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Surrounded by her father's jazz and blues records in her childhood home of Concepcion, Chile, Soledad Vélez began to play guitar and sing at the age of 13, usually accompanying what was on the turntable. A few years later, she started a short-lived teen rock band with her sister---then moved to Argentina to pursue songwriting before being convinced by musician friends to relocate to Valencia, Spain. There, she sang in a jazz quartet before deciding to concentrate solely and exclusively on her own songs for the first time. In 2010, Vélez released "Four Reasons to Sing", her four-song, home studio-recorded...

Eleze is the new project born from the collaboration between Italy’s Matteo Esse and Sant (production) and Eleze (vocals). The trio got together last year with the aim to produce intelligent dance music inspired by their favourite artists Portishead, Goldfrapp, Moloko, Royksopp and Robyn. Their debut single “Teardrop” was the hottest record at the A.D.E. last year by a mile sparked a frantic bidding war with pretty much every dance label across the globe desperate to sign it for their territory. This was the tune on everyone’s lips since then, and it was released in the Summer season through Ministry...