Amber Arcades

Amber Arcades performing Benjamin

Amber Arcades (born 15 December 1988) is the stage name of Annelotte de Graaf, a Dutch singer-songwriter from Utrecht.[1][2]

Biography

De Graaf holds a master's degree in law, and worked as an assistant for war crimes tribunals at the United Nations; as of 2016 she held a position "assessing the claims of refugees granted asylum in the Netherlands who are seeking to have their families brought over."[3] Her music career began when she self-recorded an album in New York City, funded by savings she had amassed since her teenage years.[3] Her output attracted the attention of Heavenly Recordings, which released her début full-length album, Fading Lines, in June 2016.[4][5][6] In May 2017, Amber Arcades shared their new ethereal track, ‘Wouldn’t Even Know’ featuring Bill Ryder-Jones.[7]

Discography

References

  1. Review, MusicOMH
  2. Interview in NRC 4 February 2016 in Dutch, visited 15 September 2016
  3. 1 2 Amber Arcades: the war crimes expert who funded her album working shop tills. The Guardian, 20 June 2016
  4. Review, Pop Matters
  5. Review, The Guardian
  6. Review, The Skinny
  7. , Amber Arcades new track: ‘Wouldn’t Even Know’ – Listen

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