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Priya Thomas is a Canadian artist (musician, dancer, choreographer) and scholar born in Hamilton, Ontario and raised on the South Shore of Montreal, Quebec. ==Life and musical career== Thomas is a classically trained musician whose first instrument was the violin. Born into a diverse family, (her father is a Syrian Orthodox minister, her mother a physicist), Thomas started writing her own music at the age of 11, and went on to tour and support John Cale, The Fall, James, Radiohead, Sam Philips, the Neville Brothers and Rufus Wainwright, among others. She has released work under her own name and under the pseudonym, Iroquois Falls. Thomas is known as much for her visceral, kinetic live performances as her diverse musical catalogue that has earned critical acclaim and comparisons from Bob Dylan to Tom Waits, Lydia Lunch to Sonic Youth. Thomas released her first solo record ''In the Throes of the Microscope'' (1996) in her hometown of Montreal to rave reviews. Recorded live off the floor in 24 hours with engineer/producer (Glen Robinson ), the disc was an introduction to the raw energy of the many years of live shows that had preceded its making. Following its release, Thomas relocated to Toronto where she quietly wrote the experimental, cinematic ''Armageddon Weather Channel'' (1998). ''Armageddon Weather Channel'' was a deliberate inquiry into form; its songs shifted into unusual time signatures and played with darker moods and structural abstraction. Musical contributors included Ian Ilavsky (CST Records, Silver Mt. Zion) who played on three tracks. Despite a notable lack of radioplay or distribution, the disc's "peak expression of one of rock's aggressively elemental forms" met with critical acclaim from critics across Canada. The considerably more accessible ''Songs for Car Commercials'' was released in 2002 to increasing commercial interest and an expanded tour schedule that included several tours and festival performances in the US and the UK. The shows for ''Songs for Car Commercials'' featured Thomas playing guitar and singing to a host of sequencers, old analog cassette recorders and looping toys. The performances, billed as "Girl with Guitar and Beatbox", were "near epileptic," "audacious," "like a wind up toy from hell." ''You and Me Against the World Baby'', released in 2006 by IRL (UK), marked a departure from its predecessor. Mixed in the UK by Paul Cartledge, its sonic assault and lyrical literacy were captured onstage by a five piece band that toured the UK, Europe and Canada. Vancouver's Georgia Straight ranked ''You and Me Against the World Baby'' alongside releases by Neko Case and Cat Power as one of the Top Ten Records of 2006. The innovative cut and paste animated video for "Motherfucking West" was presented in 2007 as part of the International Music Video Festival in Berlin, Amsterdam, Tokyo and New York City. In 2008, ''Priya Thomas is Blood Heron (Renovation Tracks)'' was released by Sunny Lane Records to widespread critical acclaim in the US and Canada. "All blood, guts and jugular veins," Blood Heron's raw, idiosyncratic folk rock songs made with broken two-string ukeleles, pots and pans and wooden spoons earned disc of the week in Canada's Globe and Mail and several other dailies and weeklies. Enlisting the help of drummer/producer Stephen Pitkin (Elliott Brood) to realize its final sound, Blood Heron's "incredibly spare but powerful," "half-broken songs" earned comparisons to Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, Robert Fripp, Lucinda Williams, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen and Tom Waits. In 2012, Thomas regrouped to form an experimental project called Iroquois Falls. A limited edition 7" EP on yellow vinyl entitled ''Twice-Born-Once-From-A-Gun'' was released by Toronto label (Hi-Scores ) on March 21, 2012. The video for the singles, "Hey Annie (Twice-Born-Once-from-a-Gun)" and "The Magician's Niece" previewed on NME.com, garnering solid reviews from Interview Magazine and Magnet for its jarring din of guitars and vocals, and lomography meets Andy Warhol visuals. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Priya Thomas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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