Biography
Swahili Blonde began with Nicole Turley (ex-WEAVE! drummer/vocalist) sitting in a little room, alone, amidst a bunch of instruments and recording equipment. After many long nights of experimentation, she discovered a path of unconventional compositions that make up Swahili Blonde's debut full-length "Man Meat". The album consists of multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Turley giving a recorded voice to paralleled realities, vibrant visuals, and mismatched rhythms and patterns, musical and otherwise. Alternating between tightly-wound and loose, the result is always funky as "Man Meat" mines the grooves of Krautrock and Dub, the skronk of 80s No Wave, and the Post-Punk sensibilities of the Raincoats and the Slits. The seven tracks are playfully driven by rhythm, with drum machines and live percussion rubbing up against ricocheting guitar melodies, spectral vocal mantras, with odd sounds both electronic and acoustic. Woven throughout the album are lucid and eloquent guest performances, including guitarist John Frusciante, violinist Laena Myers-Ionita (The Like), bassist John Taylor (Duran Duran), and multi-instrumentalists Stella Mozgawa (Warpaint) & Michael Quinn (Corridor). An 8 member live version of Swahili Blonde will be playing shows in Los Angeles during summer 2010.
