The Mummers
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Khan-Panni was once better known as Raissa, a solo artist that revealed a jumble of influences; a mix of Chinese, Indian, Mexican and Englishness. She was raised in the South London district of Tulse Hill, immersed first as a child in classical music, and later discovered Ricki Lee Jones and Prince. Raissa learned oboe, taught herself to sing, spent her school-days busking in Leicester Square and later all over Europe, before heading back to these shores to study music at Bristol.
Her solo career began not long afterwards, and she enjoyed critical acclaim across the media spectrum, most notably with the album Believer and the single How Long Do I Get. Despite the acclaim Khan-Panni remembers it as a period of some uncertainty.
By 2001, the solo projects were winding down and she returned to work, waitressing fulltime in a Brixton restaurant. During this time she began writing lyrics documenting this period of her life keeping the faith that she would one day leave waiting tables to return to music, She was inspired by the enormity of sound in Rufus Wainwright’s work, and by the spacey-ness of the Flaming Lips.
In 2005, she received through the post a track written around her vocals, and Raissa found her new collaborator - orchestral composer Mark Horwood, who was living on the South Coast in a treehouse just outside Brighton.
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Tale to Tell
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Mink Hollow Road
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2 Survivors
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Tale To Tell (Part One)
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HughRolstone
Hooray - according to their website they will be releasing a new album in 2013. Can't wait.
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KuriousBanana
Picked up Mink Hollow Road CD in a charity shop for 99p = very happy :D
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ElectroPeter
v good comparison!
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enid_coleslaw_
They're like Florence and the Machine if FatM was actually semi-interesting.
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ElectroPeter
Mink Hollow Road is so beautiful. [3]
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GazGod
[2] Mink Hollow Road is so beautiful.
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Wudustan
Definetly not something I'm usually into but I've found myself listening with more and more interest
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rockarincita
When I saw them for the first time on tv I thought they sound as if Lily Allen sang with Arcade Fire
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Moestitia
Saw these guys on a TV show... Took me forever to find out who they were, but glad that I finally did! ♥
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fillupharper
Definitely one of the most original bands I've heard in a long time.
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ManicLoop
saw them at latitude and was impressed
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wandering_blue
MArch Of The Down <3
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BRipping
how about this for a change!? http://www.last.fm/music/The+Mummers/+images/44902725
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teddyrubmyskin
i love "tale to tell"....
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drug_deadstva
Banda fantástica. Muito potencial mesmo! [2]
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thewishka
WOW This is so fucking awesome!
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safetygooner
Just read the sad news aboutmark Hrwood. I never knew him but I grew up in Westergate and went to school there. What a sad loss, such a terrific talent. I hope the band can continue to perform and grow in his memory. there really is a terrific vibe from Sussex with The Mummers and Bat for Lashes as well; it is almost a developing genre with great influences and sounding better than - but like none of - their other contemporaries. I hope they can keep it up and encourage more musicians from the south coast to get inspired by the area and the diverse musical influences that have been largely ignored by guitar bands and synth pop acts
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society_scum
i was fall in love at their songs))))
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RabbitsFM
like it
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Hreningfull!
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