Fashion et al hearts Ebony Bones

I have loved Ebony Bones' style for -ever. Her frenetic; eclectic, mish mash of, avant-garde, fluro, Harajuku madness, meet Africa, come fly gal -meet, Dorothy (Wizard Of Oz), via Carmen Miranda and 90's in ya face- club kids, -is fabulous. Ebony Bones' style is up there with Bjork and Tori Amos (wow) -and so is her music. -A concoction of sexy apocalyptic ramblings, -meet 80's acid generation,-meet punk, -via grime -meet rock -via indie, with some emo jagger, jagger -voodoo dolls, poptastic, and more grime' -verve. -Her diverse and eclectic musical style incorporates many different genres and is wwwway outside the box (just the way Fashion et al -likes it). I first spied Ebony Bones as Yasmin Matthews in the now defunct, 'Family Affairs' soap on Channel 5, -and even then, -I knew there was something, 'special' about Ebony. After 'Family Affairs' was taken of the air, -for a while, I thought Ebony had become a glamorous party gal [a girl-about-town] -as she was photographed going in and out of one red carpet /club event after another. But then, oosh; -there she was, -in all her ...errm, 'Alice in Wonderland' glory -fabulous.

My kind of people: Shingai Shoniwa -Noisettes

“Wanting to escape from reality can inspire the greatest and most trivial creative natures in people, -I think escapism is something that connects all of us. Everybody has their own little soundtrack, and I guess I’m trying to make my own soundtrack to my escape plan. I want people to realize that there’s so much more”. Shingai Shoniwa

I dare you to watch Shingai strut her stuff on stage and not 'channel' her the following day. The 'channelling' rarely happens -now, but when it does (a couple of times with -Bjork, Mary J, Santagold, Thecocknbullkid and Aluna) -I just go with it. I am sure that like me, you've had your eye on this fabulous, 'fieceeeeeee' chanteuse. An Anglo -Zimbabwean, Shingai and her band, Noisettes have gone global (good for her -may it keep our Shingai -in Fendi fur coats for the rest of her life). A fashion icon, Shingai and Noisettes are now mainstream (I know guys, -this happened after their latest single ‘Don’t Upset The Rhythm’–was used in a Mazda advert and is now riding high in the charts at number 1. Keep on rocking Shingai, Dan Smith and Jamie Morrison (her fellow band mates). www.myspace.com/noisettesuk www.noisettes.net/