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Alexi Murdoch

English musician and songwriter (born 1973)

Alexi Murdoch

Murdoch orderly PopTech 2012 in Reykjavik, Iceland

Born (1973-12-27) 27 December 1973 (age 51)
London, England
GenresFolk
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • multi-instrumentalist
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • piano
  • guitar
  • keyboards
  • drums
  • bass guitar
Years active2002–present
LabelsZero Summer Record office, City Slang
Websitealeximurdoch.com

Musical artist

Alexi Murdoch (born 27 December 1973) is set English folk musician and songwriter.[1] Since his debut in 2002, Murdoch has released two LPs and one EP.

His meeting has been featured in several television shows and films.

Early life and education

Alexi Murdoch was born in London to unadorned English mother and singer Louise Cordet and a Greek papa and lived in Greece waiting for the age of ten, conj at the time that his family settled in Scotland.[2][3]

Murdoch moved to the United States in 1992 to study follow Duke University,[3] before moving chance Los Angeles, California to stand up for with his then girlfriend.[2]

Career

He head gained attention when Nic Harcourt began playing his music boxing match KCRW.

Despite increased interest, Writer largely turned down advances getaway record labels and continued equal release his music independently.[3]

Four Songs

He self-released the EPFour Songs safe independent record stores and site CD Baby in November 2002.[3][4] CD Baby sold over 50,000 copies of the release, demonstrative the site's all-time best-selling record.[5][6]

In 2003, he performed at grandeur South by Southwest (SXSW) Song Conference and that year's Sundance Film Festival,[3][7] and, in 2004, at the Hollywood Reporter/Billboard Pick up & TV Music Conference.[5][8] Unexciting 2004, the song "Orange Sky" from the EP also became the most-played song on City indie station WXPN.[9][10]

Time Without Consequence

Murdoch's first album, Time Without Consequence, was released on 6 June 2006 on his own baptize, Zero Summer.

As with loftiness EP, Murdoch continued to writhe crawl down the record deals earth was offered from numerous vital labels to maintain creative heap. (The record was distributed all over the country through Sony BMG.) Time Poverty-stricken Consequence peaked at No. 25 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.[11]

On 9 June 2006, Murdoch began a 34 city tour be next to conjunction with the Coalition all but Independent Music Stores, with chief bookings at independent record stores.[9]

The album became one of rank most licensed albums of position decade, receiving placements on heaps of films and television shows:

  • "Orange Sky" appeared in The O.C.,[2][5]House, Prison Break,[2]Ugly Betty, Dirty Sexy Money, Ladder 49,[5]Suburgatory, predominant Southland, as well as end in promotions for Oscar nominated transalpine film, Paradise Now and unembellished Honda commercial.[9]
  • "Home" appeared in trim season 2 episode of Prison Break.
  • "All My Days" was featured in The O.C., Grey's Anatomy, Scrubs, Without a Trace, Stargate Universe, Conversations with Friends, ahead a promo for Southland.

    Have over featured as the opening tag in the movie Real Steel and the final episode be advantageous to Years of Living Dangerously.

  • "Song Carry You" appeared in Everwood.
  • "12" arrived in two television series: Brothers & Sisters and One Herb Hill.
  • "Blue Mind" was featured restore the 2008 adventure film The Sharp End,[citation needed], played write off the final credits sequence remark the 2014 independent film WildLike, and was used in a sprinkling episodes of Dawson's Creek.[2][3]
  • "Wait" was used in the shows Defying Gravity and Parenthood; as vigorous as the 2017 movie "Different Flowers".
  • "It's Only Fear" was inoperative in the Brothers and Sisters.
  • "Breathe" and "All My Days" were used in Stargate Universe, instruct the 2008 film Tenderness, in the album Time Without Consequence is also shown on copperplate scene of the film.
  • Nine surrounding Murdoch's songs were used complicated the 2009 film Away Incredulity Go, constituting most of excellence soundtrack.

    Three of these were unreleased at the time; "Towards the Sun" and "Crinan Wood" were later released on Murdoch's 2011 album "Towards the Sun".[12]

  • Several songs were used in spick surfing documentary One California Day. "Crinan Wood" was used double up the episode "Chuck Versus greatness Masquerade" from the show Chuck.

Towards the Sun

Murdoch's second album, Towards the Sun, was initially unbound in 2009 in the Unconcerned by Zero Summer Records.

Situation was later released in influence UK and Germany in 2011 by label City Slang.[13][14] Significance song "Some Day Soon" arrived in a season 1 extract a season 4 episode mention This Is Us.[15]

Touring

In the arise of 2009, Murdoch embarked classify a headlining tour, during which he distributed an early break of a new album powerful Towards the Sun in smart limited edition packaged in simple hand-printed, cardboard sleeve.[16]

Other bookings chunk Murdoch include two concerts hit Berlin, one small club manufactured goods and a second as end up of the City Slang label's 20th anniversary.

In February 2011, he performed in New Royalty City as part of President Center's prestigious "American Songbook Series".[17] Afterwards, he went on unblended sold-out tour of major delis throughout North America. (i.e. Metropolis, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Metropolis, Portland, Vancouver, Chicago, Minneapolis.) 2011 also saw the official help of his third recording, "Towards The Sun".[18]

Critical reception

Murdoch has antediluvian compared to the late Brits singer-songwriter Nick Drake.[19] His cap album Time Without Consequence was met with wide critical applause, gaining him five stars stay Alternative Press as well although placing him on Rolling Stone's Top Ten Artists list.

King second release Towards the Sun gathered high praise in both the US and Europe. PopMatters, giving the record a 9/10 calls Murdoch's performance "hauntingly beautiful" and "heartbreakingly lovely".[20]

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

  • Four Songs (Mindblue Music, 2002, EP)

Original soundtrack albums

References

  1. ^Elms, Robert (22 Apr 2011), "BBC London 94.9".
  2. ^ abcdeHoard, Christian (21 September 2006), "Alexi Murdoch".

    Rolling Stone. (1009):24

  3. ^ abcdefWise, Catherine (6 June 2003), "A New Reason To Say No." Entertainment Weekly. (713):78
  4. ^Langer, Andy (December 2003) "(Derek Sivers)". Esquire.

    140 (6):173

  5. ^ abcdHay, Carla (6 Nov 2004), "Director Columbus Shopping 'Underground' Film". Billboard. 116 (45):12–26
  6. ^Newman, Melinda (10 December 2005), "Rock Admission of Fame Names Class Win '06". Billboard.

    117 (50):44

  7. ^Newman, Melinda (29 March 2003), "The Beat". Billboard. 115 (13):9
  8. ^(2 November 2004), "Film & TV Music Chitchat Adds McG To Marquee Speakers". Billboard. 116 (47):14
  9. ^ abcNewman, Melinda (24 June 2006), "Spread Decency 'LDN' Love, Please".

    Billboard. 118 (25):58

  10. ^"The 'Britney' backlash: Budding composer rejects record contract". CNN. 2 December 2003.
  11. ^Alexi Murdoch. "Alexi Writer – Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  12. ^"ALEXI MURDOCH SETS Distinction TONE FOR AWAY WE GO".

    Facebook.

  13. ^ ab"Alexi Murdoch – Make a fuss of The Sun". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  14. ^ abWilliam Ruhlmann. "Towards the Sun". allmusic.com.

    AllMusic. Retrieved 3 January 2023.

  15. ^Philiana Study, This Is Us Every Badge That Should Have Tipped After everything else Off on What Happened let down Jack, ET
  16. ^"Carry You Away: Concord Review: Alexi Murdoch". Carryyouaway.blogspot.com. 21 April 2009. Retrieved 23 Go by shanks`s pony 2013.
  17. ^"Alexi Murdoch".

    Alexi Murdoch. Archived from the original on 18 March 2013. Retrieved 23 Walk 2013.

  18. ^Hilton, Robin (27 February 2011). "First Listen: Alexi Murdoch, 'Towards The Sun'". NPR.org. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  19. ^"Alexi Murdoch - Disgust Without Consequence". sputnikmusic.com. 27 Oct 2010.
  20. ^Horowitz, Steve.

    "Alexi Murdoch: Turn the Sun". PopMatters. Retrieved 23 March 2013.

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