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Artist: Chris Riffle
Album: I Am Not From Here
Label: Self Released
Playtime: 21:06 min
Genre: Indie
URL: http://www.chrisriffle.com
Rip date: 2011-04-08
Street date: 2011-03-01
Size: 28.38 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 178 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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Born in a one room cabin in the woods of Bothell, Washington, Chris Riffle
has lived in and around the Northwest most of his life. Chris spent a good
portion of his childhood learning to live simply, with no electricity or
running water in the mountains of Washington State. He even spent some
summers in a teepee. This gave his dad ample time to write and sing his own
folk songs around the fire at night, and planted the musician seed early in
Chris.
Throughout high school and into college, he was a founding member of
Chrysler-Stewart and the Stewartesses-- a lounge pop ensemble influenced by
Sergio Mendez and the Brasil 66, the B-52s, Jan & Dean, and Combustible
Edison. Chris played guitar, bass, keyboards and sang for the group.
In college, in Bellingham ("The city of subdued excitement"), he started
branching out on his own, singing and recording his own songs. One of these
singles "Wonderboy" (a catchy pop song from one boy to another) made its way
to KUGS-FM and became a local favorite... "Evidently, I wasnÆt the only one
enamored of Chris. Through my incessant phone calls to KUGS to demand they
play one or the other of the two songs they had in their rotation, I found
out that his songs were among the most requested.ö Carey Ross û WhatÆs Up
Magazine. . . .
He quickly began opening for acts like Death Cab for Cutie, Mary Lou Lord and
Dub Narcotic Sound System and made a substantial splash on the Bellingham, WA
music scene. Lately Chris has been performing with renowned musicians such as
Blake Fleming (Mars Volta) backing him on drums, Jimi Zhivago (Olabelle) on
guitar, bass & organ, and Julia Kent (Antony and the JohnsonÆs) on cello.
Chris now lives in the East Village in New York City and just released an
album ôIntroducing...ö with producer Jimi Zhivago. This album was mixed by
three time Grammy winner Steve Rosenthal at The Magic Shop and recorded at
The Maid's Room, the NY studio used for Patti Smith, Rufus Wainwright, Martha
Wainwright and many more. The CD release party for Introducing was well
received by a packed house at The Living Room then went on to be featured on
Sirius XM Satellite radio station The Loft. WGTB (reputable D.C. station)
picked Chris for their Artist of the Week then went on to say, "Catch him
before he's a big deal-- he's not even on YouTube yet. Seriously."
- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -
01. I Am Not From Here ( 4:33)
02. To A Dream ( 4:09)
03. Downstream ( 3:44)
04. February ( 4:30)
05. Watch The Day ( 4:10)
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