Penny Chew featuring Charlene Soraia, Elan Tama, James Spankie December 17, 2011

Charlene Soraia (Album release November 2011)
http://charlenesoraia.com/

Elan Tamara
http://elantamara.co.uk/

James Spankie
http://www.jamesspankie.com/

Doors: 7pm-10.30pm
Entry: £5 ADV, buy your ticket online www.229thevenue.com - £8 OTD
RSVP Free for students. Free entry to the after club 10.30pm – 3am.
Student bar prices all night, Christmas pies & Mulled wine.

229, 229 Great Portland Street, W1 5PN (tube – Great Portland Street) www.229thevenue.co.uk

Last Penny Chew of the year…it's going to be a special Christmas evening!
Secret Santa! Bring a small gift to the venue, we'll put a number on it and will give you another number. All the gift will be put at the bottom of our amazing Christmas tree before Charlene set.

Charlene Soraia is a London-based singer-songwriter. She is known for her cover of 'Wherever You Will Go' by The Calling, which was used in an advert for Twinings tea in the UK. It was released on iTunes for Digital download and reached a peak of number 3 in the UK Singles Chart. She released her debut studio album, Moonchild in November 2011, which features 'Wherever You Will Go' as a bonus track.

Elan Tamara is fascinated by Balinese Gamelan and Steve Reich, she makes music as uncategorisable, as heartfelt and beautifully otherworldly as anything you're likely to hear. Her third EP, her first with Big Dada, shows Tamara developing her songwriting craft to new heights. The result is some of the most exciting, individual music around, music which deserves and rewards repeated listens and signals the arrival of a major new talent.

James Spankie is a multi-instrumentalist singer, writer and producer who plays everything on record himself, similar to artists such as Tom Vek. But his work on violin and cello, his large cinematic arrangements and some heavy driving rhythms takes him to another place, making him resemble something more like a one-man Arcade Fire. It was EP ‘1’ that caught the attention of School of Seven Bells, who asked him to support them during their ‘Alpinisms’ promotion, and Supersweet Fashion magazine, which had him working on soundtrack collaborations with Alison Mosshart (The Kills/Dead Weather), Tom Bellamy (Cooper Temple Clause) and Finn Vine (White Rose Movement).

Official Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/225710844154444/