escala talk music, slash and simon!

Posted: 14th May, 2009

Britain’s Got Talent 2008 finalists ESCALA managed to squeeze in a couple of minutes to talk to us about where they have been for the last year and their new self titled album out on the 25th of May.

The string quartet made up of gorgeous best friends Tasya, Victoria, Izzy and Chantal wowed the judges last year with their eclectic and sexy style of classical music. Simon Cowell was clearly impressed offering the girls a million pound record deal and the chance to make all their dreams come true.

We caught up with Victoria and Chantal to see what the girls are up to and it seems like they have had full schedules!

Congratulations on reaching the finals of Britains Got Talent! What have you been up to over the last year?
“We’ve recorded the albulm and been really busy doing shows. We’ve played some really cool events and we event played at the James Bond premier! Last week went on Opra, that was a real highlight.”

So being on the show has been good for you, what made you decide to audition?
“We were actually approached by producers after playing at an X Factor wrap party. They asked us to audition but at the time we said no. At the time we had been doing corperate gigs and it was going well. But we needed something fresh because we weren’t always getting noticed. We needed a different angle and we had nothing to lose.”

Simon Cowell offered you an amazing record deal, how has it been working with him?
“He’s been so lovely, like on the show he has a really good sense of humor and he’s incredibly passionate about the whole thing. He’s so knowledgable, he would listen to five seconds of a track and say ‘no’, he knows if its not right! But we were slightly worried, we’re instramentalists but he’s been very understanding.”

So the album is out on the 25th of May, what can we be looking forward to?
“There’s a mix of tracks, Kashmir is amazing and Children is definatly in our top five favourites on the album. Craig Armstrongs ‘Finding Beauty’ is amazing, good to listen to in the bubble bath. There’s some choirs too, its got quite a filmic feel to it. There’s lots of different tracks, something for everyone.”

We heard you worked with Slash! How did that happen?
“Simon met him at Elton John’s Oscars party and asked him to record on the track Kashmir. We recorded in London and he recorded in LA so unfortunately we didn’t get to meet him, but he’s done an amazing job on the track.”

A real mix of sounds! Is this the Escala style?
“Of course, its a universal style of music we hope will appeal to all people all over the world. Its a combination of our favourite tracks and its been our dream to have the money to create this album!”

It’s no wonder that ESCALA are tipped to be huge when they have a fan base including Robbie Williams, so we can’t wait for the album!

For more information on ESCALA or to preorder the self titled album due on the 25th of May 2009 head to www.escalamusic.com.