Melanie Robinson

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Released: Jan 1, 2008

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Genre: Alternative / Ambient / Folk
Location Melbourne / Fremantle, Au
Profile Views: 40260
Last Login: 4/13/2012
Member Since 8/10/2006
Website sameroad.com.au
Record Label Same Road Records/Vitamin
Type of Label Indie
Bio
....••• PREVIEW/BUY "EMPTY PLACES" NOW FROM WWW.VITAMIN.NET.AU •••......••• VISIT WWW.SAMEROAD.COM.AU FOR DETAILS ON GIGS AND FOR BIOGS / PROMO MATERIAL •••.. ...... "fresh and engaging, down-to-earth and bubbling with creative brilliance".......The West Australian...........falls like soft rain on the bone-dry ground.......The West Australian........There is no questioning Mel Robinson's musical fortitude. Not only can you hear her orchestral input on You Am I's recently released Dilettantes, the cellist also recently released an album of her own. Mr. Sister is a collaborative undertaking between Robinson and pianist Steve Richter. The duo typically craft immaculate, string-laden songs fueled by piano and percussion. But, more importantly, they do it with charm and ingenuity. The album's title track finds Robinson's cello laying a platform for Richter's piano parts and her own chaste vocals. At the other end of the instrumental spectrum, the pulsing strings of "Part Gold" collide with programming by Trilby Temperley in something of a musical uproar. While the lyrical hopelessness of Empty Places provides for a number of poetic songs, the album also features several instrumental numbers. "Ghost" serves as jagged introduction to "The Edge," while "Precious" is a chiming affirmation of reverence. Given her recent flurry of activity, Robinson knows better than anyone the importance of taking time out to feel the wind in your hair. Empty Places provides just such a gust.......Brett Leigh Dicks, Santa Barbara Independent........If you are looking for proof that the cello can leave the classical and enter the pop world, look no further. Mel Robinson … known nationally and internationally for her unique and truly captivating string sound in outfits such as You Am I (AUS), Squint (USA) and Mr Sister (AUS) … takes you on a soulful journey of intimate and very personal songs mixed with the soaring, often funky, sometimes cheeky and always beautiful sounds of the cello. Her debut album is a rare jewel.......www.playforme.com.au.. .............. .......... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Members
....Mel Robinson- cello, vocals....Steve Richter- piano, vocals, percussion
Influences
..In very specific order: Verdi, Schubert, Wagner. Beatles, Roxette, Phil Collins. The nature of the cello. Change. Tori Amos, Mazzy Star, Wunjo, Stone Roses, Lamb, Sneaker Pimps, Everything but the Girl. The nature of suffering. The inevitability of death. Bach, Shostakovich, Sophie Moleta, Myrtle, Gata Negra. Bartok, Berio, Scelsi, Steve Reich and Phillip Glass, John Adams, Squarepusher, Carl Vine, Lindsay Vickery, Amy Knoles, Triology, Paul Giger, Hilliard Ensemble, Morimur and generally all ECM recordings, the choral music of Britten, Bach again. Water. Change. Tom Waits, Suzanne Vega, Jess Ipkendanz, Paula Cole, Bjork, Sting, MeShell Ndge Ocello, ZeroSeven. Iain Grandage. Stringmansassy, Mal Webb, Khin Myint, Ben Folds, Nitin Sawhney, Jill Scott, Holly Cole. All the wonderful musicians with whom we get to perform. Still Bach. More recently The Whitlams, Tim Rogers, Emiliana Torrini, Imogen Heap.
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