Genre: rock Location: wales Website: www.thehushxperience.com Profile views: 186
Out of the silence came the mighty ‘Hush’ ……………..
……………..Melodies for the soul, Lyrics for the heart, grooves for the dance floor, looks to stop traffic and an insatiable passion for life!!!
·Jade, Tom and Emma met in February 2002 when they joined original band LEVIN
·By this point Jade had already won 12 major national talent competitions, appeared in many T.V shows including her own TV show for HTV called ‘Jade's Journey.' She even had the privilege of performing at the Lyceum Theatre, London for HRH Prince Charles 50th Birthday bash!Jade was truly qualified to be Levin’s ultimate rock n roll front person!!!
·A great few years followed, touring around the country including Barfly’s, the legendary TJ’s which led to recording in the famous ‘Rockfield’ studios, Monmouth after being spotted and funded by producer Nick Brine and Guigsy (ex bass player from Oasis).
·Jade and Tom’s songwriting talents paid off in the shape of a publishing contract with ‘Columbia Publishing Wales’ and penning the opening track on the debut album for Swiss Pop Idol winner, Carmen Fenk. This was released by Universal and went platinum in a couple of weeks.
·In January 2006 the formidable threesome reformed with other musicians to create covers band ‘Kozmic Drive’. This proved the ultimate apprenticeship as they toured the country once more for 6 months, sometimes performing up to 5 times a week. During this time they expanded their fanbase and won over audiences from all walks of life and ages. They continued to write their own material and gained inspiration from people and places they encountered on their travels.
·Jade, Tom and Emma have been compared to many of the greats over the years the most recurring being Dusty Springfield (Jade), Jimi Hendrix (Tom) and Suzi Quatro (Emma) – how’s that for the ultimate rock and roll band!?!
·In November 2007, The Hush was born after their passion for great songs and outstanding talent was spotted by prestigious record producer, remixer and writer Mike Bennett, whose credits include The Fall, Ian Brown, Bob Marley, Wishbone Ash, The Stranglers, amongst many others and along with established engineer Angus Wallace (Prodigy, The Fall) offered to make the ultimate album with them!!
·The album features other great talents such as Diane Charlemagne on backing vocals (Moby, Urban Cookie Collective), Steve Rodford on drums and percussion (Zombies, The Kinks) and Tony Robinson on piano and brass (Beautiful South, Robbie Williams, Toploader)
·The Hush have already had a song from the album (Your Autumn) snapped up for a new movie soundtrack called ‘Full Circle’.
·Various tracks from the album ‘US’ have been played recently on North American Broadcasting, BMR Radio, CISM FM Montreal, Paradize Radio, KWSS 1067 FM, Venture Radio, RTI FM Slovakia and CRMK FM.
·Nominated for ‘Best Rock Group’ at ‘Tourdates London’ 2008 awards
This, my friends is what we have today – The Ultimate album – the kind of album that will be in record books in years to come, the kind of album that everyone of all ages has a copy of and chat about down the pub.
Timeless melodies and lyrics that evoke every emotion know to man, that’s the kind of album ‘The Hush’ and Mike Bennett have created!!
The band is ‘The Hush’ – The album is ‘US’
Now its time to take the world by Storm…………………………………..