CocoRosie
CocoRosie + Special Guests
“Certainly unconventional: intimate, dreamlike and crackling. The haunting sounds of harps and acoustic guitars broken up by glitchy beats, the noise of Speak' n' Spell and one of those cans that moos like a cow when you up-end it. Bianca's voice, reminiscent of Billie Holiday in its cracked blues vernacular, weaves in and out of Sierra's softer, more operatic tones. But if you're not scared by its oddity it's the sort of music you'll fall in love with”. Matt Walton, BBC Noah's Ark Review 2005
CocoRosie were formed in Paris in 2003 by half-Cherokee sisters Sierra Casady and Bianca Casady. Sierra, the older of the two, was born in Iowa, and Bianca was born in Hawaii. Their mother nicknamed them Rosie and Coco respectively, from which their musical act takes its name. They released their second album, Noah's Ark, in 2005. The album includes collaborations with Antony Hegarty from Antony and the Johnsons, Devendra Banhart and French rapper Spleen.
Over the course of the last two years CocoRosie have recorded their new album, Grey Oceans, in various places all over the world. The new band member Gael Rakotondrabe, a jazz pianist from Reunion Island who grew up playing Creole music, became their kindred musical spirit and creative partner in many of the songs on this album. His willingness to try anything in the realm of sound has allowed for an explosive alchemy in collaborative song writing, leading to the completion of the new album - to be released in April - with little trace of the ocean disco from which CocoRosie embarked.
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