OIB Present COCOROSIE live in Bristol - 6th May 2010

It's with giddy excitement that I announce that One Inch Badge and Oh Productions will present COCOROSIE live at the Trinity Centre, Bristol on Thursday 6th May 2010! It's a rare occurrence to see CocoRosie live in the UK so don't miss this chance to see them live for the first time in the UK since 2007!

 

Over in support of their incredible new album Grey Oceans. Fusing freak-folk, blues, pop, electronica, hip-hop and opera, CocoRosie are one of the most pioneering and important bands on the planet right now!

 

 

 

One Inch Badge and OH Productions present:

 

CocoRosie + support

 

6th May 2010

7:30pm doors / £15.00 adv / tickets

 

 

 

 

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.

 

In 2003, Bianca was growing restless and decided it was time for a change. She left her apartment in Brooklyn to travel the world and, unexpectedly, showed up at Sierra's apartment in Paris. Over the course of the next two months, the women spent nearly every waking hour in Sierra's bathroom, chosen as the most acoustic and isolated room in the apartment. Soon, they had completed both an unreleased hip-hop recording called Word to the Crow and their debut album La Maison de Mon Rêve.

 

Originally, La Maison de Mon Rêve was only intended to be distributed among a close circle of friends. However, by 2004 the album was released on independent label Touch and Go Records, who had obtained a copy and had pursued CocoRosie. Since the creation of their first album, the Casady sisters have been virtually inseparable.

 

CocoRosie 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. Its cover, a drawing by Bianca of three unicorns having sex while one of them vomits, was selected by the Guardian and Pitchfork Media as one of the worst album covers of all time.

 

The sisters' third studio album, The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn, was produced by Valgeir Sigurðsson, Björk's longtime collaborator, and released in 2007.

 

Sierra, who studied operatic vocal techniques at the Conservatoire de Paris, does the lead vocals and plays guitar, harp and flute. Bianca is a percussionist and beatboxes. The pair also use objects such as toys to construct their unique sound.

 

Select Discography:

La maison de mon reve (2004)

Noah's ark (2005)

The adventures of ghosthorse and stillborn (2007)

 

CocoRosie - Animals LIVE

 

 

 

 

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