Sweet Shadows

Product Description If you can imagine Portishead, with more accsessible vocals, rich harmonies, classical style piano playing, gorgeous string sections and the most amazing beats ever programmed, then you have Daughter Darling. This project is the culmination of 6 years of beat production, the most talented piano, guitar and string players, a world class DJ battle champion and a girl who knew she was going to be a singer since 3 years old. Every song has been carefully crafted into a masterpiece. Natalie’s unique voice provides a strong basis for music that is dark and moody. The title track “Sweet Shadows” deals with her emotions of moving to a big city, feeling alone with only the shadows to guide her as she walks around seeing many “soul-less” people. Voodoo games, is about an ex-boyfriend who can’t let go, and uses a voodoo doll to try and continue to keep his violent hold on her from afar. Review ” Natalie Walker lays her singular voice like an angel with groove.” — www.infratunes.com, July 2003 “USA-based Daughter Darling could well be the revelation of 2003” — Szavuly Krisztian, triphop.hu, April 15 2003 “her voice sounds like the marriage of Sarah McLachlan and Fiona Apple’s; one of the single best that we’ve heard” — MusicalDiscoveries.com, July 26, 2003 About the Artist Philadelphia based group “Daughter Darling” is breaking out of the conventional idea of a “band” itself. Coming from two separate worlds, Indianapolis born Natalie Walker, and Philadelphia based producers, Travis and Stephen Fogelman collided to form as one. Out in the midwest, Natalie’s background as a folk/funk vocalist grounds her deeply in acoustic roots. On the east coast in Philadelphia, Stephen and Travis worked closely with hip hop artists, sketching out their early beginnings over a decade ago. Older brother Stephen started spinning hip hop at age 13, and younger brother Travis began experimenting with sampling and producing drum and bass in 1994. Growing angry with the negative direction of hip hop, the duo began to turn elsewhere for their inspiration. The brothers needed a catalyst for their cauldron of dark and haunting hip hop style beats. Heroines taming the gritty hip hop beats guided such groups as Portishead and Sneaker Pimps into unknown territories. Their influence would alter the brothers direction into so called “trip hop” After auditioning many female vocalists, no chemistry happened. Answering a web page ad for a singer wanted, Natalie Walker had downloaded the music for “Sad and Lonely” and recorded the vocals the next day. A beautiful partnership had blossomed. A year later, Natalie, frustrated with school and her lust for a full time music career, left college and moved to Philadelphia. Working with classically trained musicians, and adding the raw elements of scratching and sampling, Daughter Darling brings a new style to trip hop. Natalie’s voice brings it all together with her intensely personal writing style and dynamic vocals.

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