CAMILLA: Same Girl Once

Camilla

Same Girl Once

© 2001 Wood Spoon Publishing (634479516320)

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The ethereal atmosphere of Scandanavian alternative with a taste of jazz steeped in a world of trance.

tracks

1 Clarity
2 Fascinatingly Beautiful
3 Belly
4 You
5 Hiding
6 Naked
7 Invincible Me
8 Icestorm
9 Good
10 Let Go
11 A Lover's Lullaby

notes

"I came directly to L.A. to search for my musical identity". For Camilla, that was from her home in Norway where, at the age of four, she moved from Greenland. She has been in L.A. since 1996 and her musical identity is now secure.

Her self-produced cd, SAME GIRL ONCE, was released by her own Wooden Spoon Music in the winter of 2001, appropriately. The spare, intimate reflection of fellow Scandinavians such as Anja Garbarek and Stina Nordenstam are inherent in her work as are the vocal dynamics of Bjork and Joni Mitchell.

The secret ingredient in Camilla's music is the influence of American jazz and gospel. At fifteen, she joined a gospel choir. With that choir, she toured behind Andre Crouch and Tata Vega, bringing her to L.A. for the first time.

Firmly ensconced in the local scene, she has since collaborated on the scores for several independent films (Kill Me Later, Sterling Chase, American Girls), has worked with producers Richard Perry and Marcus Miller and sang background vocals for The Incredible Moses Leroy. Her song "Clarity" has appeared on The WB Channel's hit show FELICITY and GLORY DAYS.

In the fall of 2001, Camilla was the featured vocalist and co-writer on the track "You Move Me" from Chris Botti's Columbia Records album NIGHT SESSIONS. She has also recorded with Rod Stewart for a standards album to be released in 2002 on Warner Bros. Records.

She performs with the band featured on SAME GIRL ONCE - Tal Bergman on percussion (Billy Idol, Chaka Khan, Omar Faruk Tekbilek) and her musical foil, fretless bass player Kristian Dunn (The Incredible Moses Leroy and The Bastard Sons Of Johnny Cash).

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  • Lyle Caine
    author: Lyle Caine

    This cd is amongst my all time favorites! I love the contrast between the intricacies of Kristian Dunn's bass work on some tracks and the stripped down elegance on those that feature stand-up bass. Her singing is captivating, sensual and flawless and her song writing is first rate. She challenged me to be a better songwriter, by example. She is a remarkable...I miss her very much!

  • author: Oslo Productions

    Very talented woman, too bad there's an FBI warrant for her arrest. www.wheresreya.tk

  • author: Thomas

    Camilla's music is intoxicating. Unfortunetly, the song "Streets", which appeared in the film "Kill Me Later" (Starring Selma Blair and Max Beesley), does not appear on either of her albums. Too bad because it is a beautiful song.

  • Newly Tasty Improved!
    author: Keith Z

    A friend of mine in school played this album during one of my cermaics courses, and it will forever be synonymous with grey, wintry days, friends, creativity, and clay. It's very good on the whole, especially Clarity and Icestorm, but sadly Invincible Me is a delight you won't get to hear a clip of on this great website. I always skip over Belly, but that's the only one. If you hear the album, it will certainly have a similar memory-association-effect-thing with you, too.

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