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Furniss ( from her name Miriam Yacoubi Furniss), is a born and raised Parisian singer and scriptwritter.

Biography
Furniss was born on XXXXXXX, in 1995 from a German mother and a Moroccan father. Following in her family’s footsteps, she started playing the violin at the Conservatory at age five. Growing up, she discovered her passion for folk music, film and literature. She was raised in Paris but spent part of her high school in a small town in Ohio where she started playing guitar. At age twenty, she moved to Seattle and started writing her own music.

Now back in Paris at age 22, she studies Political Science, interns in the film industry and writes new music after having just finished her first unreleased EP “Essays"

Musical Career
''Furniss starts her musical career while she lived in the US, writting her own composition and playing on small stages. When she get back to Paris, she decide to record her long time work''.

First EP
''Furniss finishes her very first EP called “Essays”. This long time achievement is an extended play of X (number) tracks. They tell stories about youth, travels and homesickness(...)''

All songs were recorded in Pigale Studio (name) in downtown Paris. ////TRACKS DETAILS////

EP Musical style
Her main influences include Paul Simon, Laura Marling, Jeff Buckley and Sufjan Stevens. If Furniss’  “Essays” is into folk music, some pop and jazz influences are also noteworthy. (...)

First Video
Passionate by films and literature, Furniss was eager to make a video clip for her single “Homecoming”. The clip is taking place in a movie theater where Furniss is watching at moments of her life, friends, couples, fights and laughs interacting around her.

The influence of cinema and the film industry are very strong in the video, not only because of the place but also with the technique used. Subtitles with the lyrics, frame of the image remind of a movie, the filming movement and the image layers are made to think of an old vintage movie.

Influence musicale
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Film industry and scriptwritting