About this Event

Blackburn's Charlotte OC is an upcoming talent with a truly unique approach to music. The daughter of a half Malawi, half Indian mother and Irish father who was in The Merseybeats for a few moonlighting months in the '60s, her household echoed to the strains of classic songwriting. John Martyn, James Taylor and Joni Mitchell were complemented by the artistic nervous breakdown of Talking Heads, a family favourite. The youngest of three sisters, she resolved to create her own musical universe at 5.

There are several points in the 22 year timeline of Charlotte O'Connor that you might attribute to her metamorphosing into Charlotte OC, future pop star. The first was when she used to dress up as a witch as a child, stand at the end of her driveway staring at passersby in a long black dress. The last was in November 2012 when she was in Berlin for a co-writing session for her debut album.

Finding herself at the Berghain, probably the best nightclub in the world, on Sunday afternoon, a new impulse hit the singer/songwriter. "I felt like somebody had just let me in on the biggest secret in the world." Because the monolithic temple of nightlife and seat of modern bohemianism doesn't allow cameras or press in, in some ways they had. A new loop for her music began to ferment in her mind. "It felt like heaven and hell to me." It's probably why this homegrown talent's music is fraught with bittersweet contradictions, creating something completely original and exciting

Support:

Jess Harwood

14+

NUS/Public

Doors: 7.30pm

Club