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ABOUT
Lea Maria Fries, a young Swiss vocalist stands out with her tempting timbre. She uses her energetic and profound approach and expressive articulation in various musical contexts. Jazz, pop, improvisation: her versatility and unique style are visible in various bands and projects. Lea Maria Fries is equipped with a strong instinct for rhythm and groove and knows how to phrase and navigate with very distinct timbres. Sensible for a coherent sound-aesthetic, she unfolds her crisp vocabulary and understands it, to knit groove, space and melody together to a tightly woven tension.
She lives and works in Paris and Switzerland.
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BIO
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BANDS
VSITOR
When starstruck words meet the sound of crackling self-made electronics and airy guitars you’re right in the middle of VSITOR’s universe.
22° Halo
A 22° Halo is an optical light effect in the form of a ring with a radius of approximately 22° around the sun or the moon. LMF’s correspondent band brings the soundtrack to this phenomenon on stage.
For A Word
This is the new quartet around the french piano player Gauthier Toux. Album out now!
Jazz, improv, indie, beat, rock …
et.nu
et . nu stands for a volcanic explosion. Hot lava rock. Molten. Energy. Golden. It also implies standing in the nude, ie. a sensual / sexual connection to life. Simplicity and honesty, which, of course, are the key ingredients of great art.
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LIVE
13/05/23 et.nu La Petite Halle La Vilette Paris
04/06/23 LMF & Gauthier Toux Paris
08/06/23 et.nu Apero Klam Pluneret (F)
09/06/23 et.nu Lycées St.Paul Vannes (F)
10/06/23 et.nu Coota Bar Erdeven (F)
24/06/23 22° Halo Stadtfest Luzern (CH)
30/06/23 et.nu Beat & Beer Festival Malakoff (F)
21/07/23 et.nu Boplicity Festival Rembervilliers (F)
29/07/23 et.nu JazzChur Sommer Festival (CH)
02/09/23 et.nu Jazz Festival Willisau (CH)
01/10/23 LMF & Gauthier Toux chez Theo Ceccaldi Paris (F)
09/10/23 LMF Baiser Salée Paris (F)
22-27/10/23 et.nu UK Tour
28/11/23 Macha Gharibian feat. LMF 104 Paris (F)
09/12/23 22° Halo Jazzspecturm Mehrspur Zürich (CH)
19/02/24 LMF with Baron Scène Nationale Dieppe (F)
30/01/24 22° Halo Birdseye Basel (CH)
31/01/24 22° Halo Birdseye Basel (CH)
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PAST GIGS
Jazz Sous Les Pommier Coutances (F) / Jazz à Viennes (F) / Jazz à la Vilette Paris / Le Singe Biel (CH) /Nancy Jazz Pulsation (F) / Jazz à la defense Paris / Offbeat Jazzfestival Basel (CH) / Sunset Jazz Club Paris / Salle Paul B Massy (F) /Beflat Bern (CH) / Moods Zürich (CH) / Centre Culturel Suisse Paris / Café Elbphilharmonie Hamburg (D) / Saal am Moritzplatz Berlin / Jazzfestival Willisau (CH) / Baiser Salée Paris (F) / KEX Reykjavik (ISL) / Cully Jazz Festival (CH) / Spice Of Live London (UK) / Waldsee Freiburg (D)/ Stanser Musiktage Stans (CH) / Match & Fuse Festival Zürich (CH) / B-Sides Festival Luzern (CH) / Jazz Festival Auvernier (CH) / Imagine Cafe Moskau (RUS) / Kaffee Mokka Thun (CH) / Isebähnli Baden (CH) / A38 Budapest (HUN) / Neubad Luzern (CH) / Jazzfestival Schaffhausen (CH) / Ferme Asile Sion (CH) / K34 Belgorod (RUS) / Galao Stuttgart (D) / Kleintheater Luzern (CH) / Grabenhalle St.Gallen (CH) / Souterrain Prague (CZE) / Südpol Luzern (CH) …