MIRA BLACK REDEFINES ELECTRONICA
WITH DEBUT SINGLE – “I REMEMBER LOVE”
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“Imagine Massive Attack fronted by Barbra Streisand, with Joni Mitchell writing the lyrics,
and then take those three to Cirque Du Soleil…” –Mira Black
*** Former lead singer of Canadian Folk band Acoustically Inclined ***
PRODUCED BY VINCE LAWRENCE – ICONIC FOUNDER OF CHICAGO HOUSE MUSIC
Drawing
on her eclectic background – an East Indian father, Scottish mother and
itinerant childhood in India, Canada, the West Indies and America –
Black focuses on the emotion that makes us feel lost, found, powerful
and helpless: love. This universal theme spoken about in Black’s raw,
moving poetry and backed by haunting arrangements will touch your core.
Let it.
(New York, NY – September 8, 2011) Singer-songwriter
Mira Black is more than happy to offer a take on her sonic signature:
‘Imagine Massive attack fronted by Barbra Streisand, with Joni Mitchell
writing the lyrics,’ she says. ‘Then take those three to Cirque Du
Soleil.’
Produced by Vince
Lawrence, the iconic founder of Chicago House music, Black’s stripped
down, ambient electronica is a mesh of subtle beats, a dash of jazz and
heart-string-tugging vocals. Lawrence has shaped a sound that is
understated and immersive, a sound that cuts through life’s white noise,
a sound where the computer-based brush strokes enhance rather than
overwhelm Black’s story-telling.
“I Remember Love” is
the perfect introduction to Black’s sparse yet lyrical tales of love,
the stop-start beats allowing her emotional honesty rise to the fore.
When it comes to talking about love in all its good, bad and ugly
guises, Black doesn’t pull punches. ‘My formula for writing?’
she says with a smile, ‘Fall madly in love and get your heart pulled out
through your nose.’
Electronica is a new direction for Black. In
the early 1990s, she toured with popular Canadian folk act Acoustically
Inclined. The group started as an instrumental ensemble, until members
heard Black in the audience spontaneously singing aloud to their
melodies. They invited her onstage—and eventually to become the group’s
vocalist. In 2008, Black released the solo jazz-infused “Live At The Moment” and jazz remains an important form of expression for the singer.
Indeed, influences from Black’s former musical lives peep through on her new album MIRA, due for release on Lawrence’s Slang Recordings in
early 2012, thanks to producer Lawrence’s inclusion of organic
instrumentation including cello and piano, alongside the synthesizers
and electronic pulses.
Drawing on her eclectic
background – an East Indian father, Scottish mother and itinerant
childhood in India, Canada, the West Indies and America – Black focuses
on the emotion that makes us feel lost, found, powerful and helpless:
love. This universal theme spoken about in Black’s raw, moving poetry
and backed by haunting arrangements will touch your core. Let it.
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