Tiny Vipers
Encyclopedia
Tiny Vipers is the stage name of Jesy Fortino, an acoustic musician from Seattle, Washington. After having started as out a more conventional pop singer-songwriter, she has since developed a very distinct style. She uses both minimal but complicated melodies and techniques that move her away from the pop sound of Hands Across the Void
into more abstract music.
Her guitar technique is very acute, and during live performances, she will play non-repeating instrumental guitar parts between songs. It is hard to tell when one song ends and the next begins, or what is improvised and what is written.
Life on Earth
was released on July 7, 2009 on Sub Pop
. Luckyhorse Industries
released a limited edition 180 gram double vinyl on November 16, 2009, which included a bonus track "Audrey's Well".
Hands Across the Void
Hands Across the Void is the first full-length album released by Tiny Vipers after signing with Sub Pop Records. It was released July 24, 2007.-Track listing:All songs written by Jesy Fortino.#"Campfire Resemblance" – 4:35#"On This Side" – 5:42...
into more abstract music.
Her guitar technique is very acute, and during live performances, she will play non-repeating instrumental guitar parts between songs. It is hard to tell when one song ends and the next begins, or what is improvised and what is written.
Life on Earth
Life on Earth (album)
Life on Earth is the second full-length album released by Tiny Vipers on Sub Pop Records on July 7, 2009. In a June 2009 track review, Pitchfork Media awarded "Dreamer" their Best New Music accolade....
was released on July 7, 2009 on Sub Pop
Sub Pop
Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...
. Luckyhorse Industries
Luckyhorse Industries
Luckyhorse Industries is an independent record label and producer of music related artifacts and art, established in Seattle, Washington in 2001 by musician James Bertram and photographer Amanda Graham. Bertram has played guitar, bass, and keyboards with Lync, Built to Spill, Beck, Red Stars...
released a limited edition 180 gram double vinyl on November 16, 2009, which included a bonus track "Audrey's Well".
Discography
- Tiny VipersTiny Vipers EPTiny Vipers is an EP released by Tiny Vipers. It was released by Luckyhorse Industries in 2007 and contains recordings made before her debut LP Hands Across the Void...
(EP, 2004. reissued October 2007 on Luckyhorse IndustriesLuckyhorse IndustriesLuckyhorse Industries is an independent record label and producer of music related artifacts and art, established in Seattle, Washington in 2001 by musician James Bertram and photographer Amanda Graham. Bertram has played guitar, bass, and keyboards with Lync, Built to Spill, Beck, Red Stars...
) - Hands Across the VoidHands Across the VoidHands Across the Void is the first full-length album released by Tiny Vipers after signing with Sub Pop Records. It was released July 24, 2007.-Track listing:All songs written by Jesy Fortino.#"Campfire Resemblance" – 4:35#"On This Side" – 5:42...
(LP, July 2007 on Sub PopSub PopSub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...
) - Empire PrismEmpire PrismEmpire Prism is the debut EP released by Tiny Vipers. It was released in 2006 and reissued by Lucky Horse Industries in July 2008.-Track listing:All songs written by Jesy Fortino.#"My Shadow" – 29:31...
(EP, 2007. Reissued July 2008 on Luckyhorse IndustriesLuckyhorse IndustriesLuckyhorse Industries is an independent record label and producer of music related artifacts and art, established in Seattle, Washington in 2001 by musician James Bertram and photographer Amanda Graham. Bertram has played guitar, bass, and keyboards with Lync, Built to Spill, Beck, Red Stars...
) - Life on EarthLife on Earth (album)Life on Earth is the second full-length album released by Tiny Vipers on Sub Pop Records on July 7, 2009. In a June 2009 track review, Pitchfork Media awarded "Dreamer" their Best New Music accolade....
(LP, July 2009 on Sub PopSub PopSub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...
)
Guest appearances
- Vocals on "New Dawn FadesNew Dawn Fades"New Dawn Fades" is a song from the 1979 album Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division. It opens with a backwards and heavily modified sample of a lyric from previous song "Insight", presumably added by Martin Hannett, post production. The song relies on an ascending guitar riff by Bernard Sumner played...
" by The Sight BelowThe Sight BelowThe Sight Below is an electronic music/shoegaze act from Seattle, Washington. Its main member is American post-minimalist composer Rafael Anton Irisarri....
(Single, 2010) - Backing vocals on All is Wild, All is Silent, BalmorheaBalmorhea (band)Balmorhea is a minimalist instrumental ensemble from Austin, Texas that was formed in 2006 by Rob Lowe and Michael Muller. Balmorhea were influenced by Ludovico Einaudi, The Six Parts Seven, Claude Debussy, Ludwig van Beethoven, Rachel's, Gillian Welch, Max Richter, Arvo Pärt and John Cage.The band...
(LP, 2009)
Official sites
- Tiny Vipers at Sub Pop Records
- Tiny Vipers at Luckyhorse IndustriesLuckyhorse IndustriesLuckyhorse Industries is an independent record label and producer of music related artifacts and art, established in Seattle, Washington in 2001 by musician James Bertram and photographer Amanda Graham. Bertram has played guitar, bass, and keyboards with Lync, Built to Spill, Beck, Red Stars...
- Tiny Vipers at BandcampBandcampBandcamp is an online music store, as well as a platform for artist promotion, that caters mainly for independent artists. Artists on Bandcamp have a customizable microsite with the albums they upload. All tracks can be played for free on the website and some artists offer free music downloads...
External links
- An Interview with Jesy Fortino
- Acoustic Session for 'They Shoot Music - Don't They', March 2010
- Live à Rouen for Europe and co, Rouen (France) March, 5th 2010
- Acoustic Session for Europe and co, March 2010