☭ marselip0910 叶俊华™

Team Love Records
Folk/Acoustic/Psychedelic
2009/4/7

Helena Costas，來自英國的女孩，出生在倫敦，有著希腊血統。從小學習提琴，並自學吉他和鍵盤。2003年，她寄錄音給著名多器樂藝術家和制作人Danger Mouse ，最終獲得了認可。Danger Mouse操刀下的初作，去年的Beck的專輯Modern Guilt正出自Danger Mouse之手。所以另類是肯定的，幽暗的基調，小甜美的飄逸女聲，還有許多奇怪的器樂渲染著小詭異的氛圍..


1. Worm's Head
2. Jessie The Goat
3. Go Walking

4. Lucid
5. Jd Folk Blues
6. Last Laugh, The
7. Under The Influence Of Jaffa Cakes
8. Jelly Belly
9. Cake And July
10. Chasing Ticking Crocodile
11. Nothing Is Ever What It Seems
12. Running Goblin, The
13. Bull Bites Back, The
14. Yellow Teapot


Born in London but Greek Cypriot by origin, Helena Costas studied violin from ages 7 to 13, then taught herself guitar and keyboards. As she became an adult, her mission came into focus. She wrote songs relentlessly, learned the art of production, and gained confidence as a performer as she played gigs around London.

Like a cryptic, symbolic dream, the music of Joker’s Daughter feeds on a range of conscious and unconscious influences, from classical violin training to Arthurian legend to a certain fascination with food. The result is haunting, infectious and playful, a rich harvest from a broad psychic landscape.

In 2003, she began sending her home recordings to artist/producer Danger Mouse, a correspondence that continued as his career grew. The two artists discovered a natural affinity, and launched a collaboration, which they dubbed Joker’s Daughter after one of Helena’s many shifting personae.

Joker’s Daughter is a character who gives voice to the darkness and redemption in Helena’s psyche, often with a mischievous flair. Always evolving as a musician and performer, Helena has recently taken up the bouzouki, a traditional instrument played by the muses in ancient Greek myth.

Danger Mouse is a full collaborator at every stage. His verdant production and instrumentation compliments the full spectrum of emotion in Helena’s music, from grief to celebration to happy ambiguity. Together, they make music both timeless and fresh from a strange, uncharted world.

The project also features the horns of Neutral Milk Hotel’s Scott Spillane and the string arrangements of frequent Danger Mouse collaborator Daniele Luppi.