Ebony Thomas
Encyclopedia
Ebony Bones is a British singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Writing and producing her debut album Bone Of My Bones
, she was named one of the "40 Men And Women Who Make London" by Time Out for their 40th Anniversary edition as well as producing the soundtrack for Yves Saint Laurent
's Manifesto campaign. Currently finishing work on her sophomore album recorded in India with members of the Symphony Orchestra of India
, in 2011 Ebony Bones also opened for Cee Lo Green on his European tour, and is currently rehearsing at The Théâtre du Châtelet
as the lead role in Pop'pea for Monteverdi's original Opera L'incoronazione di Poppea
about Emperor Nero
's ambitious wife Poppaea Sabina
co-starring The Libertines
frontman Carl Barât
in 2012, with Pete Howard from The Clash
as Musical Coordinator.
, it is known that Ebony began her career at the age of 12, when she was spotted by BAFTA
award winning actor and Artistic Director of Shakespeare's Globe
Theatre Mark Rylance
, for his production of Macbeth
also starring actress Jane Horrocks. Nominated for The British Soap Awards in 2004 and 2005 for playing the role of Yasmin Green on the FIVE (UK) TV drama Family Affairs, she was one of the programme's youngest, longest-serving and most popular cast members.
of The Damned
, she anonymously uploaded music onto a blank myspace page. Writing and producing her own material, "We Know All About U" depicting an Orwellian
society, made its radio debut as "The Hottest Record In The World Today" as well as "Single Of The Week" on BBC Radio 1
by Dj Zane Lowe
, also receiving daytime play from Jo Whiley
, becoming Radio 1's most played single by an unsigned artist. Her debut album Bone Of My Bones
was released in 2009 featuring W.A.R.R.I.O.R" and "Guess We'll Always Have NY" later used for campaigns by Yves Saint Laurent
, EA Sports
FIFA 2011 soundtrack, and a controversial Citroën
car commercial featuring the late John Lennon
, which was later banned in parts of Europe.
Photographed for The New York Times
by Jean-Baptiste Mondino
and appearing in publications such as Rolling Stone
, Vogue
, NME
, Q
, The Guardian
, The Observer
, i-D
, and Entertainment Weekly
, she has also been on the covers of French lifestyle magazine Télérama
three times, Tsugi, Japan's Eyescream, as well as German music magazine De:Bug
.
In 2010 she was requested to perform live at The Shanghai World Trade Show Expo 2010
, Central Park SummerStage in New York, and The Grand Palais
in Paris for SFR
live concerts. In the summer of 2011 Ebony Bones also debuted new material from her upcoming sophomore album at The Cannes Film Festival and T-Mobile
International Film Festival.
Bone of My Bones
Bone of My Bones is a debut album by British singer Ebony Bones, an alias of Ebony Thomas.-Track listing:# W.A.R.R.I.O.R.# We Know All About U# Story of St.Ockwell# The Muzik# In G.O.D We Trust # Bone of My Bones...
, she was named one of the "40 Men And Women Who Make London" by Time Out for their 40th Anniversary edition as well as producing the soundtrack for Yves Saint Laurent
Yves Saint Laurent (brand)
Yves Saint Laurent or YSL is a luxury fashion house founded by Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, Pierre Bergé. Today, its chief designer is Stefano Pilati. Yves Saint Laurent, founder of the brand, died in 2008.-History:...
's Manifesto campaign. Currently finishing work on her sophomore album recorded in India with members of the Symphony Orchestra of India
Symphony Orchestra of India
The Symphony Orchestra of India is an orchestra based in Mumbai, India.It was founded in 2006 and is housed at the National Centre for the Performing Arts , Mumbai.The first and current Music Director is Marat Bisengaliev...
, in 2011 Ebony Bones also opened for Cee Lo Green on his European tour, and is currently rehearsing at The Théâtre du Châtelet
Théâtre du Châtelet
The Théâtre du Châtelet is a theatre and opera house, located in the place du Châtelet in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France.One of two theatres built on the site of a châtelet, a small castle or fortress, it was designed by Gabriel Davioud at the request of Baron Haussmann between 1860 and...
as the lead role in Pop'pea for Monteverdi's original Opera L'incoronazione di Poppea
L'incoronazione di Poppea
L'incoronazione di Poppea is an Italian baroque opera comprising a prologue and three acts, first performed in Venice during the 1642–43 carnival season. The music, attributed to Claudio Monteverdi, is a setting of a libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello...
about Emperor Nero
Nero
Nero , was Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last in the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Nero was adopted by his great-uncle Claudius to become his heir and successor, and succeeded to the throne in 54 following Claudius' death....
's ambitious wife Poppaea Sabina
Poppaea Sabina
Poppaea Sabina and sometimes referred to as Poppaea Sabina the Younger to differentiate her from her mother of the same name, was a Roman Empress as the second wife of the Emperor Nero. Prior to this she was the wife of the future Emperor Otho...
co-starring The Libertines
The Libertines
The Libertines were an English rock band, formed in London in 1997 by frontmen Carl Barât and Pete Doherty . The band, centred on the song-writing partnership of Barat and Doherty, also included John Hassall and Gary Powell for most of its recording career...
frontman Carl Barât
Carl Barât
Carl Ashley Raphael Barât is an English musician, actor and author. He was the frontman and lead guitarist of Dirty Pretty Things, and recently debuted a solo album, but is best known for being the co-frontman with Peter Doherty of the garage rock band The Libertines.-Early life:Carl Barât was...
in 2012, with Pete Howard from The Clash
The Clash
The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
as Musical Coordinator.
Acting Career
Born Ebony Thomas attending London's Sylvia Young Theatre School alongside fellow classmate Amy WinehouseAmy Winehouse
Amy Jade Winehouse was an English singer-songwriter known for her powerful deep contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres including R&B, soul and jazz. Winehouse's 2003 debut album, Frank, was critically successful in the UK and was nominated for the Mercury Prize...
, it is known that Ebony began her career at the age of 12, when she was spotted by BAFTA
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is a charity in the United Kingdom that hosts annual awards shows for excellence in film, television, television craft, video games and forms of animation.-Introduction:...
award winning actor and Artistic Director of Shakespeare's Globe
Shakespeare's Globe
Shakespeare's Globe is a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse in the London Borough of Southwark, located on the south bank of the River Thames, but destroyed by fire in 1613, rebuilt 1614 then demolished in 1644. The modern reconstruction is an academic best guess, based...
Theatre Mark Rylance
Mark Rylance
Mark Rylance is an English actor, theatre director and playwright.As an actor, Rylance found success on stage and screen. For his work in theatre he has won Olivier and Tony Awards among others, and a BAFTA TV Award...
, for his production of Macbeth
Macbeth
The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...
also starring actress Jane Horrocks. Nominated for The British Soap Awards in 2004 and 2005 for playing the role of Yasmin Green on the FIVE (UK) TV drama Family Affairs, she was one of the programme's youngest, longest-serving and most popular cast members.
Music Career
Known for her onstage antics and theatrical costumes, she opened for Cee Lo Green 2011 Tour across the UK and Europe. Beginning as a self-taught musician performing under the stage name 'Ebony Bones!'given to her by her original live drummer Rat ScabiesRat Scabies
Christopher Millar , better known by his stage name Rat Scabies, is a musician best known for his tenure as the drummer for The Damned....
of The Damned
The Damned
The Damned are an English gothic punk band formed in London in 1976. They were the first punk rock band from the United Kingdom to release a single , an album , to have a record on the UK music charts, and to tour the United States...
, she anonymously uploaded music onto a blank myspace page. Writing and producing her own material, "We Know All About U" depicting an Orwellian
Orwellian
"Orwellian" describes the situation, idea, or societal condition that George Orwell identified as being destructive to the welfare of a free society...
society, made its radio debut as "The Hottest Record In The World Today" as well as "Single Of The Week" on BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
by Dj Zane Lowe
Zane Lowe
Zane Lowe also known as 'Zipper', is a radio DJ and television presenter. He was born in New Zealand and grew up in Auckland, where he was a presenter on the local music station Max TV, before moving to England...
, also receiving daytime play from Jo Whiley
Jo Whiley
Johanne "Jo" Whiley is a British radio disc jockey and television presenter. She was the host of the long running weekday Jo Whiley Show on Radio 1.-Early life and education:...
, becoming Radio 1's most played single by an unsigned artist. Her debut album Bone Of My Bones
Bone of My Bones
Bone of My Bones is a debut album by British singer Ebony Bones, an alias of Ebony Thomas.-Track listing:# W.A.R.R.I.O.R.# We Know All About U# Story of St.Ockwell# The Muzik# In G.O.D We Trust # Bone of My Bones...
was released in 2009 featuring W.A.R.R.I.O.R" and "Guess We'll Always Have NY" later used for campaigns by Yves Saint Laurent
Yves Saint Laurent
Yves Saint Laurent may refer to:* Yves Saint Laurent , French fashion designer* Yves Saint Laurent , a luxury fashion house founded by Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, Pierre Bergé...
, EA Sports
EA Sports
EA Sports is a brand of Electronic Arts that creates and develops sports video games. Formerly a marketing gimmick of Electronic Arts, in which they tried to mimic real-life sports networks by calling themselves "EA Sports Network" with pictures or endorsements of real commentators such as John...
FIFA 2011 soundtrack, and a controversial Citroën
Citroën
Citroën is a major French automobile manufacturer, part of the PSA Peugeot Citroën group.Founded in 1919 by French industrialist André-Gustave Citroën , Citroën was the first mass-production car company outside the USA and pioneered the modern concept of creating a sales and services network that...
car commercial featuring the late John Lennon
John Lennon
John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
, which was later banned in parts of Europe.
Photographed for The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
by Jean-Baptiste Mondino
Jean-Baptiste Mondino
Jean-Baptiste Mondino is a French fashion photographer and music video director. He has directed music videos for Madonna, David Bowie, Sting, Björk, Neneh Cherry and Les Rita Mitsouko...
and appearing in publications such as Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
, Vogue
Vogue (magazine)
Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that is published monthly in 18 national and one regional edition by Condé Nast.-History:In 1892 Arthur Turnure founded Vogue as a weekly publication in the United States. When he died in 1909, Condé Montrose Nast picked up the magazine and slowly began...
, NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
, Q
Q (magazine)
Q is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom.Founders Mark Ellen and David Hepworth were dismayed by the music press of the time, which they felt was ignoring a generation of older music buyers who were buying CDs — then still a new technology...
, The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
, The Observer
The Observer
The Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,...
, i-D
I-D
i-D is a British magazine dedicated to fashion, music, art and youth culture. i-D was founded by designer and former Vogue art director Terry Jones in 1980. The first issue was published in the form of a hand-stapled fanzine with text produced on a typewriter...
, and Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
, she has also been on the covers of French lifestyle magazine Télérama
Télérama
Télérama is a weekly French magazine owned by Le Monde S.A. Its primary contents are television and radio listings, though the magazine also prints film, theatre, music and book reviews, as well as cover stories and feature articles of cultural interest. The name is a contraction of its earlier...
three times, Tsugi, Japan's Eyescream, as well as German music magazine De:Bug
Debug (magazine)
De:Bug is a monthly magazine based in Berlin, covering "electronic aspects of life." Following this new definition of culture, the magazine keeps track of electronic music styles such as techno, electro or house, as well as all intersections of daily life with digital technology, it describes the...
.
In 2010 she was requested to perform live at The Shanghai World Trade Show Expo 2010
Expo 2010
Expo 2010, officially Expo 2010 Shanghai China was held on both banks of the Huangpu River in the city of Shanghai, China, from May 1 to October 31, 2010. It was a major World Expo in the tradition of international fairs and expositions, the first since 1992...
, Central Park SummerStage in New York, and The Grand Palais
Grand Palais
This article contains material abridged and translated from the French and Spanish Wikipedia.The Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées, commonly known as the Grand Palais , is a large historic site, exhibition hall and museum complex located at the Champs-Élysées in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France...
in Paris for SFR
SFR
SFR is a French mobile phone company. It has over 20 million customers, and provides over 4.6 million households with high-speed internet access...
live concerts. In the summer of 2011 Ebony Bones also debuted new material from her upcoming sophomore album at The Cannes Film Festival and T-Mobile
T-Mobile
T-Mobile International AG is a German-based holding company for Deutsche Telekom AG's various mobile communications subsidiaries outside Germany. Based in Bonn, Germany, its subsidiaries operate GSM and UMTS-based cellular networks in Europe, the United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
International Film Festival.
External links
- Ebony Bones at Vogue magazine - Cannes Film Festival 2011 - Ebony Bones performs live
- Ebony Bones at Music Week - Leading Model agency launches music artists division
- Ebony Bones at Theatre du Châtelet - 'Pop'pea'
- Ebony Bones at Cee Lo Green 2011 Tour with Ebony Bones - Vice Magazine
- Ebony Bones at T-Mobile International Film Festival (Poland)
- Ebony Bones at MySpace
- Ebony Bones at MTV News
- Ebony Bones at Tsugi Magazine Cover (France)
- Ebony Bones at SXSW Best New Acts
- Ebony Bones at Ebony Bones cover of Eyescream Mag (Japan)