Fleau

1. Intro

2. Turn Away

3. Chances

4. Move

5. Until

6. Everything

7. Back To Love

8. Fading

9. My Cherie Amour

10. Greater Love

11. One

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Grassroots Music Distribution is pleased to present to you the self-titled release from the Nashville-based duo Fleau (pronounced "flow"). For a town known for its country roots, you wouldn't expect to find much in the way of smooth sample-heavy bass music there. But that's not the case apparently. Fleau's music is best described as "trip hop." This European-originated sound is an exotic, down tempo hybrid of hip hop beats and keyboards, layered with ethereal sound effects and frequently laced with breathy, jazz-inflected vocal. Artists such as Massive Attack, Tricky, Portisthead, and Hooverphonic have perfected this brand of music into a full-fledged tradition. Fleau fits right along side these landmark bands in this tradition.

Following its 1999 launch, the band's embryonic efforts quickly began creating an underground murmur, and Fleau found itself topping the charts for six months at the taste-making musical web site Beatmart.com. An impressive presence at mp3.com and 1231records.com has also yielded both airplay and sales for the young band. Live performances at trendy Nashville nightspots such as Wolfy's, 3rd and Lindsley and 12th and Porter.

The folks in Fleau are no strangers to the music industry. As an undergrad at Liberty University in Virginia, bandleader Rod Shuler helped form the band Reality Check. Constant touring over several years along with first place in a southeast regional talent contest secured them a contract with StarSong Records. The band sold an impressive 75,000 copies of their debut cd. After they split, citing artistic differences, Shuler pursued DJ work, touring with bands such as Silage and Parkway, as well as contributing his talents to the recent best-selling Freedom album by Michael W. Smith.

The other half of Fleau is the silky voice of Marisol Laboy. Marisol spent the last few years as a backing vocalist for various Nashville-area artists. "When we write," she explains, "we are writing songs to reach people, not to promote an agenda, to share an experience or emotion with them. Music brings people such joy; I love seeing that. It's about touching an audience and making a connection. The audience gives as much back to us as we give to them." As a live act, Fleau is Shuler and Laboy, along with a three-piece backing band of drums, bass and keys. Rod confesses, "We savor the opportunity to express ourselves through our music."

Tracks:

Intro
Turn Away
Chances
Move
Until
Everything
Back To Love
Fading
My Cherie Amour
Greater Love
One

Album Description

Grassroots Music Distribution is pleased to present to you the self-titled release from the Nashville-based duo Fleau (pronounced "flow"). For a town known for its country roots, you wouldn't expect to find much in the way of smooth sample-heavy bass music there. But that's not the case apparently. Fleau's music is best described as "trip hop." This European-originated sound is an exotic, down tempo hybrid of hip hop beats and keyboards, layered with ethereal sound effects and frequently laced with breathy, jazz-inflected vocal. Artists such as Massive Attack, Tricky, Portisthead, and Hooverphonic have perfected this brand of music into a full-fledged tradition. Fleau fits right along side these landmark bands in this tradition.