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Mirah
Yom Tov Zeitlyn has been at the heart of the vibrant Northwest
independent music scene ever since her debut album 'you think
its like this but really it's like this' was released by the
K record label in 2000. A collection of her own 4-track recordings
alongside collaborations with Phil Elverum of The Microphones/Mt.
Eerie, the album became an instant classic. The follow-up to
her first release, the stunning 'Advisory Committee' (2001)
cemented Mirah's place in the canon of independent music.
These albums were an exploration of the territories beyond lo-fi,
aimed to transcend mere technical limitations and to push the
boundaries of 'indie-rock' towards a more meaningful communicative
goal. Phil Elverum's sound experiments were allowed to collide
with Mirah's striking lyrical poise and unabashed emotional
honesty and the resulting mix proved quite evocative.
2003 saw the release of 'songs from the Black Mountain Music
Project', the result of a self-imposed artists-in-seclusion
collaboration with Brooklyn based artist and musician Ginger
Brooks Takahashi.
Mirah began working with Lori Goldston and Kyle Hanson of Seattle's
Black Cat Orchestra in 2003 and the release of a collection
of cover songs followed. The album 'to all we stretch the open
arm' was conceived as an anti-war statement and includes renditions
of Leonard Cohen's 'story of Isaac' and Kurt Weill's 'what keeps
mankind alive'.
Mirah's third solo album 'c'mon Miracle' (2004) combined the
ever-present youthful splendor of her earlier works with a more
mature stylistic component which led many critics to hail it
as her best work to date.
A sonic expedition, Joyride: remixes was released in 2006 and
features dance remixes of tracks from mirah's three solo efforts
by the likes of The Blow, Guy Sigsworth, and Anna Oxygen.
Share This Place, Mirah's newest work, is again a collaboration
with Lori Goldston and Kyle Hanson. A multi-media performance
based on the tender and triumphant lives of insects, Share This
Place is a song cycle which accompanies 50 minutes of luminous
and endearing stop-motion animation created by Seattle animator
Britta Johnson. The album will be released by the K record label
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Joyride:
Remixes
K Records
2006 |
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