Simone Pace noted about Brown's involvement that 'he has so much experience and definitely dictated the direction of the record the choices of instruments, concept and that it was minimal.' He forced the band to use analogue instruments. Self-financed, the band embarked on a haphazard recording schedule with producer Drew Brown. Ī year later, the band started the project for their next album but without the support of 4AD. The band released a six-track remix EP in July 2011. For the subsequent tour the band added a key-board player. The album was again mixed by Alan Moulder, and reached 79 in the Billboard 200 chart. Their eighth album, Penny Sparkle, was released in September 2010 through 4AD. In March 2010 the band included a demo version of the song 'Not Getting There' on a 4AD sampler entitled Fragments From Work In Progress. In 2009, Blonde Redhead contributed to the AIDS benefit album Dark Was the Night produced by the Red Hot Organization. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was released on Februa soundtrack album was released in July 2010. In mid-2008, they wrote and recorded the score of the documentary feature film The Dungeon Masters. Alan Moulder mixed the trio's album 23 which was released on 4AD, in April 2007. In 2006 Makino recorded vocals for the film Sisters. Much of the visual and lyrical imagery of Misery Is a Butterfly is reflective of the accident, especially in the music video for 'Equus.' It was the last time Picciotto produced the band. The four-year delay between Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons and Misery Is a Butterfly is attributed to Makino's recovery time after being trampled by a horse. In 2000 Picciotto also co-produced Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons with Ryan Hadlock, an album about the relationship between Makino and Amedeo Pace.

Passéism Part 2' as well as lending it his vocals to the 1998 release. Picciotto also contributed in the construction to the song 'Futurism vs. On their fourth album, In an Expression of the Inexpressible, Guy Picciotto of Fugazi was hired as producer. Subsequent albums featured Skúli Sverrisson, who the twins knew from their time in Boston. The band enlisted the help of Vern Rumsey of Unwound, who filled the role of guest bassist. Their third album, Fake Can Be Just as Good, was released through Touch & Go in 1997. Both records appeared on the New York label Smells Like. Yasuda played on the band's second album La Mia Vita Violenta also released in 1995. Shortly afterwards, fourth member Maki Takahashi left the band and was replaced by her friend Toko Yasuda as bassist. īlonde Redhead's self-titled debut album was released in 1995. For the group's first decade or so, Amedeo and Makino were romantically involved in an on-and-off relationship. The band named themselves after a song on the 1981 EP A Taste of DNA by the no wave group DNA. Blonde Redhead formed in New York in 1993 after Amedeo and Simone met Kazu Makino, a film student at the time, through mutual friends. After earning Bachelor's degrees, they entered the New York City underground music scene. They have released ten regular studio albums and have toured internationally.Īmedeo and Simone Pace were born in Milan, Italy, and grew up in Montreal ( Saint-Léonard), but later moved to Boston to study jazz. The band's earliest albums were noted for their noise rock influences, though their sound evolved by the early 2000s with the releases of Misery is a Butterfly (2004) and 23 (2007), which both incorporated elements of dream pop, shoegaze and other genres. Blonde Redhead is an American alternative rock band composed of Kazu Makino (vocals, keys/ rhythm guitar) and twin brothers Simone and Amedeo Pace (drums/keys and lead guitar/bass/keys/vocals, respectively) that formed in New York City in 1993.

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