Martina Topley-Bird
Martina Topley-Bird is a British vocalist who first gained fame as the featured female vocalist on trip hop pioneer Tricky's debut album Maxinquaye (a printing error credited her as "Martine"). She continued her collaboration with Tricky on his follow-up albums Pre-Millennium Tension and Angels with Dirty Faces as well as his Nearly God side-project.
Following a falling-out of their professional and personal relationship in 1998, Topley-Bird began pursuing a solo career. It was not until 2003 that she released her debut album Quixotic on Independiente Records. Upon its release it received rave reviews from critics and was a finalist for the 2003 Mercury Music Prize. The song "Sandpaper Kisses" from the album was featured in the video game Fahrenheit (released in North America as Indigo Prophecy).
The album finally saw a release, of sorts, in the United States in July 2004 when the Palm Pictures label released a "re-designed and re-sequenced" version with a new title (Anything), a trimmed-down tracklisting and all-new cover art.
Her second solo album, The Blue God, is penned for release in May 2008. The track "Carnies" was released as the first single on 3 March 2008[1]and reached No.20 on the UK Indie Charts.[2] "Poison" has been confirmed as the second single.[3]
Discography
Albums
- Quixotic (2003, Independiente)
- Anything (2004, Palm Pictures)
- The Blue God (2008, Independiente)
Singles
- 2003 "Need One"
- 2003 "Anything"
- 2003 "I Still Feel"
- 2004 "Soul Food"
- 2008 "Carnies"
- 2008 "Poison"
Collaborations
- Topley-Bird is credited as a vocalist on "Conversing among Misfits", a song from 1998 debut (self-titled) album by Earthlings?. Her performance is hard to hear in the final mix however.
- In 1999 she contributed vocals to tracks 9 and 13 ("Dirty Drowning Man" and "Coattails Of A Dead Man") on Primus' album Antipop.
- In 2000, Topley-Bird appeared on David Holmes' album Bow Down to the Exit Sign.
- In 2004, Topley-Bird appeared on "Into the Sun," a track from Diplo's album Florida.
- In 2005 she made a guest appearance (alongside Roots Manuva) on the Gorillaz track "All Alone", on the album Demon Days.
- In 2006, Topley-Bird appeared on the song 'Devil Take My Soul' on the Son of Dave record 02.
- Topley-Bird appears on the song "Marterry" on Leila Arab's Myspace page.
- Saturnalia by The Gutter Twins (vocals "The Body") (2008)
External links
- Official website
- Moon Palace (German fansite)
- "Girl interrupted" from The Observer Magazine, 25 May 2003
- Unofficial Martina site
- Anything @ Palm Pictures
References
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