Lisa Papineau is an American musician and

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. She has released four solo albums, and is the songwriter and vocalist for

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band Big Sir. Papineau is a frequent collaborator of Japanese composer

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and has also written songs for and recorded with other bands and solo artists, including

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, M83, Halo Orbit, ME & LP, Renaud-Gabriel Pion, Jam Da Silva, Dinho Ouro Preto, Anubian Lights, Farflung,

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, and Crooked Cowboy and the Freshwater Indians. Papineau received initial recognition when her band Pet, co-founded with composer

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, was featured on '' The Crow: City of Angels'' soundtrack, and later the

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soundtrack for ''

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''. Pet's self-titled album was executive-produced by

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. Papineau was born in

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. She has

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Discography

*''Night Moves'' (Productions Spéciales, 2005) *''Red Trees'' (Yellowbird, 2009) *''Blood Noise'' (Neurotic Yell Records, 2013) *''Oh Dead On Oh Love'' (Hornbuckle Records, 2019)

References

External links

* * Lisa Papineau's website is offline since April 2013.
Lisa Papineau's blog
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Last.fm

Wikimusicguide
* Son

Music:

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