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Los Angeles, United States (2007 – present)
Little Joy is formed by Binki Shapiro, Rodrigo Amarante and Fabrizio Moretti, three friends who dropped their routine at their respective hometowns to make a record in Los Angeles, California in 2007.
Through a chance encounter at a Portuguese festival in Lisbon, where both Amarante (Singer/Guitarist of Los Hermanos) and Moretti (drummer of The Strokes) had performed, the two chatted well through the night and into the morning by the side of the river, humoring the idea of working together on music that had no affiliation to their particular bands.
A year later, Amarante traveled to the United States to record with Devendra Banhart on his Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon album. On the off hours of an arduous recording process, Amarante would meet with Moretti to discuss anything but music.
Binki Shapiro, musician and native of Los Angeles, was introduced to the pair through mutual acquaintances and became a fast friend, encouraging the two to focus on the music they had spoken of long before. Through the process of late night “show-and-tell” the three developed and arranged songs Moretti had begun and soon after started writing original music for the group as a band.
A couple of months later they all moved into a house in Echo Park to demo songs and soon after, with the help of producer Noah Georgeson, who had recorded Banhart’s album, they finished their self-titled debut, Little Joy, named after the cocktail lounge just down the street from their home.
Through a chance encounter at a Portuguese festival in Lisbon, where both Amarante (Singer/Guitarist of Los Hermanos) and Moretti (drummer of The Strokes) had performed, the two chatted well through the night and into the morning by the side of the river, humoring the idea of working together on music that had no affiliation to their particular bands.
A year later, Amarante traveled to the United States to record with Devendra Banhart on his Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon album. On the off hours of an arduous recording process, Amarante would meet with Moretti to discuss anything but music.
Binki Shapiro, musician and native of Los Angeles, was introduced to the pair through mutual acquaintances and became a fast friend, encouraging the two to focus on the music they had spoken of long before. Through the process of late night “show-and-tell” the three developed and arranged songs Moretti had begun and soon after started writing original music for the group as a band.
A couple of months later they all moved into a house in Echo Park to demo songs and soon after, with the help of producer Noah Georgeson, who had recorded Banhart’s album, they finished their self-titled debut, Little Joy, named after the cocktail lounge just down the street from their home.
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LongLiveTheD wrote:
Need a new album [24]
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vinicorrea wrote:
Need a new album [23]
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EpicKoL wrote:
Now that Fab and Binki are through...does that mean no new album?
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bohemian_cat wrote:
unattainable<3
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adf94 wrote:
O Fabrizio rompeu com a Binki. Novo albúm nunca mais!
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samuuuuka wrote:
muito bom ! (:
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Jihh wrote:
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Himemi wrote:
Need a new album [21]
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Chrisgovea wrote:
Wow.. I'm completely amazed at this.
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pedrodim wrote:
http://www.lastfm.com.br/music/Little+Joy/+images/13094543 great pic. vote up!
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Himemi wrote:
i'm in love!!!
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w_ell wrote:
No One's Better Sake <3
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fadimenindugunu wrote:
Need a new album [20]
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eloahmatta wrote:
Aiai, Amarante <3
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blietzkriegb0p wrote:
Shoulder To Shoulder <3
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MarinaTAndrade wrote:
kings of leon amoooo....
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manuelaculpada wrote:
Little Joy <3
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geloandeiro wrote:
Preciso de um novo álbum. :D [4] Amarante!!!
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imboredokay wrote:
unattainable
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steelerfan397 wrote:
This just became one of my favorite albums of the last year or two, how did I never hear about this band until a Volkswagen commercial???
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Check out Binki in the second installment of Beck's Record Club!
11 Sep 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/littlejoymusic
To check out Binki from Little Joy, MGMT, Devendra Banhart,
and Andrew from Wolfmother (and Beck himself) participating in the
second installment of Beck's Record Club, visit:
www.beck.com or htt...
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