Snowbird is a British/American band consisting of instrumentalist

Simon Raymonde Simon Philip Raymonde (born Simon Philip Pomerance; 3 April 1962, in London) is an English musician and record producer. He is the son of the late arranger and composer Ivor Raymonde. He is best known as the bass guitarist and keyboard player ...

( Cocteau Twins) and vocalist Stephanie Dosen. Dosen, originally a member of the 1990s techno band Virus, sang live with

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in 2008 and later collaborated with

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. Dosen and Raymonde first worked together on her second solo album, ''A Lily for the Spectre'', released by Bella Union in 2007. The duo's debut album as Snowbird, ''

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'', was released on 27 January 2014 on Bella Union.

Career as Snowbird

Snowbird debuted with a concert in June 2009 at

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. The band's recorded a cover of Pink Floyd's "

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" that year, which appeared on ''The Wall Re-Built!'' compilation, a tribute to ''

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'' given away free with the December 2009 issue of

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. It was followed by a version of the British nursery rhyme "The North Wind Doth Blow" on 2010 compilation ''Sing Me to Sleep, Indie Lullabies''. In winter 2013, Snowbird announced the upcoming release of ''Moon'' in January 2014. Guest musicians on the album included Ed O'Brien and

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of Radiohead,

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and

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, Paul Gregory of

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, and Jonathan Wilson. The album came packaged with a second disc titled ''Luna'', consisting of remixes of each song by RxGibbs.

Discography

Albums

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'' (2014,

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)

Compilation appearances

" on ''The Wall Re-Built!'' (2009,

) *"The North Wind Doth Blow" on ''Sing Me to Sleep, Indie Lullabies'' (2010, American Laundromat Records)

References

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