Concord music acquires independiente records, home to travis and paul weller. She spent most of 2002 working on her debut, producing it herself with some help from tricky and alex mcgowan. It contains the track psyche with martina topley bird. Seventeen years ago, maxinquaye made tricky an unlikely pop star, and made him angry and unhappy. Martina topley bird the blue god by martina topley bird music. Art department presents martina topleybird featuring mark lanegan crystalised duration.
This song features lead vocals from thengirlfriend, martina topley bird, singing the rap lyrics that tricky wrote with. Including collaboratins with tricky, masive atack, diplo, gorillaz, and songs used by chanel, kenzo, greys anatomy, etc. Explore releases from martina topleybird at discogs. Massive attack 2010 interview from their studio in bristol about. Kobalt music publishing, cmrra, amra, sony atv publishing, ascap, bmg rights management us, llc, and 8 music. Uk songstress martina topley bird has been rather busy the last couple of years, appearing on the latest albums by common and massive attack as well as touring with the latter. Martina said in an interview that at first she wanted leila to produce her album the blue god. While on tour with massive attack, caught up with martina topley bird before her san francisco gig at the warfield on may 26th, 2010. Musicview interview with martina topley bird youtube. Now, though, he and martina topley bird are ready to revisit it. Massive attack working with martina topley bird heligoland interview.
She also worked with him on his subsequent albums nearly god and premillennium tension both 1996. The japanes version has two bonus tracks and a video. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from martina topleybird at the discogs marketplace. Get all the lyrics to songs by martina topleybird and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Cat power the werewolf powder blue 2009 soundtrack by bar ben vakil. It was released in january as a download single and in march as an album. It offers an intimate look at the diverse range of people going about their individual, and individually complex, city lives a filmic treatment of the humans of new york storytelling approach.
Art department presents martina topley bird featuring. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Some place simple is her third solo release the other two being quixotic and the blue god. Video interview with pop soul singer martina topley bird. Faceculture spoke to martina topley bird about the process of the blue god, working with danger mouse, being 29, her carreer, her previous. Tricky posted a video on you tube as a tribute to her on may 28. Taken from her debut solo album quixotic, which the critics described as a collection of songs that stand up as timeless classics, all pinned. Martina topleybird biography, albums, streaming links. Its been four long years since martina topley bird, the singer with a voice as unique and exotic as her name, started work on her debut album. Quixotic speaks to the soul, resonating deep within you. Martina topleybird returns with solitude, a candid statement in. Quixotic is the debut album by english singersongwriter martina topleybird. Martina topley bird interview festival fnac indeten youtube.
The appropriately named quixotic hit the shelves in the u. Im gonna make the whole world do it im hustlin and take em by the heart wont suffer for delight, not even for one night. This is the opening track to trickys 1995 debut solo effort, maxinquaye. She also worked with him on his subsequent albums nearly god and premillennium tension. She also worked with him on his subsequent albums nearly god and premillennium tensi. Her two solo albums became critical favorites, receiving a mercury prize nomination for her 2003 debut cd, quixotic and teaming up with danger mouse on her followup, 2008s the blue god. Martina topley bird captivates her listeners with a voice that engrossers, her sensual innocence takes a hold of you and leaves you wanting. The album spans several musical styles including triphop, electronic and rock. The relationship eventually cooled down to platonic and martina looked to strike out professionally on her own.
Listen free to martina topley bird poison poison original, poison instrumental. Martina gillian topley bird is an english vocalist, songwriter and multiinstrumentalist who first gained fame as the featured female vocalist on trip hop pioneer trickys debut album, maxinquaye. The blue god is the second studio album by british singersongwriter martina topley bird, her first in five years. Martina topleybird lyrics, songs, and albums genius. Martina topley bird licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of craft recordings. Martina about r n b, the blue god, danger mouse, razor tongue more videos. Martina topley bird may be the best singer youve heard but dont know the name of.
Crystalised mark lanegan, martina topley bird and warpaint. In 2003, topley bird released her debut solo album, quixotic. Released on 12 may 2008, the album had been complete since at least september 2007. Martina topleybird the blue god by martina topleybird. She also appeared on damon albarns gorillaz demon days album. Quixotic also includes a collaboration with musician tricky, with whom. Odyssee by vanessa contenayquinones by esperantoid. Since then, topley bird slowly revealed track titles and posted songs from the album on her official website and her myspace page. When whispery, enigmatic triphop pioneer tricky released his solo debut maxinquaye in 1994, his secret weapon was martina topleybird, the rapturous 19yearold singer who served as. Martina topley bird is a vocalist and songwriter from shepherds bush, west london, united kingdom, who first gained fame as the female vocalist on triphop pioneer trickys adrian thaws debut album, maxinquaye, a printing read more.
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