Close your eyes and listen. You'll hear smoky soul, flights of dazzling invention and intricate layers of deeply felt emotion. With a voice that belies her age; twenty year old Kimbra already enchants her audience, having been inspired by jazz greats such as Nina Simone, while also bringing a contemporary edge more akin to Bjork and Camille.

On her debut single Settle Down, Kimbra paired up with producers Francois Tetaz (Architecture in Helsinki, Gotye) and Australian Urban export M-Phazes (Amerie, Pharoahe Monch). Settle Down, "has got that immediate quirk to it" says Kimbra... "A rhythmic collage of handclaps, cheeky horn parping, and a ballooning bassline married to an escapist lyrics about domesticity" - "I wanna raise a child/ Won't you raise a child with me? / Raise a child / We'll call her Nebraska / Nebraska Jones / She'll have your nose..." Make no mistake - Kimbra is picking up steam even as she arrives. It's going to be a wonderful trip.

Kimbras exhilarating neo-soul/jazz pop invokes both past and modern soul luminaries including Nina Simone, Amy Winehouse, and Jamie Lidell. With talented four-piece band behind here, Kimbra was allowed the freedom to deliver the full force of her powerful and alluring vocals, which proliferated in a soulful gusto and fervent vibrancy.

'Settle Down lit up the stage aswell as the dance floor with its funk grooves and irresistible fusion of soul, hip hop and jazz-pop, while Kimbra's incredibly versatile vocals shift from beat-box rythmic sequences to gloriously ethereal melodies proliferated in a soulful gusto and fervent vibrancy.'