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 Laura Barrett's Profile |
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neurotic sci-folk for neurotic sci folk |
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| Location: | Toronto, Ontario |
| Country: |  Canada |
| Last Login: | Aug 16, 2008 (22 days back) |
About Me |
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| A classically-trained pianist and self-taught everything else-ist, I’m currently focusing on a solo kalimba project, wherein I sing whimsical ditties about amorphous terror, planned obsolescence, and mind-body dualism. My independently-released EP, "Earth Sciences," is being re-issued by Paper Bag Records February 25th, so watch out for it in your local stores! At Soundscapes in Toronto, you can find my second EP, "Ursula" (Ta Da! Records), which features the hugely talented Richard Carnegie on double bass, and a music video for "Robot Ponies." However, if you’re one of the 5.996 billion people who do not live in Toronto, please e-mail me at laurabarrettmusic (at) gmail dot com to figure out how to get your hands on it. Lastly, for booking inquiries, please contact Maria Bui at mbui (at) fuzzylogicrecordings dot com. |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 11/4/2005Band Members: Laura Barrett - kalimba, vox, kazoo, piano, bass pedals Influences: Kate Bush, Rob Crow, Björk, Martin Tielli, Erik Satie, Frédéric Chopin, XTC, Cocteau Twins, Harry Nilsson, Khaiyyaam, Of Montreal, Bela Sulakhe, Rheostatics, Mia Doi Todd, Sarah Vaughan, Juana Molina, Hylozoists, Devo, Veda Hille, Combustible Edison, the moon... Sounds Like: Aldous Huxley watching Danny Kaye movies. Record Label: Paper Bag Records - ("Ursula" EP is on Ta-Da) Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Acoustic / Minimalist / Trance) |
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My Blog |
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Good times at Sappyfest 2008, plus: the CBC 3 NXNE shows been posted! |
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| Hands down the best festival I've ever attended or played! I won't be able to sum up the event even in novella format, but I'll allow a few highlights to fill this space, just to indicate its overall ... Posted by Laura Barrett on Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:57:00 PST |
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Italian blog calls me a cool nerd, continues in Italian |
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| I present to you, badly translated by myself plus Babelfish, a fantastic little snippet of Italo-English music bloggery - the phrase about the skyscraper is particularly touching and beautiful!***Perh... Posted by Laura Barrett on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:19:00 PST |
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ATTENTION ALBERTANS!! (who purchased an "Earth Sciences" CD at one of my shows) |
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| Hello denizens of Alberta!As you may have discovered already, the "Earth Sciences" CD has a different album's design silkscreened on it - a thousand apologies for this error, but it does in ... Posted by Laura Barrett on Sun, 25 May 2008 11:08:00 PST |
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Lets Get Baked! - Podcast for your tummy. |
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| Hey everyone,Halifax heroes Mat and Dave have posted the podcast we recorded while I was on tour in Eastern Canada not too long ago... Listen for some laughs, curried cooking ideas, and an unconventio... Posted by Laura Barrett on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:41:00 PST |
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collaboration with iNSiDEaMiND! |
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| A few months ago, I worked on a song with the wonderful gentlemen of iNSiDEaMiND. It’s called "The Tiniest Spy," and it’s the first single off their brand-new LP, "Scatterpopia," which fea... Posted by Laura Barrett on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:56:00 PST |
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CBCR3 - Blackberry crazy! |
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| Hey everyone!While we were in Austin, the CBC’s Grant Lawrence and I filmed a little something for your viewing pleasure... enjoy!
Thanks to Jordan for filming, and Waller Creek for bei... Posted by Laura Barrett on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:59:00 PST |
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EARTH SCIENCES out on PAPER BAG RECORDS! Coming soon to a brain near your torso! |
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| Hello friends!It is time to take it seriously while also having fun: Earth Sciences, true to its name, is now available everywhere from the land Islands to Zimbabwe and, specifically, very much in No... Posted by Laura Barrett on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:13:00 PST |
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CBC GO! on Saturday ... get your tickets! |
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| Hey all!I'll be performing LIVE on CBC's live radio program GO! on Saturday, February 23rd. Come and be a part of the studio audience, and squeeze in some fun times before brunch!Each week, GO! featur... Posted by Laura Barrett on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:05:00 PST |
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Eyes On Toronto! - Watch it !!! |
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| The other day we filmed a hilarious online talk show called Eyes on Toronto with Stephen Eyes. I played 3 songs with a little sketch comedy thrown in for extra measure, and then I was interviewed by S... Posted by Laura Barrett on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:00:00 PST |
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NEW EP: "Ursula" plus music video for "Robot Ponies" - yay! |
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| Hi everybody!So... my second EP, "Ursula," is out on Ta Da! Records, and is available (so far) at Soundscapes in Toronto, as well as through Ta Da! itself (they are distributed through Revolver in the... Posted by Laura Barrett on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 07:38:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Henri Fabergé and The Adorables, Hylozoists, iNSiDEaMiND - Scatterpopia OUT FALL 2008, Basia Bulat, torngat, Republic of Safety, Veda Hille, Saint Dirt Elementary School, Feuermusik, DJ Cyber-Rap, Picastro, maylee, PDF Format (8bit) (new demo up!!), Juana Molina, woodhands, CBC Radio 3, Marcelo, Mike Duguay, Carlo, The Rival Boys, Mitch, tim, Jared Sales, Corbin, tandy on friday, Felix Obelix, 青色大麻虫 aoiroooasamusi, _Ryka_, THE RAYEES, Hope, Volume One, Jen, Lonely Vagabond, morgomix, torontoindie.com, Krista, Broooodsky!, Glenn Nuotio, Trevor Weeks, DJ Swedeheart (elsie), The People's Republic of Ames, Matthew Shelton, Bryan, Boys Dreams, Kasper, euphonic sound, Tilman Lewis, cello unbound, all of your friends, Audible, Shemhazai, Juliann Wilding, The Tetraktys, Nicholas, David Creswick, Dan Bryk, alt, Brendan, Kit, GR8-2000, Jessica, Eyal Friedmann
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