The Golden Echo - Album
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Kimbra Lee Johnson Born 27 March 1990 In Hamilton New Zealand Known Mononymously As Kimbra Is A New Zealand Singer And Actress Who Mixes Pop With Classic R&B Jazz And Rock Musical Elements. Her Musical Influences Range From Prince And Minnie Riperton To Björk And Jeff Buckley. Early Public Performances By Kimbra Included Singing At JBC Now The Dive Bar Nivara Lounge In Hamilton At Age 9 The Waikato Times Gold Cup Race Meeting In 2000 As A 10-Year-Old And Singing The National Anthem At Age 12 Before 27 000 People At The Auckland Vs Waikato NPC Rugby Final. In 2007 After Winning The Juice TV Award For Best Breakthrough Music Video For Her Second Single "Simply On My Lips" She Came To The Attention Of Ex-Independient Records Boss Mark Richardson Jamiroquai Paula Abdul And His Newly-Formed Management Company And Independent Label Forum 5 In Melbourne Victoria Australia. Before Her Debut Album Kimbra Released 2 Singles 'Simply On My Lips' And 'Deep For You'. Kimbra's Debut Album Vows Was Released In 2011. Three Singles Have Been Released From This Album - 'Cameo Lover' 'Settle Down' 'Good Intent'. According To The Settle Down Songfacts Vows Spans Five Years Of Kimbra's Life From Age 17 To 22. And Explores Love Identity And Coming Of Age. Kimbra Also Collaborated With Australian Artist Gotye For The Single 'Somebody That I Used To Know ' In 2011. This Song Has Peaked On The Charts In The USA Australia New Zealand Belgium And The Netherlands At #1. A Significantly Reworked Version Of Her Debut Album Was Released In The U.S. In May Of 2012. At The End Of That Year Kimbra Triumphed In Five Categories At The New Zealand Music Awards Most Notably Best Female Solo Artist And Best Pop Album. She Also Continued To Receive Plaudits For Her Gotye Collaboration Well Into 2013 Among Them The 2012 Grammy For Record Of The Year. Along With Touring With Gotye And Making Festival Appearances Including A Spot At Brazil's Rock In Rio Festival Kimbra Began Work On Her Second Album The Golden Echo. She Returned To The Studio With Producer Rich Costey And A Host Of Collaborators Including Bilal Van Dyke Parks Muse's Matt Bellamy The Mars Volta's Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez And Silverchair's Daniel Johns Who Co-Wrote Some Of The Album's Songs. Singles Such As The Genre-Hopping "'90s Music" And The Smooth Disco-Funk Homage "Miracle" Hinted At The Golden Echo's Eclecticism Ahead Of Its August 2014 Release. Kimbra Reunited With Bilal In 2015 Appearing On His Album In Another Life And Debuted Her Own Single "Sweet Relief" In 2016. The 2017 Single "Everybody Knows" Offered The First Taste Of Her Third Album Primal Heart. Featuring Songs Co-Written And Co-Produced By Kimbra -- As Well As Collaborations With John Congleton And Skrillex -- Primal Heart Appeared In April 2018.
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Kimbra Lee Johnson Born 27 March 1990 In Hamilton New Zealand Known Mononymously As Kimbra Is A New Zealand Singer And Actress Who Mixes Pop With Classic R&B Jazz And Rock Musical Elements. Her Musical Influences Range From Prince And Minnie Riperton To Björk And Jeff Buckley. Early Public Performances By Kimbra Included Singing At JBC Now The Dive Bar Nivara Lounge In Hamilton At Age 9 The Waikato Times Gold Cup Race Meeting In 2000 As A 10-Year-Old And Singing The National Anthem At Age 12 Before 27 000 People At The Auckland Vs Waikato NPC Rugby Final. In 2007 After Winning The Juice TV Award For Best Breakthrough Music Video For Her Second Single "Simply On My Lips" She Came To The Attention Of Ex-Independient Records Boss Mark Richardson Jamiroquai Paula Abdul And His Newly-Formed Management Company And Independent Label Forum 5 In Melbourne Victoria Australia. Before Her Debut Album Kimbra Released 2 Singles 'Simply On My Lips' And 'Deep For You'. Kimbra's Debut Album Vows Was Released In 2011. Three Singles Have Been Released From This Album - 'Cameo Lover' 'Settle Down' 'Good Intent'. According To The Settle Down Songfacts Vows Spans Five Years Of Kimbra's Life From Age 17 To 22. And Explores Love Identity And Coming Of Age. Kimbra Also Collaborated With Australian Artist Gotye For The Single 'Somebody That I Used To Know ' In 2011. This Song Has Peaked On The Charts In The USA Australia New Zealand Belgium And The Netherlands At #1. A Significantly Reworked Version Of Her Debut Album Was Released In The U.S. In May Of 2012. At The End Of That Year Kimbra Triumphed In Five Categories At The New Zealand Music Awards Most Notably Best Female Solo Artist And Best Pop Album. She Also Continued To Receive Plaudits For Her Gotye Collaboration Well Into 2013 Among Them The 2012 Grammy For Record Of The Year. Along With Touring With Gotye And Making Festival Appearances Including A Spot At Brazil's Rock In Rio Festival Kimbra Began Work On Her Second Album The Golden Echo. She Returned To The Studio With Producer Rich Costey And A Host Of Collaborators Including Bilal Van Dyke Parks Muse's Matt Bellamy The Mars Volta's Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez And Silverchair's Daniel Johns Who Co-Wrote Some Of The Album's Songs. Singles Such As The Genre-Hopping "'90s Music" And The Smooth Disco-Funk Homage "Miracle" Hinted At The Golden Echo's Eclecticism Ahead Of Its August 2014 Release. Kimbra Reunited With Bilal In 2015 Appearing On His Album In Another Life And Debuted Her Own Single "Sweet Relief" In 2016. The 2017 Single "Everybody Knows" Offered The First Taste Of Her Third Album Primal Heart. Featuring Songs Co-Written And Co-Produced By Kimbra -- As Well As Collaborations With John Congleton And Skrillex -- Primal Heart Appeared In April 2018.
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The Golden Echo Is The Second Studio Album By New Zealand Recording Artist Kimbra Released By Warner Bros. Records In The United States On 19 August 2014. Kimbra Was Inspired By Greek Mythology For The Album And Spent Time In A Small Sheep Farm In The Middle Of Los Angeles. Kimbra Went To The Farm The Day After The 2013 Grammys. "I'd Been Caught Up With All The Grammy And Gotye Stuff Happening And The Touring The Constant Affirmation— Or Praise Or Criticism Or Self-Reflection— Everywhere " She Said. "You Get Wrapped Up In It. Then Here I Was Chilling With A Bunch Of Sheep. And They Don't Give A Crap Who You Are. You're Not Special To Them. You Spend Time With Them And There's This Beautiful Kind Of Harmony Of How Everything Works In That Environment. It Was A Really Great Space To Create." The Cover And All The Photographs Of The Golden Echo's Booklet Were Shot By Thom Kerr Who Also Directed The Music Video For "Miracle". The Golden Echo Received Generally Positive Reviews From Critics. On Metacritic The Album Obtained A Normalised Score Of 70 Out Of 100 Based On Reviews From 12 Selected Mainstream Critics.