Just Like... by Eddy Meets Yannah

At the tender age of 8, Jana Valdevit aka Yannah starts off playing the piano and learning all about the theoretics of music. As she grows up surrounded with good music, especially due to her brother (who´s been fascinated with jazz in all its meaning ever since his childhood and is one of a few free
jazz musicians in Croatia today) and her parents whose musical taste knows no barriers (whether it be classical, world music, soundtracks, brazilian...), her love and open mind for music grows easily. When 18, Yannah starts studying musicology and at the same time begins to sing for a few newcomer bands. After her first real performance as singer at Zagreb's «Jazz New Hope» festival in 1999, she becomes an often-seen guest for many Croatian jazz projects also performing with National Televisions' Big Band and singing with a cover band which introduces her to lots of boogie, soul, funk classics. Then in 2000, Eddy & Dus invite Yannah for their first collaboration which was when she discovers new club sounds, such as broken beat or nu soul. Yannah collects her own band in 2001, starts to write songs and lyrics and within some time creating music becomes a priority to her. Which motivates her to acquire arranging, production and programming skills, so in next two years she
becomes more attached to studio work and performes on special occasions only. And notably starts studying sacral music in order to expand her knowledge in more directions. Bang, in 2003 Yannah and Eddy join their ideas and let them melt into a project by the name of Eddy Meets Yannah.