ARTiST: Dot Allison
TiTLE: Exaltation Of Larks
LABEL: Cooking Vinyl
GENRE: Indie
TiME: 49:28 min
SiZE: 64,0 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Sep-16-2007
RELEASE DATE: Sep-10-2007
WEBSiTE: n/a
Track List:
01. Allelujah 05:22
02. Thief Of Me 05:11
03. Sunset 04:31
04. In Deep Water 03:40
05. You Dropped Your Soul 05:18
06. M'aidez Call 04:44
07. Tall Flowers 04:09
08. Quicksand 05:19
09. Shivering 05:07
10. The Latitude And Longitude Of Mystery 06:07
Release Notes:
"Exaltation Of Larks" is a heart-rending,
soul-searching album that is haunted by musical
spirits of The Beach Boys, Nick Drake, Emmy-Lou,
Alexander Skip Spence, Neil Young and Dusty
Springfield. Never being a fan of music that is
'over-processed and de-humanised', Dot decided she
needed to work with musicians who were dedicated to
retaining the beautiful imperfections of the live
performance while helping her to build a sonic
palace. Joined at the production helm by Kramer, Dot
has created walls of production and harmony that
transport the listener to somewhere else completely
(in the same way the records that inspired Dot have
always transported her to another world internally).
Dot Allison is one of the music business's more
interesting characters. She has successfully managed
to body-swerve major fame to continue to create her
authentic heart-felt pop and to work with some of
music's finest talents. She first found fame in the
1990Æs with successful and acclaimed
Dub-Electronic-Pop trio One Dove, before forging a
solo career in 1997. Her first album, ôAfterglowö,
which featured a song-writing collaboration with the
legendary lyricist and long-time collaborator of
Burt Bacharach, Hal David, and appearances from
Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine) and Mani
Mounfield (Stone Roses, Primal Scream), reached
number 1 in the US college charts.
In 2002 Dot released a somewhat rebellious record,
"We are Science", where she abandoned the
traditional use of the voice in song-structure and
instead used it purely as an instrument often
creating repetitive riffs, washes and pedals.
Over the years, Dot has collaborated and performed
with a number of other artists including Massive
Attack who invited her to join their collective as
both a songwriter and singer. She subsequently
joined the band on two world tours, both supporting
with a solo acoustic set as well as on lead vocals
and she has been composing with them ever since.
She was also invited to co-headline with Pete
Doherty on his Bilo Albion acoustic tour in early
2004, his tour after "The Libertines" split, and
went on to co-write some songs which formed part of
the Babyshambles set on the æStone Me What A LifeÆ
tour. Dot has also completed recordings with Bobby
Gillespie and Paul Weller for future projects.
Dot wants to continue creating sensitive music that
inspires art-lovers everywhere and to write songs
that send you the kind of shivers that beckon you to
lose yourself in illustrious daydreams.