Creative in every sense, Pi Ja Ma, aka Pauline de Tarragon, balances her time between music and illustrating. Known for “gentle exuberance” and a paradox in which she is both a “lone wolf and addicted to love,” her sound is that of French pop with a distinct 60s influence — echoing SFSC’s 2022 project Yè-Yè 2.0, which saw top Australian female artists reinterpreting songs from that era.
Pi Ja Ma wields her voice like the strokes of an ever-changing brush: sometimes whispered, sometimes confident, sometimes even shouted. Born from several spontaneous studio sessions, her most recent album, Seule Sous Ma Frange (‘alone under my fringe’) is another delightful contrast of the low-key and the profound.
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