Phoebe Killdeer (born 1977) is an Australian musician and the lead singer of the groups Phoebe Killdeer & the Short Straws and Phoebe Killdeer & the Shift. She is best known for her song " The Fade Out Line", which became a major international hit in 2014 when a reworked version of it was released by the

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producer

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retitled as "

Fade Out Lines "Fade Out Lines" is a song by French producer The Avener. It is a deep house rework of "The Fade Out Line", an original song by Australian band Phoebe Killdeer & the Short Straws from their 2011 album ''Innerquake''. It was written by Phoebe Ki ...

Life and career

Killdeer was born in Antibes, South of France in 1977 to Australian parents. She became known performing with the French new wave covers band

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. She appears on their second album, '' Bande à Part'' (2006), and she also toured with the group. She also features on the

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song "Tonight", on their album ''

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'' (2003), and on the Zero dB track "Sunshine Lazy", on the album ''Bongos, Bleeps and Basslines'' (2006). Following her work with Nouvelle Vague, Killdeer went on to pursue a solo career, forming the band The Short Straws, and releasing her first album, ''Weather's Coming'', in 2008. Killdeer's second album with the group, ''Innerquake'', was released in 2011. Killdeer's musical style is influenced by

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and by 1960s rock and blues; her voice has been compared to that of

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and of

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. A song from the second album, "The Fade Out Line", was subsequently reworked by the French

producer

(Tristan Casara). It was released in September 2014 under the slightly altered title, "

". The song charted in several countries, reaching number one in Germany, Spain, and Austria, and reaching number 3 in France, and number 6 in Italy. Killdeer later moved to Berlin where she began a new project, Phoebe Killdeer & the Shift, featuring Thomas Mahmoud-Zahl and Ole Wulfers. Their first album, ''The Piano's Playing the Devil's Tune'' (2016), is an experimental collaboration with the Portuguese actress and singer

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(best known for playing the girlfriend of

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's character in the 1994 film ''

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''). The album was released on the

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-based label Altin Village & Mine.

Discography

;Phoebe Killdeer & the Short Straws * ''Weather's Coming'' (2008) * ''Innerquake'' (2011) ;Phoebe Killdeer & the Shift * ''The Piano's Playing the Devil's Tune'' (2016) – with

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Killdeer, Phoebe 1977 births Living people People from Antibes 21st-century Australian singers 21st-century Australian women singers