- Nedelle Torrisi
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Nedelle Torrisi Birth name Nedelle Torrisi Born September 27, 1980 Origin Bay Area, California, U.S. Genres Indie Folk Instruments Vocals, Guitar, Piano Years active 2003-Present Labels Tangram7s Associated acts Nedelle and Thom, The Curtains, Cryptacize Website advicefromparadise.tumblr.com Nedelle Torrisi (born September 27, 1980 in Redding, California) is an American musician who lives in Oakland, California.[1]
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Biography
Torrisi grew up studying classical violin and performing in musicals. Her mother is an ex-nun and pianist, while her father is an ex-priest and jazz drummer. Her brother is a clarinetist and neuroscientist. Torrisi studied jazz/world music history and earned a BA from San Francisco State University.
Musical career
She has released and toured using her first name only, and as Cryptacize with Chris Cohen. As a solo act, she has toured with Deerhoof, Destroyer, Fred Thomas, Jens Lekman, Magnolia Electric Co., and Xiu Xiu.
Her first album, Republic of Two was released by Kimchee Records in May 2003. Her second album, From the Lion's Mouth was released by Kill Rock Stars on February 22, 2005. She released an album on Kill Rock Stars, Summerland, with Thom Moore as Nedelle & Thom in 2004. She has released two 7" singles, Good Grief, and a 2005 tour split with Fred Thomas. She also participated in Sanitary Records' 2006 cassingles project, releasing a split cassette single with The Curtains which featured her song Your Fiance.
Her latest album The Locksmith Cometh was released May 27 via the Tangrams7 label. This album includes the song Your Fiance from her split cassingle and the song Poor Little City Boy, which had been previously included in the Kill Rock Stars compilation The Sound the Hare Heard. Xiu Xiu has covered a song from this album using the title, Blueberry Mineshaft, although the track bears the title Ex-Priest on Nedelle's album.
Other projects
She performed background vocals on albums by The Curtains, and John Vanderslice, played violin on an album by Xiu Xiu, and provided lead vocals for a song by Saturday Looks Good To Me. Most recently she performed background vocals on an album by Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffitti, entitled Before Today. She was a touring member of The Curtains in 2006. She is, as of 2007, a member of the band Cryptacize, who as of April, 2009 have released two full length albums entitled Dig That Treasure and Mythomania. She has also performed with Sufjan Stevens, and Cryptacize has been the opening band for some of his concerts in the fall of 2009.
Discography
Albums
- The Locksmith Cometh (2007)
- From the Lion's Mouth (2005)
- Republic of Two (2003)
- Summerland Released by Nedelle & Thom (2004)
Singles
- Split cassingle with The Curtains (2006)
- 7" single, limited to 500 copies worldwide ([2004])
- 7" single, featuring Friends and Ancestors by Nedelle, limited to 200 copies worldwide ([2005])
References
- ^ Pareles, Jon (October 7, 2009). "Music Review". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/arts/music/08sufjan.html. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
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Categories:- Living people
- American singer-songwriters
- 1980 births
- Kill Rock Stars
- People from Oakland, California
- Musicians from California
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