Bloem de Ligny

Bloem de Wilde de Ligny (born 7 July 1978) is a Dutch singer-songwriter, producer, visual artist and musician based in the United Kingdom. de Ligny has released music as a solo artist and as a member of various bands, including Fono & Serafina, Polichinelle, 4Fists, and Sam and the Womp. Her image and vocal style have often been compared to Björk. She has also performed under the names Bloem, Bloem de Wilde de Ligny, Serafina Ouistiti, Lady Oo, Bloom and most recently Bloom de Wilde.

Early years Bloem (meaning 'flower' in Dutch) de Wilde de Ligny was born to a Dutch-Indonesian father and a Dutch mother. Her father orchestrated in gamelan. They moved location twenty times before settling in Haarlem. After leaving school, she moved into a squat, and from 1996 began performing music under the name Bloem, appearing on the festival circuit with appearances at the Oerol, Lowlands and Crossing Border festivals. In November 1998, under the name Bloem de Ligny, the album Zink was released, produced by Tricky associate and ex-Boomtown Rats guitarist Pete Briquette, with contributions from musician , although de Ligny cites Robert Wyatt as being a bigger influence. Around this time, de Ligny began performing under the stage name Serafina Ouistiti and subsequently attended the Willem de Kooning Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam, graduating in 2007. In 2005, she formed the band Polichinelle with the artist Bubu. They performed at the Glastonbury Festival in 2007. Residing in London since 2003, she was involved in the founding of Gattoblaster Records, She has performed in the bands 4Fists and QDOS vs. Audio

In 2009, de Ligny joined Sam and the Womp as the vocalist and in 2012, their debut single "Bom Bom" went to number one in the UK.

The band released their second single 'Ravo' in 2013.

In 2014, de Ligny launched her new solo project Bloom and released her first single under that name, "Animal Spirit", which was followed by "Pale Moon Golden Light" the same year and "The World For You" in 2015.

In 2015, de Ligny founded Womp Records Ltd with Sam and the Womp bandmate Sam Ritchie to release the band's single 'Zeppelin'.

Kaleidophone, de Ligny's second studio album and first since Zink, was released in 2019.

Personal life de Ligny has synesthesia. She became a mother in 2013.

Solo discography

Albums

Studio albums

As Bloem de Ligny

As Bloom de Wilde

Live albums

As Bloem de Ligny

EPs

As Oo is an Instrument

As Bloem de Ligny

As Bloom +YearTitle2014"Animal Spirit""Pale Moon Golden Light"2015"The World For You"

As Bloom de Wilde +YearTitleAlbum2019"Soul Siren"Kaleidophone