Nina Walsh - vocals, guitar, synths, production
Audrey Riley - cello
Mat Rowlands - guitar, synths, production
Darren Walsh - piano
Marcos Alegria - guitar
Influences
Delia Derbyshire, Johnny Thunders, Gram Parsons, Emmy Lou Harris, Velvet Underground, Mazzy Star, Suicide, Arvo Part, Gillian Welch, Jean-Jacques Perrey, Dick Hymen, Captain beefheart, Sonic Youth, Marianne Faithful, Broadcast, Fuxa, Jeffery Lewis, Big star, Don Nix, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Calexico, New Order, Joy Division, Bobby Gentry, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Francoise Hardy, Francoise Breut, Nico, Nick Drake, Scott Walker, Can, Lee Scratch Perry, James Carr, Sandy Denny, Doc Watson, spacemen 3, Victoria Williams, Two Lone Swordsmen, The Slits..............
Sounds Like
eeerrrrrrrrrrrrrr, not sure really. Industrial folk music? little bits of all the influences i guess.......
I know Nina Walsh. In this world of old bones and petrified music Nina is a composer, performer and producer of the first caliber. Through the cross-pollination of fate and her own gifts she began to blossom as an artist in London during the late eighties when bands like the Orb, KLF and Primal Scream began to turn music on its fat head for the first time in over a decade.
Ninas first commercially recorded vocal performance was on the Primal Scream track 'Stuka', re-mixed by DJ and producer Andrew Weatherall.
Nina and Andrew went on to set up and successfully manage two techno record labels,'Sabres of Paradise' and 'Sabrettes'.
Last summer they collaborated again with Andrew and Keith Tenniswood's Two Lone Swordsmen outfit (performing a duet) on their album "From the Double Gone Chapel" on Warp Records and more recently on 3 new tracks from the new Swordsmen album, 'Wrong Meeting'.
Nina met Alex Patterson of The Orb when they both lived in the same block of flats in Battersea. Together they co-wrote two tracks, 'Ghost Dancing' and 'Plum Island', both of which appear on The Orb's highly acclaimed album 'Cydonia'.
They are currently in the process of writing and recording a new album together under the guise, 'Rootmasters'.
Nina also runs an experimental underground label, C-PIJ Records, as an outlet for what she calls her "electronic dementia", a rare condition characterized by consistent flashes of creative brilliance. The label's first album, 'Wah/Fuzz/Swell', was preceded by four 7" singles.
Yet another of Nina's collaborations over the past few years and continuing today is that with Italian industrial noise merchants Biomuse.
This year Nina signed a deal with Malicious Damage Records who will be releasing her album 'Bright Lights' some time in September 2006.
Not completely ditching her electronic grooming, Nina weaves her simple yet honest songs amid a backdrop of finger picked acoustic guitar and smatterings of old school electronica.
Accompanied on cello, the songs are beautifully complemented courtesy of Audrey Riley (The Cure, This Mortal Coil, Test Department...).
The album also features Nina's dentist, Gareth Thomas on vocals who has previously released a version of Tim Buckley's Once I Was, produced by Nina, through C-pij Records.
Nina's singing is lovely and reminiscent of legends like Marianne Faithful, the difference being that Nina's feet are firmly planted in the artistic terrain of the 21st century. She's always in the here and now and at the same time taking a little peek into the future.
You can buy the CD album, Memos by Nina Walsh at www.ninawalsh.com.
Or at www.cdbaby.com.
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Look Nina you said folk music, I like morris dancing so thats ok, BUT as it turns out your really one of those disco bunnies. Well I'm shocked. Mum says I can't hang round with you anymore because I'll get in to trouble and start doing bad things like eatin burgers and not getting my hair cut. it's a slippery slope you know. wahumfph . bang next thing drugs
Thanks you so much for accepting my friendship Nina, you're an awsome artist. I'm glad I found you, as I've been an ORB fan since 1992... Good luck and all the best, CLIMATIC
a humble invitation for you to pre-listen to my new album HONIGPUMPE. this honeysuckle-myspace-arrangement will last for a week. HONIGPUMPE will be released on the 29th of may by KOMPAKT. greetings from the HONIGFABRIK keep it sweet thomas
christ ive just been listening to andrew at 3am, bit derivative in my opinion but his singing (im not going to say its good) is not awful ! - which has bowled me over.... thats about as good as my review gets though, rather listen to calexico or do make say think or godspeed or the birthday party. eh? that that mad loud gal from years ago below ? didnt you punch her by accident once ? glad to see youre still virtual friends - 'this is as close as we like to get' xxx
blah etc... hows it going.... im pissed off with america.... whats going on music wise n all that cak... im doing fuck all in that regard - working more in IT atm... which i actually enjoy more too! i do now know how to hack your email by the way.... HAHA.... what about max ? did he die n shit yet? or is he still whinging? still talking? xxx can you move me away from steve hillage please - hes making me look old.... ta. xxx
