Ivelisse del Carmen shines on her intimate new jazz-inflected single ‘Illusion’
An artist that tends to capture your attention through the smooth softness of her sound rather than force, London based Puerta Rican singer and songwriter Ivelisse del Carmen has a captivating, jazz-influenced, genre-fluid sound that is packed full of nuance and subtlety, making for these arresting and engrossing listening experiences that are saturated full of charm and easy-going appeal.
The artist’s latest single ‘Illusion’ is a track that has a really charming intimacy to it throughout, having a quiet focus to it thanks to its jazz-leaning delivery and its bolero harmonies that feel lovingly crafted throughout. There is a subtlety to the melancholy themes on the track and it unfolds at a steady, composed pace that allows everything to breathe and take you in in compelling fashion, making for a release that has an air of grace and poise that stands out in modern music.
“I wanted the harmonies of a traditional bolero,” Ivelisse explains, “but delivered with the intimacy and fragility of Billie Holiday.”
