Michelle Blades (1990) is a Panamean Singer-Songwriter and director.
Born in Panama, she left the country at an early age and grew up in Miami. She got involved in the DIY scene of Arizona and later left her home continent for France. After getting signed on the label Midnight Special Records, she released numerous albums and EPs across the The New '10s. Aside from her solo career, she also has her own live band called Michelle Blades y Los Machetes and has collaborated with her fellow artists from Midnight Special Records, whether it's about being a session player or a music video director.
Her uncle Rubén Blades is known as an icon of the Salsa genre in Central America.
Discography:
- 2010 - Oh, Nostalgia!
- 2012 - & (EP)
- 2012 - Marianas
- 2012 - ''Songs From Another's Bed"
- 2013 - Covers
- 2013 - Swallow Your Hatred
- 2014 - Cold Shoulders
- 2015 - Ataraxia
- 2015 - Nah See Ya (EP)
- 2016 - Polylust (EP)
- 2016 - Are You A Translator
- 2017 - Premature Love Songs (EP)
- 2019 - Visitor
- 2020 - Nombrar las cosas (EP)
Her work provides examples of:
- Ambient: Her 2016 album Are You A Translator.
- Artist and the Band: Michelle Blades y Los Machetes is a Psychedelic Rock band which is dedicated to Michelle's live performances on American soil.
- Cover Album: The appropriately titled album Covers.
- Face on the Cover: On most of her albums.
- Genre Roulette: Her early discography contains lo-fi "doom pop" mixed with latin Folk Music. Later in her discography, she released the Ambient album Are You A Translator as well as setting a definitive Psychedelic Rock sound with her two albums Ataraxia and Visitor.
- Lucky Charms Title: "&".
- Psychedelic Rock: Prominent on her last two studio albums.
- Pun-Based Title: Her EP Nah See Ya (Nausea).
- Record Producer: She co-produced all of her albums.
- Self-Backing Vocalist: Evident on her song "8 A.M.".
