Bloem de Ligny#Later work
{{short description|Dutch singer-songwriter, producer, visual artist and musician}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Bloem de Wilde de Ligny
| image = Bloem de Ligny cropped.jpg
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| caption = Bloem de Wilde de Ligny performing in 2010
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1978|07|07}}
| birth_place = Apeldoorn, Netherlands
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| years_active = 1996–present
| label = Sony France, Columbia, Virgin Belgium, Polichinelle, Lek, Dream Society
| associated_acts = Sam and the Womp
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Bloem de Wilde de Ligny (born 7 July 1978) is a Dutch singer-songwriter, producer, visual artist and musician based in the United Kingdom. de Ligny has released music as a solo artist and as a member of various bands, including Fono & Serafina, Polichinelle,{{Cite web|url=http://www.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/Polichinelle|title=Muziekencyclopedie - Polichinelle|website=www.muziekencyclopedie.nl}} 4Fists, and Sam and the Womp. Her image and vocal style have often been compared to Björk. She has also performed under the names Bloem,{{Cite web|url=https://api.discogs.com/artists/178078|title=Bloem de Ligny|website=Discogs}} Bloem de Wilde de Ligny,{{Cite web|url=http://www.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/Bloem+de+Wilde+de+Ligny|title=Muziekencyclopedie - Zoekopdracht|website=www.muziekencyclopedie.nl}} Serafina Ouistiti, Oo is an Instrument,[http://ooisaninstrument.co.uk Oo is an Instrument] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102061143/http://ooisaninstrument.co.uk/ |date=January 2, 2013 }} Lady Oo, Bloom and most recently Bloom de Wilde.
Early years
Bloem (meaning 'flower' in Dutch) de Wilde de Ligny was born to an Indonesian father and a Dutch mother. They moved location twenty times before settling in Haarlem.{{Cite web|url=http://www.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/Bloem+De+Ligny|title=Muziekencyclopedie - Bloem De Ligny|website=www.muziekencyclopedie.nl}} After leaving school, she moved into a squat, and from 1996 began performing music under the name Bloem, appearing on the festival circuit with appearances at the Oerol, Lowlands and Crossing Border festivals.
''Zink''
de Ligny's festival performances brought her to the attention of the record company Columbia.{{Cite web|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-retail-stores-not/4609087-1.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20071012215030/http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-retail-stores-not/4609087-1.html|url-status=dead|title=Columbia Holland Cultivates The Career Of Ing Nue Bloem De Ligny | Retail Trade > Miscellaneous Retail from AllBusiness.com|archive-date=2007-10-12|access-date=2009-07-26}} In November 1998, under the name Bloem de Ligny, the album Zink was released, produced by Tricky associate and ex-Boomtown Rats guitarist Pete Briquette, with contributions from musician {{ill|Maarten Veldhuis|nl}}, and recorded at the Townhouse Studios in London. The album's name derives from de Ligny's name for her own fantasy sea.
The record company had high expectations, and the album generally received positive reviews, with many comparing her vocal style to that of Icelandic artist Björk,{{Cite web|url=http://ectoguide.org/genre/alternative/de.ligny.bloem|title=The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music - Bloem de Ligny|website=ectoguide.org}} although de Ligny cites Robert Wyatt as being a bigger influence. The single "Fingiecrookie" was released from the album and the accompanying music video received airplay on a number of music TV channels, but album sales disappointed and she parted company with the record label. de Ligny later moved to Paris for several months, and in the beginning of 2000 studied fine art in Rotterdam.
Later work
In 2002, de Ligny made a guest appearance on the album We Should Have Been Stars by the band Mist. She collaborated with the band again for their 2008 album Period.
Also in 2002, with Ties van der Linden, she formed the ambient pop band Fono and Serafina. Their only album, Bathtub, was released in 2006.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fonofactory.com/matrixcel-19page-19.html|title=matrix/cel-19/page-19|website=www.fonofactory.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/Fono+&+Serafina|title=Muziekencyclopedie - Fono & Serafina|website=www.muziekencyclopedie.nl}} Around this time, de Ligny began performing under the stage name Serafina Ouistiti and subsequently attended the Willem de Kooning Academy of Fine
Arts in Rotterdam, graduating in 2007.{{Cite web|url=http://gattoblaster.com/?p=66|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711075731/http://gattoblaster.com/?p=66|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 11, 2011|title=Gattoblaster Records » Blog Archive » Oo is an Instrument|date=July 11, 2011}} In 2005, she formed the band Polichinelle with the artist Bubu. They performed at the Glastonbury Festival in 2007.
In 2007, de Ligny co-founded, with Bubu and artist Kai Nobuko, the surrealist art collective Dream Society, producing animations, songs, films, and art installations based on sounds and images from "everyday life". de Ligny performs with the Society under the name Oo is an Instrument.{{Cite web|url=http://dreamsociety.co.uk/blog/?page_id=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422154026/http://dreamsociety.co.uk/blog/?page_id=2|url-status=dead|title=DreamSocietyAbout «|archive-date=April 22, 2009}} Residing in London since 2003, she was involved in the founding of Gattoblaster Records,{{Cite web|url=http://gattoblaster.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711080156/http://gattoblaster.com/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 11, 2011|title=Gattoblaster Records|date=July 11, 2011}} She has performed in the bands 4Fists{{Cite web|url=https://myspace.com/4fists|title=4fists | Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos|website=Myspace}} and QDOS vs. Audiohttp://www.myspace.com/qdosvsaudio {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}
In 2009, de Ligny joined Sam and the Womp as the vocalist{{Cite web|url=http://samandthewomp.com/|title=Sam and the Womp}} and in 2012, their debut single "Bom Bom"[http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/08/26/sam-and-the-womp-bom-bom-number-one_n_1831920.html Sam And The Womp Go Straight To Number One With Debut Single 'Bom Bom'] went to number one in the UK.
The band released their second single 'Ravo' in 2013.
In 2014, de Ligny launched her new solo project Bloom and released her first single under that name, "Animal Spirit", which was followed by "Pale Moon Golden Light" the same year and "The World For You" in 2015.
In 2015, de Ligny founded Womp Records Ltd with Sam and the Womp bandmate Sam Ritchie to release the band's single 'Zeppelin'.
Kaleidophone, de Ligny's second studio album and first since Zink, was released in 2019.
Personal life
de Ligny has synesthesia.{{cite tweet|number=1154801323935584258|user=bloomdewilde|title=I have this thing called synaesthesia, which means all my senses are delightfully intertwined. Colours numbers soun… |date=26 July 2019}} She became a mother in 2013.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}
Solo discography
=Albums=
== Studio albums ==
=== As Bloem de Ligny ===
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Title !Label |
| 1998
|Zink |
=== As Bloom de Wilde ===
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Title |
| 2019
|Kaleidophone |
== Live albums ==
=== As Bloem de Ligny ===
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Title !Label !Source |
| 1999
|Bloem Ongeplukt |Polichinelle |
| 2001
|Bloemleg |Lek |
= EPs =
== As Oo is an Instrument ==
=Singles=
== As Bloem ==
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Title !Album !Label !Source |
| 1997
|"Pink Serenity" |De Zevende Dag - Live 2 |
== As Bloem de Ligny ==
== As Bloom ==
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Title |
| rowspan="2" |2014
|"Animal Spirit" |
| "Pale Moon Golden Light" |
| 2015
|"The World For You" |
== As Bloom de Wilde ==
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Title !Album |
| 2019
|"Soul Siren" |Kaleidophone |
References
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External links
- [https://www.facebook.com/bloomdewilde/ Bloom de Wilde on Facebook]
- [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTAigyU8eVim1dj7lhlEOLQ Bloom de Wilde on YouTube]
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