Kelly Lee Owens
ALBUM REVIEW: Kelly Lee Owens – ‘Inner Song’: leftfield tronica beauty soars
IT’S been a quite a journey that’s led Kelly Lee Owens to the place where she is now, garnering critical praise from all quarters and Welsh queen-elect of that sweet spot where halcyon pop meshes into intelligent dance music with a deft touch. I really don’t think there is anyone else who has such nuance …
TRACK: Kelly Lee Owens feat John Cale – ‘Corner Of My Sky’: Welsh wizardry combined in genre-blurring techno
TAKE one absolute legend of experimental pop music, Carmarthenshire-born John Cale, who needs no introduction in these pages, a career of absolute wonder and collaboration under his belt, never content to rest on his admittedly fine laurels; then add his creative perceptivity to that of Flintshire’s Kelly Lee Owens who, like no one else with …
Track: Kelly Lee Owens – Night
It seems like a long while since the convention- blurring techno sound artist Kelly Lee Owens and her eponymous debut bounced into our listening lives. A gorgeous blend of song and electronic rhythms this first album was both dreamy and direct. It delivered infectious dance music with an emotional range- sounds for the head, hands …
See: Kelly Lee Owens releases new video for ‘Melt!’
Elsewhere, ‘Melt!’ – one of the last tracks written for Inner Song – dives into the ever-pressing issue of climate change, right down to its structural composition: “I always need at least one techno banger in there to balance things out.” says Kelly Lee Owens of Melt!, one of the last songs written for her …