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Martina Topley Bird To Play Bush Hall

• 14th Oct 2010

Martina first came to fame after casting her vocals over Tricky’s debut album ‘Maxinquaye’ in 1995, strongly confirming both her and Tricky’s names as pioneers to the Bristolian Trip-hop movement.

Her Mercury award nominated solo debut album ‘Quixotic’ was released in 2003 and featured guest appearances from music heavyweights David Arnold, Josh Homme and Mark Lanegan. The album featured hit songs ‘Need One’, 'Anything’ and ‘Too Tough To Die’. Her follow up album ‘The Blue God’ was released in 2008 and produced by Gnarls Barkley mastermind Brian ‘Danger Mouse’ Burton, recorded in LA.

In between albums Martina has collaborated with a huge list of established artists, such as Diplo, Gorillaz, Damon Albarn, Roots Manuva, David Holmes, Leila Arab, The Gutter Twins and most recently with US rapper Common and The Prodigy. This has also brought about various live opportunities, such as performing with French actor Mathieu Amalric (the villain in the new James Bond film “Quantum Of Solace”) and Brian Molko from Placebo at the Cite de la Musique in Paris for Serge Gainsbourg’s “Histoire de Melody Nelson”, with full orchestra backing conducted by Jean Claude Vannier.

Martina has also recently written and recorded 4 tracks with Massive Attack for their new album ’Heligoland’, released in Feb 2010 and since Summer 09 has been touring with the band, appearing in their set as guest vocalist on a number of tracks including Massive Attack big hitter ‘Teardrop’.

The tour has already travelled extensively across Europe, South America, Australasia and USA and will move on to S.E Asia and come back through Europe in the summer festival circuit in 2010.

On tour at Massive Attack headline shows Martina also plays her own solo set as the opening act, and will also perform as a solo artist on the 2010 summer festival circuit, playing to thousands of people every show.

After watching Martina’s solo set at the Massive Attack gig in London, Damon Albarn was so impressed that he offered to record her live studio album at his personal studio, and to release it on his own record label, Honest Jon’s, set for release in July 2010.

Following on from Martina Topley Bird’s critically acclaimed 2008 Danger Mouse produced album ‘The Blue God’, Martina has been busy writing new material for her next record, writing and recording new material with collaborations with artists such as Josh Klinghoffer, Money Mark and Joey Castillo (QOTSA).

Martina Topley Bird will be performing live this December:
Wednesday 15th December London Bush Hall 0844 811 0051

Tickets are £10.50 onsale now at link
www.martinatopleybird.com