Early Show
Jessica 6
Xylos
Tue, July 26, 2011
Doors: 6:45 pm
Mercury Lounge
New York, NY
$10
Tickets
This event is 21 and over
http://www.mercuryloungenyc.com/event/49301/Jessica 6 - (Set time: 8:00 PM)

Mugler muse singer/songwriter Nomi Ruiz is the face and voice behind Jessica 6, an alter ego which has morphed into a fierce femme crew whose sound & aesthetic is inspired by a pantheon of strong female icons past and present such as Jessica 6 from Logan’s Run, Prince protégés Apollonia & Vanity 6, and Janet Jackson to name a few. Flanked by Georgia Maxine (dancer/choreographer), and Viva Soudan (dancer), Jessica 6’s performances are electric & sexually charged.
After an extensive world tour with Hercules & Love Affair Nomi Ruiz began
performing as Jessica 6 and released the single “Fun Girl” on Midnight Sun Records, an independent label run by bassist Andrew Raposo & keyboardist Morgan Wiley who helped produce & engineer the Jessica 6 debut album ‘See The Light’ at their studio Midnight Sun in Brooklyn, NY. In
2011 'See The Light' was released on Peace Frog Records along with the single 'White Horse' accompanied by a video directed by Marco Ovando which premiered on Perez Hilton and has received over 1 million hits since. 'White Horse' peaked at number 34 on the Belgian Wallonia Ultratip Chart. Jessica 6 has since toured many territories around the world in support of the album such as London, England at The Royal Festival Hall as part of Antony's Meltdown Festival, the
US in support of Holy Ghost, in New York, NY for Nicola Formichetti's Pop Up
Store opening sponsored by Thierry Mugler parfum, In Madrid, Spain for Tommy Hilfiger
Denim Live with The Rapture, in Istanbul, Turkey for Haluk Akakce's Biennial Art
Opening, in Berlin, Germany at Michael Michalsky's
StyleNite Fashion show, in Athens, Greece on the Mad TV VMA's & MAD Walk with Sakis Rouvas and continues to perform and expand worldwide.
Nomi was featured in the recent Musik Express Fashion Issue, Tush Magazine, Vogue Paris, and V Magazine
photographed by Inez & Vinoodh & styled by Nicola Formichetti. She also
appeared in the campaign film for the Mugler Spring/Summer 2012
menswear collection titled “Brothers of Aracadia” along with Jessica
6′s song “White Horse”.
Jessica 6 is currently wrapping up the 'See The Light' European
Tour with dancers Georgia Sanford & Viva Soudan
choreographd by Georgia Sanford and is also working on a sophomore full length release with Greek producer Eliot as well as other various producers.
After an extensive world tour with Hercules & Love Affair Nomi Ruiz began
performing as Jessica 6 and released the single “Fun Girl” on Midnight Sun Records, an independent label run by bassist Andrew Raposo & keyboardist Morgan Wiley who helped produce & engineer the Jessica 6 debut album ‘See The Light’ at their studio Midnight Sun in Brooklyn, NY. In
2011 'See The Light' was released on Peace Frog Records along with the single 'White Horse' accompanied by a video directed by Marco Ovando which premiered on Perez Hilton and has received over 1 million hits since. 'White Horse' peaked at number 34 on the Belgian Wallonia Ultratip Chart. Jessica 6 has since toured many territories around the world in support of the album such as London, England at The Royal Festival Hall as part of Antony's Meltdown Festival, the
US in support of Holy Ghost, in New York, NY for Nicola Formichetti's Pop Up
Store opening sponsored by Thierry Mugler parfum, In Madrid, Spain for Tommy Hilfiger
Denim Live with The Rapture, in Istanbul, Turkey for Haluk Akakce's Biennial Art
Opening, in Berlin, Germany at Michael Michalsky's
StyleNite Fashion show, in Athens, Greece on the Mad TV VMA's & MAD Walk with Sakis Rouvas and continues to perform and expand worldwide.
Nomi was featured in the recent Musik Express Fashion Issue, Tush Magazine, Vogue Paris, and V Magazine
photographed by Inez & Vinoodh & styled by Nicola Formichetti. She also
appeared in the campaign film for the Mugler Spring/Summer 2012
menswear collection titled “Brothers of Aracadia” along with Jessica
6′s song “White Horse”.
Jessica 6 is currently wrapping up the 'See The Light' European
Tour with dancers Georgia Sanford & Viva Soudan
choreographd by Georgia Sanford and is also working on a sophomore full length release with Greek producer Eliot as well as other various producers.
Xylos - (Set time: 7:00 PM)

"Xylos, a five-piece band from Brooklyn, makes stylish electro-pop, gesturing toward sensuality but also holding it at arm’s length for appraisal. That policy plays out clearly in “Not Enough,” the first single from the group’s self-titled full-length debut. With twinkling arpeggios fortified by bubbly rhythm, the song presents what seems at first blush like a pickup anthem, an ode to blithe submission.
Monika Heidemann has a warmly soothing voice, succulent even at its most ethereal. A transplant from jazz and experimental-rock circles, she sings with arresting projection, intense even in stages of repose. On the album’s inviting opener, “Darling Dearest,” her murmured reassurances suggest a riff on Sade. Attacking the brighter cadence of “Second Order,” she evokes a young Morrissey.
Despite all the synthetic elements here, you hear the rattle of hand percussion, the light scrape of fingers on a fret board. For Xylos, sound is one more thing to adjust, just so."
-New York Times
Monika Heidemann has a warmly soothing voice, succulent even at its most ethereal. A transplant from jazz and experimental-rock circles, she sings with arresting projection, intense even in stages of repose. On the album’s inviting opener, “Darling Dearest,” her murmured reassurances suggest a riff on Sade. Attacking the brighter cadence of “Second Order,” she evokes a young Morrissey.
Despite all the synthetic elements here, you hear the rattle of hand percussion, the light scrape of fingers on a fret board. For Xylos, sound is one more thing to adjust, just so."
-New York Times




