Jenny StanLei

This Featured Artist could already be recognized as an international sensation, she spends her time between London, Bristol and Toulouse in France, her music is folksy, with some phenomenal, raw acoustic grooves with melodies and vocals that could make even the coldest hearts smile, this featured artist is.... JENNY STANLEI.

She started with her interest in music from a young age taking on the Cello and starting with classical she soon expanded her talents taking on the piano and later vocals. With various inspirations her first non-classical love was from her dad's cassette collection growing her love of music with the sounds of Billie Holliday, The Beach Boys, Queen and the Eagles. 

She also has a love of the sad songs and angelic harmonies, taking vibes from the lyricism of Classic Rock, jazz and blues which she combines into a beautiful rainbows of sound within her own music.

Within the growth of her music career Jenny started singing and writing her own material at 14, she also created freestyle vocal choruses for friends U.K Hip-Hop and Grime Studios.

She took up the guitar at 18 teaching herself how to play when she moved to her adopted hometown of Bristol (U.K) as her confidence grew she started playing with various indie bands in the Bristol Area gaining some notice in the music scene.

In 2015, she began travelling as a nomadic seasonal worker, finding work where she could expanding upon both her fanbase and network around the world, this helped her to gain confidence and helped developed her songwriting and self belief.

During StanLei's travels she met producer and drummer Sam Bradley (of Sonic Sculpture Recording, Hawaii) it was there they recorded her debut E.P BASSLESS in 2018. the E.P displays Jenny's amazing abilities and raw flavours of blues, Jazz, gypsy folk all blended together with a siren-voiced acoustic fare. The E.P also features acclaimed NYC Guitarist, Rotem Sivan.

BASSLESS released independently on all platforms 26th April 2019.

 The 4-track EP is a series of snapshots of her journey of personal development to the point of gaining confidence to put her voice out, and explores themes including the indulgence of honeymoon love (Dr Sunshine), an introvert’s urges to cry and flee (Run) and glimpsing the fruits of self-belief (Oh Sea).

Her debut single Crystals was recorded at AJA studio (Surrey), after she ‘realised I’d made a big mistake leaving it off the EP’. StanLei has just moved to set up her home studio in the south of France and is working on her next project, a full-length album delving more into beats, bars and the edge of jazz.

You can check out Jenny StanLei and her tracks "Dr Sunshine" & "Oh Sea" Now Playing on Smile Radio this 2019, the year of the Independent Artists.

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