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Drunk With Joy are currently recording a new album and working on the next Joy Collective venture. Mila Oshin and Kris Jager formed Drunk With Joy after being introduced by producer David Kosten (Bat For Lashes, Faultline) in his London studio. Philosophy student Oshin had been involved in several ensembles as a singer, songwriter and lyricist, composed music for contemporary dance and live art productions, worked as a clown/mime artist and performance poet and set-up a number of successful art, music and poetry projects in London. PhD student Jager was involved in numerous performance art, music and sound projects as a songwriter, musician, programmer and DJ, including an experimental electronic ensemble and the legendary Halloween Society film club at the ICA. Soon after forming Drunk With Joy - initially intended to be a writing and recording project only - Oshin and Jager set up A Maze Records and self-released debut single I Say Goodbye. Promoted solely on the internet, I Say Goodbye was picked up by independent radio stations in the UK, Germany, Holland, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Russia, Japan, Canada and the USA's student broadcast network. Debut album ‘Sound Living’ followed suit, with its first edition - of which only 2000 copies were pressed - becoming a collector’s item on the internet within months of its release. To date the album has sold in fourteen countries over five continents. After releasing another single, and receiving an increasing number of live requests and invitations, Oshin and Jager felt it was time to move Drunk With Joy to another level. By then they had relocated to Exeter and had become involved in the South West’s independent art scene. They founded Joy Collective and started working on what was to become a major multi-artform collaboration, based around an Arts Council funded live showcase featuring contemporary dance, digital media, film and visual art by seventeen different artists on Drunk With Joy’s very own brooding live soundtrack. |