Birth name Clarisse Albrecht Name Clarisse Albrecht Years active 2005 – present | Instruments Vocals Also known as Mulata Universal Role Singer | |
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Born 28 June 1978 (age 45)
Rueil Malmaison, France ( 1978-06-28 ) Genres World Music, Deep-House, Quiet Storm, Soul Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, actress, model Albums Voce me da, Mulata Universal | ||
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Clarisse Albrecht (born June 28, 1978) is a French and Cameroonian recording artist, singer-songwriter, actress and former model. Clarisse is an independent artist, co-producing her music. She's a multi-lingual singer-songwriter, performing and writing in English, Portuguese, French and Spanish. She currently lives between France and Dominican Republic.
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- Clarisse albrecht acoustic session
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- Early life
- Career
- Singles
- Albums
- Participations
- Videography
- Awards
- Filmography
- References
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Early life
Clarisse Albrecht was born in Rueil Malmaison, France to a French father and Cameroonian mother. She split her childhood between France, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique. Growing up, Albrecht was listening to a lot of different musical genre : soul, R&B, funk, pop, Brazilian music (MPB, bossa nova) and African music such as Makossa, Marabentta or Congolese Rumba. In the early nineties, her family went back to France. While in high-school, she started to sing in a gospel choir as a soloist and chorist. While studying Cinema at La Sorbonne Nouvelle, in Paris, she joined, as a background vocalist, a band performing Soul-Funk covers. She soon left the band to focus on creating her own musical identity. In 2004, she went to Brazil where a friend wrote to her a poem where he describes her as a "Mulata Universal". Albrecht came back to Paris with that nickname in mind, inspiring her to write her own songs in Portuguese, the language of her childhood in Mozambique. She started to work on her own songs with her longtime friend LS as co-composer and producer.
Career
In May 2010, she released independently (digital download only) her debut single "Você Me Dá", a deep-house tune with Brazilian music and soul influences. The song has been aired on more than 33 countries and over 125 radios. It has been two times nominated at the MOAMAS 2011 (Museke Online African Music Awards) as Best African Diaspora Song and Afro-Fusion. It finally won the prize as Best African Diaspora Song. In February 2013, she released her second single "Não Posso Parar", a tune with a stronger Soul Music influence.
On June, 22nd, 2015, she released her debut album entitled "Mulata Universal".