What's up in June
COSMOS (Not Enough)
Fundamental Monodrama Festival - Monolab
DER BESUCH DER ALTEN DAME
Theaer Esch
AXIS MUNDI Ley & Payfert + Boffo & Öztürk
New album on its way
SOLO ALBUM OUT NOW
Personal note
For IN BETWEEN, my first solo album, I have been inspired mainly by personal themes such as life and death, beginning and ending, freedom and expansion, love and longing, the small detail and the great infinity, while standing in the so-called middle of life, the "in-between", which, marked by constant transitions, seems to be a dance between the heart and the universe. In complementary sounds between free improvisations and, instant and free compositions, I have created lyrics, songs and instrumentals, and also quote two of my favorite jazz songs to frame this flow of thoughts and feelings.
I use my voice, both as an instrument and in songs and pure recitations, as well as a piano, a micro-synthesizer and other devices. During the recording, I invited my wonderful sound engineer and fellow musician Jean Pascal Boffo to a jam session where he processed the vocals live. You'll hear him on the album as well. JazzHausMusik ( JHM292 )
Snippets & Lyrics & Reviews & Order
The SOLO
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Floating Zone
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In Between
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New Moon
News & Reviews
IN BETWEEN (JHM 292)
Sascha Ley's sources of inspiration are majestic. She literally feeds the audience with her deep songs, her voice carries, carries away. Her melodies are ethereal and ghostly, her singing is haunting. Lëtzebuerger Vollek
Hard to believe what this woman can do with her voice. Ley moves between all categories, and stylistically her vocal art can hardly be labeled either - she permanently crosses the borders between jazz, contemporary classical music, free improvisation, stylized folklore, sound experiments, rap or electronic tinkering. When Ley coos, whispers, recites in several languages [..] her "songs", stories and sound collages are like chapters of an emotional diary. SZ (DE)
Her first solo reveals a unique multi-layered lyrical world interspersed with experimental songs. Hiroki Sugita, Portrait in Jazz JP
A truly impressive voice. A remarkable CD. Michael van Gee, Radio Dreyeckland
Sascha Ley dares and wins all along the line. Ley tries things out, communicating nonverbally, layering different soundtracks of her voice. "In Between" : One indeed lands in an in-between realm. It is an exciting place. Jazz Podium DE
A singular artist. "In Between" is a whole work, a choreography, almost a conductor's score, of an incredible intensity, with different and very rich atmospheres. Her art is impressive. A singer who bewitches you. A voice that fills the space. Radio RCF FR (listen to the show)
The singer has a sense of nuance and narration. She masters her effects. Sascha unsettles and amazes us. The whole concert (like the record) is a journey, an experience and a reflection on life, society, the place of women, and memories. It's class. It is very personal and quite unique. It's a concert (a performance) to be experienced. Jazzques BE
Dazzlingly, the singer, musician and actress Sascha Ley [...] impressed with her singing and vocal artistry... masters the throat singing technique of the Inuit, sometimes reminding of the African world music of "Zap Mama" and in her free spirit of the great old Meredith Monk. But her titles never seem epigonal, she always transforms the material into something of her own. Saarbrücker Zeitung
The experimental album is tailor-made for the stage. Sascha Ley plays her voice like a violin. She cradles her invisible instrument [..] makes easily accessible what is not easily accessible. Mixing crazy bravura pieces and warmer songs, In Between definitely hits the bull's eye. D’Land LU
A great storyteller, he explores what can be done with the voice - and that's a lot! She improvises, shouts, trills, growls, pants and sings, holds a dialogue with herself, explores different resonances. MELODIVA DE
With her musical concept, Sascha Ley seems to me to be a personality who stands somewhat apart from the so-called jazz scene and is very interesting not only for that reason. Jazz-Fun Magazine DE
An astonishing collage of voices, improvisations and little stories [..] the singer is radical and singular, juggling with words, language and vocalisms in 17 crazy but catchy songs. Le Quotidien LU
Curious sound structures and little stories in the tone of Hirsch. But with undeniably its own charm and wit, as she juggles there with prose, poetry, glossolalia and droning waves and also whistling, conjuring up a very peculiar mono-musical. Badalchemy DE
Interviews
“I am and will always be an explorer”
Le Quotidien
You have always navigated between theater, film, dance and music. Which artist are you?
The entire interview
„Sot emol“ Radio 100,7
Feeling at home in free improvised music
[...] On her musical way Sascha Ley developed an awareness for the world of sounds.
About
Me. She. Her.
Working as a vocalist-composer-improviser-actor-performer-poet
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Sascha Ley's projects
https://www.leypayfert.com
https://les-oniristes.jimdosite.com
https://mifridaperformance.jimdofree.com
Watch the streaming of the "Free Spirit Songs" concert at the Philharmonie Luxembourg >>>