Artist description Double bassist/singer/songwriter of soulful acoustic pop!

Music Style Vocal Latin Pop

Musical Influences Bebel Gilberto, Jyavan, Madonna, Jobim, Sade, Jewel, Paula Cole, Sarah McGlouchlan, ShaunColvin, Nick Drake, world music.

Similar Artists Dido, Jewel, Susan Vega, The Corrs, NatalieImbruglia.

Artist History Stretch your mind. Imagine a place where melody and groove, dreamy and sensual poetry co-exist in gentle harmony. Imagine hypnotic rhythms festooned with sweet, lush tunes. Call it Acoustic Soul Pop. Call it the music of Sandy!!Sandy's talents, however, extend beyond bass playing. Her singer/songwriter skills have led her to record and produce a 12-song debut CD titled ‘SimplePleasures’ that she released on her own record label Pigs Can Fly Records,which received glowing reviews, sales, and airplay on Australian radio.Her musical prowess earned her a 12-month scholarship to study double bass at Boston's Berklee College in 1992. Upon returning to Australia,acknowledgment of her study earned her a Young Achievers Award. Having immersed herself in heavy jazz theory, the meld then got denser: singingbacking vocals in pop bands, composing original tunes, jamming on bass in her beloved funk combos. "Doing all the bits kept me sane", she says with an easy smile "It stopped me becoming prejudiced in what music I embraced." She took a lyric writing course, learned how to step beyond a cliché to truly express inner thoughts, and suddenly a door opened for her. Her pop songs flourished, with ripe, poetic words unfolding to match the sophistication of her melodies and musical arrangements. Her time to emerge as the singer of her own material arrived. Sandy has lived a life cradled in music. Her father blew reeds in a jazz band. Mother played piano at home, organ at church. There were classical piano lessons, then flute, then guitar. Sandy sang her favourite pop songs as they screened on music video programs. Swing played on the home stereo.Then she took up the bass, to jam with high school rock bands. It made perfect sense to Sandy that this entire music share equal portions of her attention and affection. Nothing has changed.Now in the present time, Klose, who moved to Sydney NSW, from hometown Adelaide SA, in July ’95, has showcased her compositions as a 3 piece band,duo, and currently is blowing audiences away with her 'one-woman' show where she combines all of her instruments learned in her lifetime with the help of a looping device to produce the fattest danciest grooves! Sandy has also been the musical director for 'Warning! Art Has Been Known To Stimulate Brain Cells’ which was a knockout on the Australian alternative community TV. Sandy has also toured South Korea and played on cruise liners that have sailed the South Pacific ocean. Another incredible feather to her bow was the invitation to join Wendy Matthews band in Sydney where she has performed double bass and backing vocals for the last 2 years and toured all over Australia. She has just finished 5 new songs produced by her brother Ashley who funny enough won the exact same Young Achievers Award 3 years after his big sis and you can hear one of them on the downloads page (Aint got Soul). Something of a child-like freshness permeates Sandy's muse, an innocence that is mirrored in her honest and direct approach. She has ambitions to be heard by the widest possible audience and to move them in a positive way,spiritually, emotionally and physically. She is about to have a 6 month residency in Tokyo Japan, playing with an all female trio called 'The Three Sisters'. They will perform 6 nights a week at the prestigiious Hotel Hilton. Reportoire includes famous jazz,Latin, pop songs and of course lots of her originals too! She'll be in Tokyo until the beginning of December.

Instruments Double Bass / Electric Bass/ Guitar/ Vocals/ flute

Albums Simple Pleasures/ 5 new song Demo CD

Press Reviews Simple Pleasures cd reviews: "The gentle, reflective pop of Sandy Klose is as lucid as it is ambitious. It's wise not to underestimate an artist who chooses to work with such an insightful array of supporting musicians, too. " Craig Pearce - Drum Media “She plays a double bass that is taller than her by a foot and sings with a crystalline beauty that makes the glass ring in your hand.” The Single Guy - Revolver “Beautiful music, breathtaking vocals, great artwork, an all-round winner!” Craig New – Revolver “Music to blow through your life like a February breeze through open windows. It’s a useful antidote to the twin glooms of winter and the GST” John Shand – Sydney Morning Herald “Sweet and pleasurable, much like icecream and bubblegum and ultimately about as nourishing!” Wil Massey – City Hub

Additional Info CDs available at the Hilton Hotel, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Location Bondi Junction, NSW - Australia

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