Brisa Roché

Brisa Roché (born April 26, 1976 in Arcata, California) is an American singer-songwriter who sings primarily in English, occasionally in French, and who has spent much of her life residing in France.

Early life and career Roché was raised by an artist mother and initially her adventurer father,

Growing up with her family and surroundings in a small, electricity-free cabin, shared with her mother and stepfather in Arcata, northern California (known for redwood forests and artistic communities), music played a major influence in Roché’s life. It was a childhood neighbour who introduced her to the drums, which she later swapped for the guitar. having traded her acoustic guitar for an electric one.

Following her father's death, she moved to Paris, Her first album (on a label), The Chase, was released 5 October 2005 in Paris; reviewing the album in Billboard, Aymeric Pichevin wrote, "A PJ Harvey fan, Roché delivers jazzy tunes with a punk spirit." In 2016, Roché released Invisible 1. She returned to the United States in the course of writing her fourth album, which Rolling Stone described as "succeed[ing] in capturing the essence of pop in order to restore it to a song that was both pure and sensual."

Discography Albums 2003: Soothe Me (self-release - no label) 2005: The Chase (Blue Note / Capitol) 2007: Takes (Discograph) 2010: All Right Now (Discograph) 2016: invisible1 (Kwaidan Records) 2018: Father (Black Ash) 2019: Low Fidelity (Black Ash) 2021: Freeze Where U R (with Fred Fortuny - Black Ash) 2022: BRMD (with IX - Black Ash) 2023: Hero Palo (Black Ash)