Growing up in Cape Town, South Africa, Sulene moved to the US at nineteen years old for music. Since 2015 she’s toured stages worldwide as the guitarist for Nate Ruess’ (of fun.) live band. Her singing and playing has been heard everywhere from Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Fuji Rock in Japan, to the East Room of the White House, performing for President Obama. During this time, you’ve most-likely heard her voice during Halle Berry shower scenes or Al Pacino stage diving, as the multi-instrumentalist has written original music for and performed on the scores for several TV shows and films, such as Ray Donovan and The Affair. Her work is also regularly heard in TV commercials, being featured in spots for Apple, Nike, Verizon, Microsoft, Taco Bell, Pandora Jewelry, and many more.

Though her experience is vast, her newest work speaks the loudest in terms of her unique voice. Her debut album, JOUSKA, explores the areas where pop, industrial, and orchestral film scoring meet. The multi-instrumentalist and singer writes, produces, mixes and masters all her records in her studio apartment in Queens, New York.

Sulene’s previous EP’s Strange and Fire Escaping have been featured in Billboard, Buzzfeed Earmilk, as well as Spotify’s Indie Pop and New Music Friday playlists in several countries. Sulene was also feature in Rolling Stone for her contribution of the acoustic version of her song “Diamond” for the Rough Trade compilation album Talk - Action = Zero. And by the way, Sulene did the motion capture for the bassist/guitarist character in Rock Band VR.