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Title: Dat Rosa Mel Apibus
Release date: 14 November, 2006
Record label: Drag City
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Tracklisting
1. The Light
2. Hear My Call
3. Childhood Song
4. What I See
5. All The World Wept
6. Dat Rosa Mel Apibus
7. Sun Song
8. Hold Your Hand In The Dark
9. Katie Cruel
10. Sea Chanty
11. Palm And Wine
12. Song Of Solomon
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White Magic is the spellbinding and haunting collaboration of Mira Billotte, formerly of Quix*o*tic with Sleepy Doug Shaw, Jim White, Tim DeWit, Tim Barnes, Samara Lubelski, Shahzad Ismaily, Jesse Lee, Karen LeBlanc and Brad Truax. Two and a half years after teasing us with the release of their acclaimed six song EP "Through The Sun Door", they've finally cultivated their full potential in the form of a full-length album titled Dat Rosa Mel Apibus. Mira's vocals conjure up comparisons to artists such as Nico and Karen Dalton. There is a stormy quality to her sound, distant yet reassuring, soft and deliberate. White Magic tells stories with an acute intensity, painting lonesome and sensuous fairy-tale like landscapes through their eerie and illusory song. Dat Rosa Mel Apibus elaborates on the emotive and plaintive moods found on "Through the Sun Door". Mira Billotte's arresting vocals over sparse arrangements melt into beautiful ballads, with Mira's precise timbre and phrasing the song sways through dramatic and brooding turns.
Biography
WHITE MAGIC is the songwriting and vocal lyricism of Mira Billotte engaged by the talented likes of 'Sleepy' Doug Shaw, Jim White (Dirty Three), Tim DeWit (Gang Gang Dance), Tim Barnes, Samara Lubelski, Shahzad Ismaily, Jesse Lee, Karen LeBlanc and Brad Truax.
Dat Rosa Mel Apibus is WHITE MAGIC's first debut full length album, following the release of critically acclaimed 6 song debut “Through the Sun Door”.
Mira Billotte played in Quix*o*tic before forming WHITE MAGIC. Her voice has been compared to Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Grace Slick, Karen Dalton, and Nico among others. Sleepy Doug Shaw is a young Londoner of inconsolable wit and fingerstyle.
WHITE MAGIC was named Best New Band by The Village Voice and Time Out New York.
WHITE MAGIC has toured with the likes of Sonic Youth, Will Oldham, Joanna Newsom, Six Organs of Admittance, Ghost, Animal Collective, Magic Markers and Fiery Furnaces among other names. They have performed at festivals such as ATP UK 2004 (curated by Sonic Youth and Stephen Malkmus), ATP UK 2005 (curated by Slint), ATP LA 2004 (curated by Modest Mouse) and Homefires UK as well performing shows and festivals throughout Europe.
WHITE MAGIC recently collaborated with producer Hal Wilner on a compilation of Sea Chanteys, released on August 22nd and entitled A Rogue's Gallery. They joined a cast of all-star artists such as Nick Cave, Antony and the Johnsons, Sting and Bono, contributing their arrangement of the traditional “Long Time Ago.”
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