Miranda Stanton, best known for her recordings as Stanton Miranda, Miranda Dali and Thick Pigeon, is a 1980s
Factory Records
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The label featured several important acts on its roster, including Joy Division, New Order, A Certain Ratio, the Durutt ...
artist from
New York City
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. She achieved some notice for her single "Wheels Over Indian Trails" (produced by
Stephen Morris and
Gillian Gilbert
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Early life
Gilbert's family moved from her birthplace, Manchester, to the nearby market town of ...
from
New Order) and her later cover of "
Love Will Tear Us Apart
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" by
Joy Division
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. She also guested on recordings by
the Durutti Column
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. Her first band was CKM in New York with
Kim Gordon
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of
Sonic Youth
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, where she played drums.
She had a brief acting career, appearing in the
Jonathan Demme
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films, ''
Something Wild'', ''
Married to the Mob
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'' and ''
Silence of the Lambs''. She also played the lead role in the little known art-house film ''Souvenir'' (1996), which was directed by
.
She continues to work on small scale musical projects. Working as blythe dahl she has released instrumental tracks online which are available for license through Pump Audio/Getty Images. She also participated in the web collaboration "Empty Rooms with Casual Sounds"
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Discography
Thick Pigeon
* Subway / Sedan (7") (
Crépuscule TWI-038, Jan 1982)
* Tracy & Pansy / Dog (7") (Crépuscule TWI-108, Nov 1982)
* "Jingle Bell Rock" (on shared 7" with The French Impressionists and Monks In The Snow) (7") (
Operation Twilight
Operation Twilight was a British record label, the UK branch of Belgian label Les Disques du Crépuscule. It was run by Patrick Moore, who now writes as Philip Hoare.
Moore was working for Rough Trade Records at the time, and described the ge ...
OPT-020, December 1982)
* ''Too Crazy Cowboys'' (LP) (Factory FACT-85, Sep 1984)
** Troglodytes / Sudan / Crime / Help / Fred + Andy // Misuse / Nuns + Soldiers / DB / Babcock + Wilcox / Jess + Bart / Hank
**rereleased
LTM 2004 as ''Thick Pigeon/Miranda Dali'', with Miranda Dali 1991 CD included
* ''Xmas Greetings For 1986'': "Blue Christmas" (cassette) (Factory FAC-175, Dec 1986)
** Sent out by Factory as the label's Christmas card.
Stanton Miranda
Singles
* Wheels Over Indian Trails (7", 12") (
Factory Benelux
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FBN-44, 1986)
* She's Lost Control / Love Will Tear Us Apart (7", CDS) (Hut Recordings 1995)
** "She's Lost Control" by
Girls Against Boys
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Compilation appearances
* "Working Youth" - ''Just Another Asshole'' (LP) (Just Another Asshole, 1981)
* "Caught", "Dream Back" - ''Pinpoints On A Nation'' (C60 cassette) (Fifth Column, 1984)
* "Subway" - ''Crépuscule Collection 2: State Of Excitement'' (LP) (Les Disques Du Crépuscule, 1986)
* ''
Psycho III
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(Music From The Motion Picture)'' (LP) (MCA Records 1986)
* "Wheels Over Indian Trails" - ''Crépuscule Collection 4: Death Leaves An Echo'' (LP) (Les Disques Du Crépuscule, 1987)
* "Subway" ''Au Fur Et À Mesure ... (Crépuscule: 10 Years?)'' (CD) (Les Disques Du Crépuscule, 1990)
* "Paradise Passage Road" - ''Dry'' by Durutti Column, (LP, CD) (Materiali Sonori, 1992)
* "Pope" - ''Young Popular And Sexy'' (LP) (Factory US FACTUS-17/Factory Australasia, 1987)
** credited on label as "STANTON-MIRANDA aka THICK PIGEON"
* "Love Will Tear Us Apart" - ''A Means To An End: The Music Of Joy Division'' (CD) (Hut Recordings, 1995)
Video releases
* "Wheels Over Indian Trails" - ''Four + One'' (VHS, NTSC compilation) (Factory US)
* "Wheels Over Indian Trails" - ''Umbrellas In The Sun: A Crépuscule/Factory Benelux DVD 1979-1987'' (DVD, NTSC) (Les Temps Modernes, 2005)
Miranda Dali
* ''Miranda Dali'' (CD) (Les Disques Du Crépuscule TWI-938-2, 1991)
**Riding (3:19) / Amerika (3:41) / One (1:57) / Breathe (3:47) / Bird (2:00) / Gerty (3:32) / L.D. (3:39) / Angels (4:54) / Wrong (3:00) / St. G. (5:04)
**rereleased LTM 2004 as ''Thick Pigeon/Miranda Dali''
* Lo How (3:25) / Blue (2:27) / Happy Christmas (3:40) (CDS) (Darla.com, 2004)
** limited offer for darla.com customers in late 2004
References
External links
*
blythe dahlEmpty Rooms with Casual Sounds
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Living people
Factory Records artists
Factory Benelux artists
American women drummers
American rock drummers
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women