I Am Harlequin

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I Am Harlequin
IAH Press photo.jpg
IAH in 2014
Background information
Birth nameAnne Freier
GenresPop
Instrument(s)Voice, piano, production
Years active2013–present
Website iah.rocks

I Am Harlequin or IAH is the recording and production alias of London-based singer/songwriter and producer Anne Freier.

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Early life and education

Anne Freier was born in Dresden, Germany. Her father, who grew up during East Germany's GDR regime, had a big impact on her musical influences, introducing her to musicians such as Kate Bush, Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan, Billy Joel, Ricky Lee Jones, Tori Amos, and Joni Mitchell, as well as classical music such as Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff and later Sondheim. [1]

Freier wrote her first song at the age of seven with the help of a bear-inspired English book for children. [2] She then performed regularly with her sister in front of family and friends. She moved to London to study music.

Career

IAH performed at Liverpool Sound City, Brighton Festival, Boardmasters Festival and LastFm Presents at the Garage and earned the seventeenth spot in the top 20 of the LastFm Discovery Charts.

Her single "Wild One" featured on the BBC drama Skins Season 6, Episode 9 as well as The Client List.[ citation needed ] In the same year, I Am Harlequin performed in a live session on BBC 4's Loose Ends, alongside the Civil Wars.[ citation needed ]

In Feb 2014, she wrote and featured on producer duo Hermanos Inglesos' single "The Fastlane", released through Sony Music. [3]

IAH also remixes music and has previously remixed the Queen song "Don't Stop Me Now", turning the song into a symphonic choir piece. [4]

In 2012 The Independent described IAH as “One To Watch […] she’s the beautifully cool pop star we’ve been waiting for” [5] Joining a Wonderland live session, the magazine said: "Anne’s all about the performance, not the polish, not that her voice needs it, but her offhand style only adds to her effortlessly cool aura in her Wonderland Session." [6] Vulture Hound called her latest single "Dance With Anyone" "the kind of groove you want immersed within your ‘Sound of Summer’ playlist" [7]

Anne is a founding and active member of the serrated, jazz pop band Dance Lessons.

Discography

Wild One

The Fastlane feat. I Am Harlequin

I Was in Love

Kill the Night

Side Effects feat. I Am Harlequin

Dance with Anyone

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Record of the Day". www.recordoftheday.com. Archived from the original on 2011-11-14. Retrieved 2016-10-30
  2. ↑ "About". www.iamharlequin.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-07. Retrieved 2016-10-30
  3. ↑ "Hermanos Inglesos - The Fastlane ft. I Am Harlequin". YouTube. 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
  4. ↑ "Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now"". Talent House. Retrieved 2016-10-30
  5. ↑ "Ones to Watch Novella to Action Bronson". independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2016-10-30
  6. ↑ "Wonderland Sessions: I Am Harlequin". Wonderland Magazine. 2015-02-09. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
  7. ↑ King, Georgie (2015-06-10). "» "Feel-good, disco-infused pop": I Am Harlequin – Dance With Anyone (Single Review) VultureHound Magazine". Vulturehound.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
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