Celine Cairo

Celine Cairo
Celine Cairo standing onstage with a blue background, playing an acoustic guitar and singing into a microphone
Cairo performing in 2017
Background information
Born (1990-05-22) 22 May 1990 (age 34)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
GenresIndie pop
OccupationMusician
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active2010–present
Websitecelinecairo.com

Celine Cairo (born 22 May 1990) is a Dutch singer and songwriter. As of 2023, she has released three EPs and four studio albums.

Biography

Celine Cairo started out as a singer-songwriter and guitarist in a trio, with Mart Jeninga (HAEVN) on acoustic bass and Matthijs Lievaart on viola.[citation needed] The trio won several awards, leading to invitations to play at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and Carnegie Hall (New York).[1][better source needed] She released her first, self-titled EP, in 2010. After meeting English musician Fink, she recorded her second EP, Follow, which he produced.[2][1]

In the fall of 2015, Cairo travelled to New York and Los Angeles and started writing and co-writing songs for what was to become her debut album, Free Fall. She met producer and multi-instrumentalist Bill Lefler, who had previously worked with Laura Jansen, Ingrid Michaelson, Carey Brothers, and Dotan, and runs his own studio called Death Star Studio, in Koreatown, Los Angeles.[3] recording for the album took place in early 2016, and it was released the same year.

In 2018, Cairo re-recorded all songs from Free Fall in an acoustic setting at studio Helmbreker, Haarlem, which resulted in The Hector Sessions album. In 2019, she issued the EP Siren Song and followed it in 2021 with the album Overflow.

Discography

EPs

  • Celine Cairo (2010)
  • Follow (2013)
  • Siren Song (2019)

Studio albums

  • Free Fall (2016)
  • Free Fall – 27 Tapes Session (2017)
  • The Hector Sessions (2018)
  • Overflow (2021)

Singles

  • "Free Fall" (2016)
  • "Hibernate" (2017)
  • "Quicksand" (2017)
  • "Method in the Madness" (2023)

References

  1. ^ a b "Celine Cairo Crowdfunding Her Debut Album "Free Fall"". indiebandguru.com. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Celine Cairo". esns.nl. Retrieved 5 January 2020.[dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Celine Cairo biography". 27tapes.nl. Retrieved 16 June 2019.