Taz Alexander

From : 17/05/07
Until : 01/01/20

i'm a professional singer looking to find a job within my industry which facilitates and compliments my singing career.

I'm a professional singer looking to find a job within my industry which facilitates and compliments my singing career.
Sings wth Juno Reactor, Al-Pha-X, Sounds From The Ground:myspace.com/tazalexander.
Taz Alexander is a highly accomplished singer. Her voice has huge range and her understanding and masterful use of it has enabled her to sing in a diverse range of different musical styles with astonishing ease.
Her current projects include working and touring with Juno Reactor (www.reactorleak.com), with whom she sang on the soundtracks for 'The Matrix Reloaded', 'The Animatrix' and 'Once Upon a Time in Mexico' and has contributed vocals to the last 3 albums, 'Shango', 'Labyrinth' and 'Gods and Monsters'. She is also recording with Declan Flynn, aka: Al-pha-X (www.al-pha-x.com), whose music has appeared on the Buddha Bar albums and, most recently on the new album 'Slow Down' together with Mozez and Eva Abraham. She has contributed to the 'Sounds From The Ground' release 'Luminal' (www.soundsfromtheground.com), an album coveted and championed by 'The Big Chill' music festival.
All these artist's albums are available on iTunes
She was a founder member of the world fusion group 'Sin É' who toured extensively and made 3 albums which were received with critical acclaim. When not touring, Taz is a collaborator and performer with 'The Jazz Cigarettes': a loose collective of professional musicians, who as a band play at weddings and parties with the aim of "putting the fun back in function". (www.thejazzcigarettes.co.uk)
Their repertoire is an eclectic mix of cover versions performed as unusual and highly entertaining arrangements.
She has also shared the stage with the likes of Christy Moore, Taj Mahal, John Otway and Van Morrison.

'Singer Taz Alexander is herself extraordinary. Veering unnervingly between Cleo Laine, Astrid Gilberto and Bjork she commands startling control over the diverting proceedings behind her'. FRoots magazine


Skills: Singing Performance Musicianship (Aural, Harmony and Notation) Songwriting Session Singing

Work Experience:

2004 - 2008: Apple Macintosh Genius (technician)

1993 - Present Singer /Songwriter/Musician
Featured Artist and Session Singer on a range of musical projects including Dance,
Chill out, Techno, Folk and World. Bands worked with include Sounds From the Ground and AL-Pha-X

1996 - present Singer/Songwriter
Juno Reactor - collaborator

Film Soundtracks include 'The Matrix Reloaded' and 'Once upon a Time in Mexico'.

1993 - 2002 Singer/Songwriter/Musician
Sin È - Progressive World Fusion Collective - Group Member.
Singer, songwriter, bodhran, guitar and violin player.
Gigged extensively in Great Britain, Europe, USA as well as Syria and Kazakhstan (for the British Council) and produced 1 single and 3 albums (all of which made no.1 in the folk charts).

1994 - 1997 Singer/Songwriter/Musician
Junction - group member
With Ted Barnes, guitarist with Beth Orton and more recently with 'Clayhill'.

1986 - 1994 Singer/Guitarist/Songwriter.
Solo performer on the "new acoustic" circuit.

Recent gigs include:
With Juno Reactor: Tokyo, Japan - Fuji Rock Festival - Headline
Tokyo, Japan - SonicMania - Headline
Mexico, - Headline
Australia, - Earthcore Festival - Headline
With Sin'E: London Jazz Festival - Queen Elizabeth Hall - Headline
British Council tours of Syria and Kazakhstan,
Purcell Rooms - Headline
Cambridge Folk Festival - Headline
Glastonbury Festival - Avalon Stage - Headline
Royal Albert Hall
Dranouter Festival, Belgium - Headline
City Hall - Totally London - Headline
Celtic Connections Festival
North American Folk Alliance, Toronto - Showcase Act
The Beverly Hilton, Los Angeles - Awards Ceremony - Headline
Barbican Centre, London - Headline
The Irish World - Award for Best Band of the year
With trio project: The Eden Sessions, Eden Project, Cornwall

As above I have been working part-time at the Apple Store in Regent Street as a Genius.
During the summer months I have been working at a lot of festivals as an Artist Liaison representative and I really enjoy it. I have also spent quite a lot of time tour managing one of my bands which is no mean feat when you consider we have 4 members from South Africa, 1 member from Japan and 1 member from USA. getting visas for all these people as well as the members from britain is heart stopping stuff!

USA
European Union

Are You A Member Of The Musicians' Union?: yes
Do You Have A Driving Licence?: yes