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Kimbra began writing songs at the age of 10, when she was 12 her Father bought her her first guitar and it didn’t take long before the Kiwi songstress was performing on stage with her guitar tutors. In 2007 Kimbra won the Juice TV award for Best Breakthrough music video for her single “Simply on My Lips”, through which she drew the attention of Mark Richardson, known for his work with Jamiroquai and Paula Abul, and eventually signed with his independent label Forum 5.
2010 marked Kimbra’s first release on Forum 5 with the single “Settle Down” enlisting the help of François Tétaz for the song and director Guy Franklin for the video. In the same year she featured as guest vocalist for the Australian indie-electronic group Miami Horror for their song “I Look to You” which she also appeared in the video for.
On the 7 June 2011 Kimbra singed to the major label Warner Bros. Records New Zealand, which had distribution rights for worldwide releases. Shortly after on the 5 July Kimbra performed vocal duties in Gotye’s smash-hit single “Somebody That I Used To Know” which was again mixed by François Tétaz. Her cameo on this track won Kimbra global fame and allowed the singer to take her own creative direction producing bold and playful tracks.
Kimbra released her debut album entitled “Vows” on 29 August 2011 in New Zealand and shortly after in the Australia and the U.S. The album features the producer M-Phazes on a number of its tracks including “Call Me” and charted at No. 3 in the New Zealand album chart, and No. 14 in the U.S. In the same year she won the Critic’s Choice Prize at the New Zealand Music Awards.
2012 brought more awards for Kimbra triumphing in five categories at the New Zealand Music Awards, including Best Female Solo Artist and Best Pop Album. In 2013 along with Gotye she won Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards show.
For Kimbra’s most recent album “The Golden Echo” released in 2014, she recruited a number of well respected individuals to collaborate with including Dirty Projectors’ Dave Longstreth, Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Ruban Nielson and Steven Ellison otherwise known as Flying Lotus.
Live-Bewertungen
New Zealand singer/songwriter Kimbra is often described as one of the most vocally diverse performers working the circuit. Her wide range, and wider mouth is quite astounding to see live as she successfully reinterprets and reimagines a lot of her recorded work to give them a refreshing and original manner.
This makes the whole gig thoroughly engaging as you can never quite tell what Kimbra is going to do next vocally yet you are assured she will not simply be stood at the mic. Demonstrating her range on a tender cover of Nina Simone's 'Plain Gold Ring' evokes huge cheers from the audience.
The gig is kept at a slick pace by Kimbra's masterful backing band who know the music inside and out so the lady herself is able to focus on interacting with her loyal crowds. The whole room is suitably impressed by the encore and realise that Kimbra is a lot more than a guest name on an international one-hit wonder.
sean-ward
Tuesday, October 23 8 pm The Stepkids 9:30 pm Kimbra At 9:30 Club The Stepkids were fantastic live. They did everything right. They had an incredible projected lights show that was different for each song. They were comfortable on stage and interacted with the audience, and they made sure everyone knew their names. The music was 70's inspired Bee-Gees-esque at times. Not my thing, but still a great show to watch. I can imagine them getting big. Kimbra was phenomenal live. Tremendous energy, lots of costume changes, and excellent vocals. I highly recommend her show for both the music (better than average pop) and the spectacle. Side note: we were on the balcony across from Kimbra's changing room, and she must not have realized (or cared) that there was a small window. Shane got an eyeful as Kimbra was getting dressed. I wasn't tall enough to see as much, but she wasn't all that modest.
anita-wiler
Opening night of her World Tour. Kimbra is one amazing performer. She has a unique ability to project her emotion through her voice. She sang most of her new album music and provided some old favorites like "Settle Down" and "Two Way Street" A truly phenomenal show captivating the audience to sing along and be apart of the performance. Kimbra's band were outstanding musicians enhancing their leader. Kimbra also had an opening group "Empress of" who were excellent getting the audience fired up and energy flowing. What a great experience. If you can catch her show it is a MUST. This lady will be a musical power in the near future. Take the opportunity to see her as she continues that journey.
booggee
I knew Kimbra had great vocal talents, but didn't know she did any tech stuff! She had lots of boxes and pads to manipulate and loop her voice, as well as two guys behind her playing different instruments and machines.
Such a good show. The best part was you could tell she was having *fun*. Loved the positive energy, playing several great songs from her entire career.
I had fun dancing, clapping along, singing the ones I knew. Would love to see her again should she venture this deep into Mid America.
This show was amaaaaaaaaazing! Kimbra can sing her behind off. KING blessed me with my favourite songs. Arc Isis did great job as well.
That show was only $25! I had been waiting two years to see Kimbra again. I would see her or KING anytime. Positive vibes. Incredible sounds. What an experience.
adonis-chamble
Kimbra is an amazing artist, her live show was exiting and engaging both visually and music-wise, and her performance was impeccable. She played a lot of new songs which haven't come out yet, and they were easy to get into and just great. I mean. What can I say, I'm a fan.
mimmi-rantanen
Great night out at the Islington Assembly Hall. Kimbra banged out some great vocals with a mix of high energy synth-pop and some more folky chilled out tracks. Combined with a good crowd this made for an awesome evening.
Mfshill
Fantastic concert. Kimbra and Son Lux were very entertaining but the audience seemed a little shy to start dancing. Didn't stop me and they came through in the end. Ha. Thanks for coming to Dallas, Kimbra!
Mandaday
In a word "awesome"!! She truly has an amazing voice and great energy! I hope to see her again in life!! **This review has to be 30 words long...this review has to be 30 words long...**
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