Real name: Isabelle Powaga

Effective period / Period of releases: 1986 - 2008

Isabelle Antena is a French pop and jazz singer. Born in Villepinte, a town in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, she began her career in the trio Antena on the label Les Disques du Crépuscule (based in Brussels, Belgium), touring with Paul Haig, Tuxedomoon and Cabaret Voltaire, then recorded her first solo album in London with Martin Hayles. As a solo artist she became particularly popular in Japan. She has recorded a string of solo albums as Isabelle Antena, as well as under the names Antena, Powaga Sisters and Pause Cafe.

In 2003 she featured on Buscemi's album Camino Real, and released a best of, L'alphabet Du Plaisir. In 2006 her song Nothing to Lose appeared on the Thievery Corporation album Versions. French Riviera from 2007 with producers from the japanese nu-jazz scene, Kyoto Jazz Massive, Jazztronik, Yukihiro Fukutomi, Tatsuo Sunaga

(For group membership, see Isabelle Powaga).