Piper Davis
Piper Davis sings electro-blues. With vocal influences ranging from Tim Armstrong to Betty Davis and self-made, micro-sampled beats that have drawn comparisons to MIA and Santigold, she’s been serving up her indie-tipped dance floor driven tunes to audiences from Canada to Europe since 2008.
Brought up on Bob Dylan and classical records, Piper gravitated to dj booth vocal improvisation in her teens and eventually earned her degree in music composition from the Simon Fraser University School for Contemporary Arts, launching her solo career post-graduation.
Over the last three years Piper has opened for Dragonette and LA ROUX at Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom. She’s also showcased her live set at the Drake Hotel during NXNE 2009 and opened for Keyes N Krates at Canadian Music Week 2010. Other major Canadian music festivals across Canada Piper has performed at include Sled Island in Calgary and Olio Festival in Vancouver. The only Canadian accepted to attend the Red Bull Music Academy in Barcelona, Piper collaborated with Russell Delgado, sound engineer for Erykah Badu and The Roots, and Latin Grammy winner Natalia Lafourcade. All three of the tracks she produced, wrote and/or performed on at Red Bull Academy were selected to be featured on the Red Bull ‘Various Assets’ Compilation 2008. Piper’s single ‘Academics’ was also featured on Mercedes Benz Mix Tape 19 in Germany, Japan and the U.S. and was nominated for the Mercedes Benz “Best Of” Mixtape in 2011. She has also been featured in numerous publications and online blogs including Exclaim Magazine, The Georgia Straight, Ion Magazine, and the New York Post.
2011 is already shaping up to be the biggest year yet for Piper. Her self-titled ep is set to be released on YYZ records and will be followed by another release on Home Breakin’ Records with DJ Neighbour, including their much blogged about nu-disco track “Rhinestone Cowgirl”. She’ll also be releasing double singles of her track “Academics” and “The World” on YYZ with remixes by U-Tern and Mark Instincts respectively. Piper’s first music video for her new single “Dear Heart, Get a Job” by Multi-Media Artist Kara Love Eaton is set to be released in the first quarter of 2011, and she’s excited to share the stage with fellow Red Bull Music Academy alumni Onra at CMW 2011.
Check out Piper Davis’ Website
Piper Davis
Piper Davis sings electro-blues. With vocal influences ranging from Tim Armstrong to Betty Davis and self-made, micro-sampled beats that have drawn comparisons to MIA and Santigold, she’s been serving up her indie-tipped dance floor driven tunes to audiences from Canada to Europe since 2008.
Brought up on Bob Dylan and classical records, Piper gravitated to dj booth vocal improvisation in her teens and eventually earned her degree in music composition from the Simon Fraser University School for Contemporary Arts, launching her solo career post-graduation.
Over the last three years Piper has opened for Dragonette and LA ROUX at Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom. She’s also showcased her live set at the Drake Hotel during NXNE 2009 and opened for Keyes N Krates at Canadian Music Week 2010. Other major Canadian music festivals across Canada Piper has performed at include Sled Island in Calgary and Olio Festival in Vancouver. The only Canadian accepted to attend the Red Bull Music Academy in Barcelona, Piper collaborated with Russell Delgado, sound engineer for Erykah Badu and The Roots, and Latin Grammy winner Natalia Lafourcade. All three of the tracks she produced, wrote and/or performed on at Red Bull Academy were selected to be featured on the Red Bull ‘Various Assets’ Compilation 2008. Piper’s single ‘Academics’ was also featured on Mercedes Benz Mix Tape 19 in Germany, Japan and the U.S. and was nominated for the Mercedes Benz “Best Of” Mixtape in 2011. She has also been featured in numerous publications and online blogs including Exclaim Magazine, The Georgia Straight, Ion Magazine, and the New York Post.
2011 is already shaping up to be the biggest year yet for Piper. Her self-titled ep is set to be released on YYZ records and will be followed by another release on Home Breakin’ Records with DJ Neighbour, including their much blogged about nu-disco track “Rhinestone Cowgirl”. She’ll also be releasing double singles of her track “Academics” and “The World” on YYZ with remixes by U-Tern and Mark Instincts respectively. Piper’s first music video for her new single “Dear Heart, Get a Job” by Multi-Media Artist Kara Love Eaton is set to be released in the first quarter of 2011, and she’s excited to share the stage with fellow Red Bull Music Academy alumni Onra at CMW 2011.
Check out Piper Davis’ Website
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