenderness, explosion, hypnosis and elation-but never the same routine.