of chilled trance...it's rock pop that travels"
"Summons a precarious edge between joy and tears;
where fire and water command the passions
and where falling becomes a funky ‘letting go’....."
"Distinct and delicious tones, explore a contemporary mindset
and a range of moods that arise from within it"
"The ambient ease of intelligent hooks and compelling grooves"
"Portrays lucid experience and tender genius"
"Get us in the mood for a new way of living"
Originally a dancer and with a degree in acting, now multimedia;
Victoria’s diverse creativity has spanned several careers and now
reaches into all areas of composition, performance and production.
With a gift for great hook-lines that grab the subconscious, and a cut-diamond
voice, this extraordinarily versatile artiste enjoys her musical prime with the
release of recent definitive albums Into the Blue and the dynamic Too Late to Pray.
Beside her is creative and life-partner Gavin Jurkschat, accomplished and skilful
guitarist, keyboard programmer and player and commercial studio director.
This formidable force of songwriters and producers has explored most genres
via roles as mentors, technicians, and creative animateurs for clients over the
years (30 albums in 6 years) and have found their own definitive style grounded
in a R & B/rock format, embracing dance, soul, pop, and almost every other
genre in their collaborative practice.
Influenced by too many to mention, JOYAAA's have been compared to and
may have eclectic elements of Annie Lennox, Morcheeba, Dido and Pink Floyd;
and not least, the fact that they live 1000 feet up on the edge of Dartmoor
amidst wild nature.
Having heard and reviewed these albums I would agree, but not without
recognizing an ambience comparable to M People or Sade; the svelte
musicality of seventies soft rock band Heart, and production quality
comparable to genius Roger Waters.
They are joined live by Howard Irons, Avron Levine, Vanessa Williams and others in the past, with whom they have toured, largely, the Green/Alternative festival circuit, Glastonbury etc. Here, they delighted many audiences but Victoria feels that their music is too mainstream at times for this scene, ‘It’s like serving caffeine to the herbal tea market’
Currently planning to move south to the sun, and looking towards new venues
and audiences, heralded by the release of zeitgeisty,
life-affirming album Too Late to Pray ( out Sept 2007) that closely
follows the re-mixed, more introspective Into the Blue, released June 2007
12TH NOV BCA BIRTHDAY BASH
13TH NOV SING & STOMP ASHBURTON
1ST DEC SO SING STERTS CORNWALL
8TH DEC SO SING ASHBURTON DEVON
29TH DEC NEW YEAR FESTIVAL OSHO LEELA DORSET
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