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| Birth Name(s) : Sarah Blasko |
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Full Sarah Blasko Biography
Sarah Blasko (born September 23, 1976) is an ARIA Award winning Australian musician. She was born in Sydney soon after her family returned from French-speaking Réunion where her parents had been missionaries. An original and largely self-reliant musical artist, Blasko is known for her writing and production skills, as well as her unique voice and stage presence.
In 2002, Sarah decided to go solo. Material for the Prelusive EP - a result of initial explorative collaborations with Wilson but fully realised with Nick Schneider and Steve Francis - was originally recorded as demos. However, after becoming disillusioned with the indecisiveness and lack of solid commitment from the labels she met with, Blasko decided to release and promote the material independently. With the financial assistance of then-manager Craig New, she also produced a music video for the leading track, "Your Way".
After this initial success, Sarah was approached by and eventually signed to Brisbane-based label, Dew Process, who repackaged and re-released the EP. There are minor variations to the packaging of the major label release, which make the independent release slightly more valuable to collectors.
In late 2004, Blasko released her debut album, The Overture & the Underscore, recorded in Hollywood at the studio of engineer Wally Gagel. She co-produced the album with Gagel and fellow songwriter, Robert F Cranny.
With her debut EP & album focussed around acoustic guitar and utilising both live and programmed drums, Sarah’s early recordings possessed much appeal for fans of indietronica, and in particular the more 'singer-songwriter' type artists who aspire to this kind of production. However, in contrast, Blasko's compositions venture toward grand rather than diminutive melodies and to soaring pop arrangements rather than lo-fi underplaying.
Blasko works in the territory where Ed Harcourt and Fiona Apple shine, taking some of the new acoustic framework (think Turin Brakes) and some of the folk-meets-electronica stuff that came out in the post-Portishead years and applies them to straightforward pop songs.
'The Overture and the Underscore' finds the 28-year-old Aussie delivering a carefully crafted collection of compositions - torn between reverence of love and weariness of a reality that obliterates it - that will satisfy anyone who has felt that Norah Jones, Radiohead and Coldplay would serve well as composite musical DNA. Steering away from swanky vocal effects like double-tracking, and, for the most part, harmonies, producer Wally Gagel hones in on the breathy, weathered velvet of Blasko's voice, valuing the authenticity of its imperfections as well as its soul-weary grace, while framing it within wide-screen sonic atmospheres at once funereal and emboldened.
The pair have also laid claim to a fragile, stripped-back version of Underground Lovers classic "Losin’ It". Performed with voice and acoustic guitar, the song has become a favourite in their live set, and has led to a collaboration between Blasko and the song’s co-writer, Glenn Bennie, for his second album with project, GB3.
Sarah also appears on a cover of the classic Cold Chisel song, "Flame Trees", which was on the soundtrack to the Rowan Woods film, Little Fish, and featured on the 2007 Cold Chisel tribute album "Standing on the Outside". This track was produced by two highly respected Australian musicians, Wayne Connolly, who has worked with iconic Australian bands such as Underground Lovers, You Am I, The Vines and more recently Youth Group, and Jim Moginie, a key member of legendary band, Midnight Oil.
Sarah has also performed a cover of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John, which appears on the ABC Records release, Triple J: Like A Version - Vol 2. She also performed the New Buffalo track, "Come Back", when that artist was forced to cancel a number of support slots in February 2005.
The album features Dave Symes on bass guitar and Jeff De Araujo on drums & percussion. Jim Moginie makes cameos on a number of tracks, playing wurlitzer, piano, guitar, omnichord and other gadgets. Sarah appears throughout the record on guitar, organ, vibraphone, wurlitzer and drum programming. Robert F Cranny plays acoustic & electric guitars, piano, organ, harmonium, synthesiser, bass guitar, and wurlitzer. The choir and strings were arranged by Cranny & Blasko and conducted by Cranny.
{Explain} and Always On This Line both made Triple J's Hottest 100 for 2006, with "{Explain}" reaching number 79 and "Always On This Line" reaching number 58. The album was also nominated for the 2006 J Award.
The album was released in Australia on October 21, 2006, and debuted at number 7 on the ARIA Albums Chart.
Sarah Blasko has toured extensively in Australia, as well as the US, Canada, the UK and Ireland. Although the exact configuration varies, Sarah performs with a five or six piece band usually consisting of drums, electric and synth bass, acoustic and electric guitar plus keyboards and various samplers/ effects units. Due to the breadth of arrangement most of the touring musicians are multi-instrumentalists.
Sarah also performs in a duo with only Cranny accompanying on guitar and keyboards. In both formats, Sarah plays acoustic guitar and occasional keyboards.
Charting on the National Airplay Charts:
- Counting Sheep- #37
- Perfect Now- #43
- Always Worth It- #12
- {Explain}- #8
- Always On This Line- #14 |
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