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I predict great things for this lady and the future is hers for the taking.
Carrie Beehan, aka Trystette, is a survivor. Her music career--indeed, her life--has taken many twists and turns in the last 15 years, but she has always persevered and followed her instincts. These instincts and twists of fate have landed this native New Zealander in New York--by way of Berlin--where she has carved a niche for herself as musician and artist. While Carrie’s paintings are wonderful, it’s her music that’s of prime concern now--specifically her current long player The Deepest Part Of My Soul.
Although she has released albums in Germany, I haven’t had the pleasure of their company and therefore must judge TDPOMS on its own merits, of which there are many. The musical mix is Pop, Electronica, and a dash of R&B for flavor, the last courtesy of legendary bassist T.M. Stevens, the co-producer/arranger/vocalist on four tracks. His light touch on these songs-- “Good Part Of My Soul”, “Brooklyn Boy in Berlin”, “I Can’t Do Everything” and a playful cover of Marvin Gaye’s classic “Sexual Healing”--compliments Carrie’s durable melodies, funky lyrics, and expressive voice in ways that highlight the songs’ inherent pleasures.
The other songs on TDPOMS display Carrie’s versatility and musical gifts; she manages to utilize Country song structures on “Narrow it Down”, “Fraught”, and “Gunshot Angel” in a way that doesn’t come off phony or forced. The ballads, “What Time it Takes” and “Absolutely”, are the show stoppers--the former tenderly acoustic, the latter a torchy tour de force of emotion, and I’ll bet both sound fantastic live. “Scapegoat” is electro-clash Peaches without the dirty talk and “After My Release” is lively ditty with tragic-comic overtones; the set finishes off with a hot remix of “Sexual Healing”.
I would say that years of soldiering in the recording/performing wars have benefited Carrie Beehan immensely in honing her song craft and in creating her alter-ego Trystette, and I also believe that The Deepest Part Of My Soul is the culmination of all that effort. I predict great things for this lady and the future is hers for the taking.
Written By: Gina Morris
http://www.evolutionofmedia.com/ - Evolution Of Media (SAN FRANCISCO)
Applauded by the press for her “unique vocal and lyrical approach to the break beat dance genre” and ’’coolly dramatic voice” NZ Herald, Russell Baillie. “Head and shoulders above the post-Portishead flood of soulful girl singer bands”, Pavement Magazine, Steven Jewell,” Goldie meets Enya and soulful Nicollette”, TIP Magazine, Berlin.
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Discography
NEW CD RELEASED JULY 2006
http://cdbaby.com/cd/trystette
Official Launch October 11th 2006
Currently streaming www.music4ipods.com
Currently streaming iTunes
East Village Radio New York
BMG/Universal Tryst "Tryst" debut album 1998 - former Electronic ninties duo from Berlin.
MTV / National and international radio airplay
NZ Indie disc - single releases
Various streaming tracks UK/ Europe Radio
Rocket writer/singer collaborations 2001-2002
To hear first album Tryst (1998) :
www.indigo.de/unser_programm/938/
To purchase first album Tryst go to www.kingmusic.co.nz/search.lasso?artist=tryst
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Bio
Biography _Trystette, singer Carrie Beehan, from the 1990s Berlin electronic duo Tryst (BMG/Universal) and the front woman of former early 90's satirical Berlin band Cadillac Crooning, wraps up in 2006 her new album Deepest Part of My Soul with the legendary bassist-producer TM Stevens (Shocka Zooloo, James Brown, Pretenders, Joe Cocker, Billy Joel, Tina Turner).
Trystette singer Carrie Beehan departed from Berlin’s Chamaeleon Variete stage in the late 1990s lauded as “an exceptional artist whose high-class talent as singer and performer made it a joy for us to engage her”. Featured on MTV and international radio with her first electronic Cocteaux Twins flavored album "Tryst" , she has recently entered the East Village creative epicenter via New York’s HOWL festival presenting original, sensual and rocking melodic songs with extraordinary collisions of pop, electronic, soul, fractured break-beats and cabaret.
T.M. Stevens’ skill and proficiency as a bassist, producer, vocalist and sideman is legendary. His ferocious yet melodic style of bass — a special brand of rock, funk and manic soul — is as unique as his larger-than-life onstage persona. Whether accompanying one of the many world-class performers in his resume, or fronting his own progressive metal-funk rock band Shocka Zooloo, his is a musical force to be reckoned with.
Trystette’s recordings include contributions from T.M.Stevens, drums Howard Alper (Radical Thought Resistance; Cory Glover). Veteran guitarist Gerry Eastman - played with New York notables like The Count Basie Orchestra, Frank Foster and Stanley Turrentine. Piano/keyboard Mfergu and guest artists Phaeder (Lotus Beat, United One records, Berlin), guitarist Michael Barnes (Shocka Zooloo) and guitarist John Cabánt (Art Neville, Bo Diddley). Coproduction/mixes by Robert L. Smith, a seasoned engineer from New York’s Power Station & Hit Factory. Productions include David Bowie’s “Black Tie White Noise”, Rickie Lee Jones’ “It’s Like This”,& Chaka Khan’s “You & I”
Press re ist album "Tryst/Tryst" (BMG/Universal): Applauded by the press for her “unique vocal and lyrical approach to the break beat dance genre” and ’’coolly dramatic voice” NZ Herald, Russell Baillie. “Head and shoulders above the post-Portishead flood of soulful girl singer bands”, Pavement Magazine,” Goldie meets Enya and soulful Nicollette”, TIP Magazine, Berlin. __..
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