Access Film Music @ ÉCU 2022
The European Independent Film Festival
8 - 10 April, 2022
Paris, France
Celebrating their 17th annual festival in Paris, France, Access Film Music is incredibly proud to once again serve as the Official Music Partner for ÉCU, the European Independent Film Festival. Some of our most incredible memories were experienced amid the excitement of film screenings, music showcases, after-parties and riverboat cruise concerts -- with the magnificent lights and sights of Paris on each horizon. Bienvenue!
ÉCU is an amazing event in an incredible location, and an ideal forum to advance Access Film Music's mission of connecting filmmakers from around the world with the incredible wealth of musical talent that we've come to present over these past many years.
Below is information about the talented artists that will be performing throughout ÉCU 2022, including links to the artists' music and websites.
Music Showcases @ 2022 ÉCU Film Festival
Concerts, Showcases, Acoustic Sessions, After-Parties
Schedule of Performances
Showcasing Musical Artists
Full festival schedule and details online at ecufilmfestival.com
ÉCU Film Festival - Primary Screening Venue
Les 7 Parnassiens Cinema
98 boulevard du Montparnasse, 75014 Paris
Most ÉCU Film Festival screenings take place at Les 7 Parnassiens Cinema, and it's the center of festival activity during the day.
On Saturday and Sunday afternoons, between 14:30 - 17:30, we get together on the "filmmakers patio" at Les 7 Parnassiens Cinema and do informal, completely acoustic performances. Musicians appearing at ÉCU after-parties and music showcases will take part. Beer, wine and soft drinks are available. It's a great opportunity to meet the filmmakers in a relaxed, casual atmosphere and share some music. Please join us!
There will also be a little acoustic music at Les 7 Parnassiens Cinema on Friday evening around 18:00 - 19:00 and also on Sunday evening during the jury deliberations.
Schedule of Performances
Friday, 8 April
Saturday, 9 April
Sunday, 10 April
Friday, 8 April
18:00 - 19:00
ÉCU Opening Ceremony
at Les 7 Parnassiens Cinema
98 Boulevard du Montparnasse, Paris
22:00 - 02:00
Friday Night ÉCU 2022 Music Showcase / After-Party
at Belushi's Paris Canal
159 Rue de Crimée, 75019 Paris
Saturday, 9 April
14:30 - 17:30: ÉCU Acoustic Sessions
at Les 7 Parnassiens Cinema
98 Boulevard du Montparnasse, Paris
22:00 - 02:00
Saturday Night ÉCU 2022 Music Showcase / After-Party
at Belushi's Paris Canal
159 Rue de Crimée, 75019 Paris
Sunday, 10 April
14:30 - 17:30: ÉCU Acoustic Sessions
at Les 7 Parnassiens Cinema
98 Boulevard du Montparnasse, Paris
20:00 - 21:00
Theater Performances
in the Cinema
at Les 7 Parnassiens Cinema
98 Boulevard du Montaprnasse, Paris
23:00 - 02:00
Sunday Night ÉCU 2022 Music Showcase / After-Party
at The Canadian Embassy Pub
71 Boulevard Gouvion-Saint-Cyr, 75017 Paris
Showcasing Musical Artists
| Puuluup |
Estonia |
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| Matt Backer |
London England UK |
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| Hope Dunbar |
Nebraska USA |
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| Jana Pochop |
Austin, Texas USA |
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| James Blond: Rik Meyer & Minke Adema |
Leeuwarden, Nederland |
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| Clementine |
Zeeland, Nederland |
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| Pietro "Cupo" Cuppone |
Verona, Italy |
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| Carmen Corinna Braun |
Ibiza, Spain |
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| Sacha Delone of SuperGlam |
Liège, Belgium |
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| Kristina Vaughan |
Paris, France |
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| John Flanders |
Salt Lake City, Utah USA |
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| Bradley Armstrong of Those One Guys |
Salt Lake City, Utah USA |
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| Rahel n Beck |
Tallinn, Estonia
+ Chicago USA |
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| Bowie Wowie |
Belgium + Nederland + USA |
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| Chicago Mike's InterGalactic Brother & Sisterhood of Big Eyed Beans |
Earth, Milky Way Galaxy |
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Showcasing Musical Artists
Bios + Links
PuuluupTallinn, Estonia
Words cannot adequately convey the feelings of joy one experiences while witnessing a performance by Puuluup -- and that's despite the fact that relatively few people on this planet can even understand the language in which they sing their songs! There are less than 2 million speakers of Estonian in the world and this unusual and beautiful language, as a member of the Finno-Ugric language family, only boasts two living relations -- Finnish and distant cousin Hungarian!
Puuluup consists of two musicians: Ramo Teder (solo artist in Pastacas) and Marko Veisson (who is also an anthropologist and lecturer). Their first album “ Light My Snow ” was released in the spring of 2018, and the 7-inch vinyl double single “ Birches ” was released in the spring of 2020.
Crossing the harps of Hiiu with electronics, Puuluup fluctuates on the border of tradition and modern music styles, flirting with world music, underground and pop. As a ship, they have been giving concerts for over 7 years. In addition to numerous performances in Estonia, they have performed in the USA, China, Germany, Finland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Sweden, Lithuania and Latvia.
Licensing:+49 174 3147022info@jv-promotion.com
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Matt BackerLondon, England UK
Matt Backer was born in New Orleans He has lived in Mexico, Venezuela, Belgium, the Caribbean and Leamington Spa. Higher education at Hampshire College, The Berklee College of Music and The University of Warwick prove the old adage that a mind is a precious thing to waste.
In a 35 year career he has recorded and/or performed with a diverse range of artists including Julian Lennon, Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, The Bombay Dub Orchestra, Shirley Bassey, Sinead O'Connor, Joe Cocker, Swing Out Sister, Aimee Mann, Marcella Detroit, Elton John, Alice Cooper, Bananarama, Rumer, Cher, John Grant, Laura Mvula, Bob Geldof, Steve Coogan, Belinda Carlisle and Kermit The Frog. He has been the guitarist with ABC for 20 years.
His music has appeared in films and television programmes like Fahrenheit 911, Horton Hears A Who, Malcolm In The Middle, Game Of Thrones, Top Gear, The Serpent and Keeping Up With The Kardashians as well as adverts for major brands like Chrysler, Grolsch and McDonald's.
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Hope DunbarNebraska USA
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Jana PochopAustin, Texas USA
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James Blond or Rik & IkLeeuwarden, Nederland
featuring Rik Meyer and Minke Adema
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ClementineZeeland, Nederland
Folksinger and Songwriter Clementine grew up as a Captain's daughter in The Netherlands. When her father came home after his long travels, sometimes up to a year, her mother's chansons were replaced for his Irish favorite music.
The music became her lifeline with her father being away at sea. When she sings folk music now it feels like coming home and being connected.
Water, nature, and freedom were fundamentals to her as she grew up mostly on the water.
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Pietro "Cupo" CupponeVerona, Italy
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Carmen Corinna BraunIbiza, Spain
THE MISSION: Above all, Carmen Corinna's talents incite pure energy! She shares her joy of life and gratitude so closely and beautifully with her audience whether performing on the microphone, on the DJ decks or on the dancefloor. Her talents are her transmitters.
THE HISTORY: Carmen Corinna grew from composing on the keyboard at an early, over singing and playing in diverse bands for years to becoming the complete all-in-1-package within the last decade of gigging, producing and traveling around Los Angeles, California, Germany, Switzerland and last but not least her chosen residence Ibiza, Spain. Her dancing history developed from her own choreographies of Hip Hop, over Gymnastics and Breakdance to Sports Studies with Dance Styles specialization and finally Aerial Silks combined with Singing.
Why do we mention all this?
Because there is one main style beyond all the styles she plays and that comes from her history of Breaking…..
“What’s ever played….. It’s got to be FUNKY!” (James Brown).
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Sacha DeloneLiège, Belgium
of the band SuperGlam
From charisma to glamour, the seduction of Superglam is musical and sensitive, the sensitivity of Sacha Delone, born on one of the hills surrounding the Belgian city of Liège, the « Fiery City », at the end of the seventies. Sacha's music is blossoming into melodious, oniric and human dimensions. With these assets, he was bound to meet Rudy Lenners, former drummer of Scorpions, who by now assists Sacha as an artistic director for the Superglam project. Sacha's ethereal world offers feline, voluptuous and ear-catching melodies. The marriage of guitars and keyboards invites you to a soulful aerial ballet. The sensitiveness of the man, a globe-trotter per se, permeates throughout the project. Although born in Belgium, the artist grew up in the Middle-East, in Africa and in Asia. The cultures of these far-off lands have influenced the unfailing creativeness of a gourmet, a passionate artist.
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Kristina VaughanParis, France
Singer-Songwriter Kristina Vaughan is currently recording her 2nd opus A Year in the Dark. With a voice ranging from Irish folk to powerfully pop-rock, she'll broach themes ranging from the political to the intimate backed by acoustic piano music, pop rock or electro arrangements.
Influenced by such fine singer-songwriters as Sinead O'Connor, Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Damien Rice, French chansonnier Léo Ferré or the Parisian anglophone spoken word scene,
Pianist, guitarist and lead singer Kristina Vaughan has performed solo and has been backed by various musician (cellists, percussionist, saxophone player) in Parisian venues such as jazz club Sunside-Sunset, La Bellevilloise, and at The Bitter End in New York City.
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John FlandersSalt Lake City, Utah USA
John Flanders has been one of the most in demand saxophone/woodwind players in Salt Lake City and the Intermountain West for over a decade. You can hear him on tv and radio commercials, as well as television shows and movie soundtracks. In addition to being a renowned bandleader and session player, John's recordings have received critical and popular acclaim, leading to a growing reputation as a composer and arranger.
John has won numerous prestigious City Weekly Best of Utah awards as an instrumentalist as well as with his classic jazz groups. He has performed the National Anthem solo at NBA games, performs with the Utah Symphony, and toured Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland and more. He has performed with The Temptations, Billy Preston, Solomon Burke, Wayne Newton, Frankie Avalon, Rodney Dangerfield, Don Rickles, Patty Andrews, Sam Moore, Ben Folds, and many others. His groups have headlined jazz festivals in Colorado and Utah.
His fusion-swing project, "Double Helix" was named best jazz group shortly after its debut in 2001. They now have their third cd out "Natural Selection", which features they great playing of all the members along with Wayne Christiansen, Ryan Shepherd, and guest bassist Will Lee.
Double Helix has also performed nationally on the NPR radio show, Marketplace. John wrote additional original music for a performance on NPR's "To The Best Of Our Knowledge".
He continues adding to his session resume with calls for arranging and composing, conducting, producing, and recording. John performs primarily on tenor, alto sax, and flute, though you can also find him on clarinet, bass clarinet, piccolo, baritone and soprano saxes, keyboards and vocals.
Licensing:+1 801 272 4471john@johnflanders.com
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Bradley ArmstrongSalt Lake City, Utah USA
of the band Those One Guys
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Licensing:+1 801 541 6898strongarmmusic@yahoo.com
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Rahel n BeckTallinn, Estonia + Chicago USA
Returning for their second ÉCU Film Festival, Rahel n Beck is a musical duo consisting of Estonian Rahel Aasrand on violin and American “Chicago” Mike Beck on acoustic guitar. They present an eclectic and diverse selection of music, infused with rich vocal harmonies, instrumental virtuosity and a mysterious personal chemistry that ensures all who are in attendance will enjoy a delightful and exciting performance. Their set list varies with every concert, but features compelling original songs, crowd favorites and forgotten gems. Their music encompasses a breadth of genres, including Americana, soul, rock ‘n roll, traditional Irish instrumentals, classic country and more.
“Chicago” Mike Beck is an ASCAP-award-winning songwriter and recording artist who has been touring full-time in the USA and Europe since 2001 as a solo performer and with his band Chicago Mike’s InterGalactic Brother & Sisterhood of Big Eyed Beans. In 2016, Mike began performing with violinist Rahel Aasrand who was living in Verona, Italy at the time. In addition to performing classical repertoire with various orchestras and ensembles throughout Europe, Rahel has also collaborated with diverse musical groups, among them the theater ensemble Garilli Sound Project, the Italian bluegrass group Old Times and the neo-traditional folk ensemble Domus de Janas.
Since 2019, Rahel and Mike have been performing under the name Rahel n Beck and together they will take you on an unusual, intriguing and unforgettable musical journey.
Licensing:+1 707 722 2377info@accessfilmmusic.net
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Bowie WowieBelgium + Nederland + USA
The world's newest David Bowie tribute band will make their world premiere at ÉCU 2022. Let's see if they're any good!
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Chicago Mike's InterGalactic Brother & Sisterhood of Big Eyed Beans
Earth, Milky Way Galaxy
“Chicago” Mike Beck’s ecstatic live performances and eclectic 1,000+ song repertoire have carried him through several decades and nearing a million miles of touring in North America, Asia and Europe. Whether performing solo or with his band Chicago Mike's InterGalactic Brother & Sisterhood of Big Eyed Beans, he delivers hundreds of high-energy performances each year to diverse audiences. Since 2001, Mike has toured Europe over 25 times, performing in Switzerland, Germany, The Netherlands, France, Italy, Greece, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain, and Ireland. In 2015, Mike completed his first tour of Asia, including performances in Japan and Thailand. Though Mike makes his home in Chicago's northern suburbs, he likes to spend his winters in Key West, Florida. Duh. He just recently completed his SCUBA certification, is eager to explore the undersea world but can't wait to return to Paris and rock ÉCU 2022 with his dream band!
Licensing:+1 707 722 2377info@accessfilmmusic.netchicagomike.com/filmtv
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