Wild Black
Having fronted bands since she was fifteen years old, Elsa Gebremichael has been a beloved figure in the Canadian music scene and continues to grow as a musician, songwriter, producer, and performer. In her previous projects (We Were Lovers, The Radiation Flowers (ex-Powder Blue), and From Chimpan-A to Chimpan-Z) Elsa has toured throughout Europe and North America, showcased at festivals such as SXSW, NXNE, HPX, CMJ and BIME in Spain and The Great Escape in Brighton, and played at the first Afropunk Music Festival in NYC. She has opened for Janelle Monae, Tegan and Sara, and Metric and was nominated for a Western Canadian Music Award. With influences that range from Rock to Pop to Disco, Soul & RnB – it’s no doubt the birth of Wild Black is a culminating moment in Elsa’s eclectic musical journey.
Since releasing her first singles, Wild Black has made waves with features in The Fader, Earmilk, Indie88, as well as being recognized as “an emerging artist to watch” by CBC Music. Her song ‘Moon Star Lover' has garnered attention with sync placements on TV shows ‘Strays’ on CBCGem, ‘The D Cut’ on Crave Canada, ‘Querencia’ on APTN Lumi, to name a few, and the song’s accompanying visual, which celebrates LGBTQIA+, BIPOC folks in a cute summer camp queer love story, premiered on AFROPUNK.com. Wild Black was also selected as a first and ninth round recipient of the MVP project by RBCxMusic and Prism Prize through the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, which supported the visual for ‘Moon Star Lover’ as well as her most recent music video for upcoming single ‘Stay Dreamin’ this summer. Wild Black blends influences of disco, 80’s and 90’s pop, dance, rock, and RnB into her genre-fluid alternative pop sound. Her dynamic and captivating stage performance combines live instrumentation with electronic elements to create a dreamy, yet upbeat and infectious soundscape that lures your body straight to the dance floor or into your car to be the soundtrack of an epic road trip.
Thrilled to start releasing new music leading up to her debut EP, Wild Black will have release dates, show announcements and other exciting news coming soon! Stay close.
