Biog

Since her first solo release in 2006, Daisy has proven herself as a talented and shrewd songwriter in demand. Three albums have been recorded by renowned producer Ali Chant at Toybox Studios (PJ Harvey, Gruff Rhys, Giant Sand, Seasick Steve), the most recent (She Took Flight 2023) was recorded at Studio Nord, Bremen DE and Nine Volt Leap, Wiltshire UK.

In 2009 Daisy's piano style and versatility was noticed by UK prog rockers Crippled Black Phoenix (Seasons of Mist Records), and since then on and off Daisy has travelled as pianist/BV with the band on tours covering every corner of Europe as well as a short trip to China. Daisy was also chosen as vocalist on their cover of ACDC’s “Let Me Put My Love Into You” which was used in Classic Rock Magazine’s cover CD – a stark departure from her wistful singing style, proving her adaptability in musical genres. 

In 2012 Daisy teamed up with violinist Sue Lord. The duo have been playing together ever since, bringing a sonic dynamic to her music, the violin almost acting as an additional voice. As a backing singer for well-known artists, she has proven her skills many times. As a performer, Daisy Chapman has a appeared at Glastonbury, 2000Trees, Migration Festival (Taiwan), Breminale (Germany) and worldwide tours. One of her songs (a cover of Rihanna's 'Umbrella') won an Independent Music Award which was jusdged by Tom Waits - this certainly raised her profile with her peers. 

The 2023 album 'She Took Flight' was arranged and written by Daisy with Red Carousel quartet on strings. Daisy's love of string instruments (as featured heavily in 2009 'The Green Eyed') is now ever more apparent and her skill at scoring has certainly grown over the years.

In addition to her solo work, her newest project is prog band 'Venus Principle' where she shares lead vocals with ex CBP singer Daniel Anghede, their debut album was released on Prophecy Records in 2022.

Music

'She Took Flight' is Daisy's fourth full length studio album. Drawing comparisons from Nick Cave and Regina Spektor, Daisy's unique voice soars high over dramatic string arrangements and her own beautifully delivered 'Nymanesque' piano. Still taking her dark lyrical cues from the likes of Leonard Cohen, this album offers a more ethereal, even film score tone than her previous releases, but maintaining its soul and warmth. Daisy continues to draw on both experience and history to form her stories - one of Edward Gorey's poems is set to music purely with string quartet and Daisy's voice in 'The Gashlycrumb Tinies' and there is poignancy galore in 'Wind Horses' and Porcelain, a song about her father's last days on earth. Expect beautiful music and harmony from its purest form, to its most voluminous. Daisy certainly knows how to craft a song, and arrange the instrumentation so that the listener is constantly engaged. What is always evident, is that Daisy is a well travelled and experienced musician, and has come a long way from performing to three people at a dreary club in the Lower East Side of Manhattan when her musical journey really began.

History

Daisy’s first piano lesson was, like many children, forced upon her at the age of 6. However, it soon became clear that rudimentary scales, arpeggios and bi-tonal songs offered no thrill.

Consequently, Daisy took it upon herself to learn, by ear, Bruce Hornsby’s ‘The Way It Is”. Not exactly a cutting edge and life changing choice of song, but what she discovered was that once you’ve mapped yourself around a piano, anything is possible.

Here followed mix tapes and 30 minute recordings of Daisy re-producing popular songs of early 90s, such as Adamski’s “Killer” and Soul II Soul’s “Back To Life”, all evidence of which now lie deep in a drawer somewhere in her Bristol home, never (hopefully) to never see the light of day.

Daisy’s Casio CZ 1000 is now traded in for her trusty touring Roland which has been by her side since 2005 when her solo work finally started to take shape. Following some misguided attempts at forming bands and pretending to be a rock star whilst reading Cultural Studies at Bristol’s second most popular University, Daisy wrote and released her first solo double EP, which quickly raised the eyebrows of German based label, Songs & Whispers, whom she has been signed to ever since.

Daisy now lives in Wiltshire with her husband, daughter and their dog, Piper.