Because You Single Review

Jan Hellriegel

Review by mciver29 // 28 May 2014

I’ve been guilty of instantly cringing when hearing of artists that usually have guitars in front of them decide to delve into electronic music but as we all know many of these artists have come out the other side with an expansive body of work that transcends them into a new plain of song writing. My first memory of Jan Hellriegel was from Rip It Up magazine in the mid 90’s while I was at High School, I always thought she had a underlying darkness to her and her music but some where along the line she stopped releasing music to have a family and settle down for a while.

Jan has since made a comeback with her 2009 album All Grown Up and reintroduced us to a more mature side of her writing. It’s been almost 5 years since All Grown Up was released and Jan’s latest offering sees her embracing collaboration and successfully furthering her musical boundaries with co-writer and producer Wayne Bell. The pair have a genuine chemistry within the song as both parties compliment each other in beautiful and subtle ways. Jan sings mostly in her lower register throughout the song which is beautifully captured by Bell in a very natural sounding performance. Jan states of her collaboration, “When you co-write with someone you have the benefit of someone else’s perspective and what is concocted can be a hybrid of styles. In this instance I really like what Wayne and I came up with”.

I like to think that fans grow and mature along with artists, and eventually as they have children it is shared with the next generation, which gives the music new life. This is certain to to be the case with Jan Hellriegel’s work.

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im a singer song writer and also the front man for the band Heathen Eyes and acoustic duo Mojo. I have done 3 years music study and have been a gigging musician for the past 15 years. I work for Music Works and as a teacher aide in a Kindergarten

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