Edith Crash (born 5 October 1983 in Perpignan, France) is a French singer-songwriter, musician, producer and one woman band.

Career

Edith Crash spent her teenage years in Spain before moving to Los Angeles. In 2015, she recorded her album ''Partir'' with producer

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. The same year, her song "Casser" remixed by the Chilean musician Sokio was used in the movie '' Knock, Knock'' directed by

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and starring Keanu Reeves . In February 2016 the prominent French magazine

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gave four stars to her record 'Partir'. In 2016 Edith Crash performed at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. She was featured on

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as one of the favorite discoveries of the festival. The article describes her style as bluesy, folky, dark and strange. In October 2019 Edith announces her new record "Frenzy" available from

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. The album, was co-produced by Edith and Jeff Berner ( Psychic TV), it includes collaborations with

and was mastered by

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. A music video directed by

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was released for the song "Running". It was filmed in and around the venue

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in Downtown Los Angeles .

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described "Frenzy" as a "Super cool album" and played several songs on his

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show.

Live performances

Edith Crash performed at the

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in 2012, SXSW and

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in 2016, as well as at

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Discography

* ''Des Mots'' – (2010) * ''De L'Autre Côté'' – (2011) * ''Inonde'' with Alex Augé – Vagueness Records (2012) * ''Film Score'' – (2013) * ''Cover Songs'' – (2013) * ''Partir'' – (2015) * ''Live 2016'' – (2016) * ''Frenzy'' – (2019) * ''Home Concert 2020'' – (2020)

References

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