Sometimes creativity can only properly thrive in exile, at a necessary distance from the familiar. So it has proved for Tina Dico, a 30 year old singer songwriter who left the safe and sociable world of her native Denmark seven years ago, and upped sticks for a city where she knew nobody and nobody knew her: London.Based in a flat in London's Ladbroke Grove neighborhood, Dico has lived alone. She has walked a lot and in the process written a pile of songs that have filled her previous four remarkable albu...   [ read more ]

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Filled with an emotional intensity (and complexity) that's both raw and moving, Tina Dico's sensitive voice sounds more vibrant than ever on her latest release, as she delivers her introspective songs with shimmering power and grace. ?Music has always been a very big and mysterious part of my life,? she explains. ?It's definitely my way to feel alive. It feels like you can take the whole world and bring it into your body. It's fair to say that I found my calling.? And with her own label, four studio album...   [ read more ]

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Unless you're Danish, Far is probably your first extended listen to Tina Dico. The singer and songwriter's early work made an impression in her home country, but it wasn't until she took the position of Designated Hazy Sexy Vocalist on Zero 7's 2004 effort When It Falls (most notably on Home) that the world took notice. Far doesn't distance her from the downbeat arc -- Warm Sand would fit nicely on a Zero 7 record, from its light {electro-acoustic} wipes to the chorus that rises like an Ibiza dawn, and the...   [ read more ]

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