Sascha Ley

"IN BETWEEN" - Solo album JazzHausMusik JHM Oct, 2022 - first reviews

A truly impressive voice. A remarkable CD. Michael  van Gee, Radio Dreyeckland 12/22

Singing "Lush Life" stripped to the bone like this is something you first have to dare to do. Sascha Ley, singer and performance artist from Luxembourg, dares and wins all along the line. Later Ley will set to music - "Love In Outer Space" by Sun Ra, - besides the Strayhorn it is the only foreign material - far from the unpredictability of the Archestra, but still endowed with its mental states. Ley tries things out, communicating nonverbally, layering different soundtracks of her voice. It occasionally reminds of the Vocal Summit band of the seventies, which, except for Bobby McFerrin, consisted of all women, but at times also of the exploratory urge of a Laurie Anderson, although Ley has no amplified violin at hand, but "only" micro synth & gadgets. She creates a world with its own parameters, based primarily on reduction and pure accuracy of expression. "In Between" : One indeed lands in an in-between realm. It is an exciting place. Susanne Müller, Jazz Podium DE 12/22 | 1/23
 

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"IN BETWEEN" - Solo album JazzHausMusik JHM Oct, 2022 - first reviews

A truly impressive voice. A remarkable CD. Michael  van Gee, Radio Dreyeckland 12/22

Singing "Lush Life" stripped to the bone like this is something you first have to dare to do. Sascha Ley, singer and performance artist from Luxembourg, dares and wins all along the line. Later Ley will set to music - "Love In Outer Space" by Sun Ra, - besides the Strayhorn it is the only foreign material - far from the unpredictability of the Archestra, but still endowed with its mental states. Ley tries things out, communicating nonverbally, layering different soundtracks of her voice. It occasionally reminds of the Vocal Summit band of the seventies, which, except for Bobby McFerrin, consisted of all women, but at times also of the exploratory urge of a Laurie Anderson, although Ley has no amplified violin at hand, but "only" micro synth & gadgets. She creates a world with its own parameters, based primarily on reduction and pure accuracy of expression. "In Between" : One indeed lands in an in-between realm. It is an exciting place. Susanne Müller, Jazz Podium DE 12/22 | 1/23
 

A singular artist. "In Between" is a whole work, a choreography, almost a conductor's score, of an incredible intensity, with different and very rich atmospheres. Her art is impressive. A singer who bewitches you. A voice that fills the space. One is well there. Alain Duret, Gérard  Dugelay, Radio RCF FR 11/22 (listen to the show in French)

The singer has a sense of nuance and narration. She masters her effects. Sascha unsettles and amazes us. The whole concert (like the record) is a journey, an experience and a reflection on life, society, the place of women, and memories. It's class. It is very personal and quite unique. It's a concert (a performance) to be experienced. Jacques Prouvost Jazzques 11/22
 

Dazzlingly, the singer, musician and actress Sascha Ley [...] impressed with her singing and vocal artistry... masters the throat singing technique of the Inuit, sometimes reminding of the African world music of "Zap Mama" and in her free spirit of the great old Meredith Monk. But her titles never seem epigonal, she always transforms the material into something of her own. Silvia Buss, Saarbrücker Zeitung 10/22
 

The experimental album is tailor-made for the stage. Sascha Ley plays her voice like a violin. She cradles her invisible instrument. [..] Sascha Ley makes easily accessible what is not easily accessible. Mixing frankly crazy bravura pieces and warmer songs, In Betweendefinitely hits the bull's eye. 10/22 Kévin Kroczek, D’Land LU

She explores what can be done with the voice - and that's a lot! She improvises, shouts, trills, growls, pants and sings, holds a dialogue with herself, explores different resonances. She's also a great storyteller [..] MELODIVA 10/22

With her musical concept, Sascha Ley seems to me to be a personality who stands somewhat apart from the so-called jazz scene and is very interesting not only for that reason.  Jazz-Fun Magazine 10/22

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