Chicago has made a move to the national audience as a collective scene, bringing with it a bevy of sounds, intonations and aesthetics that touch on a large swath of genres, styles and generational feels and today another talented act puts its stamp on the current renaissance going on in the Midwest as all-female group Highness released it’s debut project, Young Taboo today on the heels of several well-publicized singles and just ahead of a live performance at Emporium in their hometown tomorrow night. Blending aspects of R&B, soul, avant-garde jazz-leaning instrumentation with hip-hop disctinly dipped in the delivery and energy of forward-thinking 90s acts. Highness has long possessed one of the most exciting live shows in Chicago and here they accurately adapt the feelings of that live experience into a tightly-wound seven track release that should prove a perfect entrance into the powerful, perspective-based sound of Highness
https://soundcloud.com/yahighness5/sets/young-taboo
About
Highness began as a nine piece band in 2011 when Loona Dae and RED, then in college, were presented an interesting idea to start a band. Although RED, Gem Tree and Loona Dae were already friends at the time, Loona Dae reached out to musicians and today’s current members Midore and Ora to join them in a jam session. A month or so after these women came together, they landed their first gig at Columbia College Chicago’s battle of the bands known as “Biggest Mouth”, held at the Metro. Since then they’ve played throughout Chicago at notable venues such as Reggie’s, The Shrine, Abbey Pub, Double Door, Multi Kulti as well as throughout the midwest, for example, St Louis’ historical BB’s Jazz & Blues Club.
Now, in 2015, Highness (formally known as SHE) is made up of five women: Ora Nchi, RED, Midore, Loona Dae, and Gem Tree. Many would describe their performance as “enchanting” or “hypnotizing”. These women are collectively producers, musicians, performers and much more.
https://www.facebook.com/SheFemaleBand
https://www.audiomack.com/artist/highness
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