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MARINA CELESTE: The Angel Pop

Artist: Marina Celeste Album: The Angel Pop

Tracks: 1. Beds Are Burning 2. Accroc Aux Bimbos 3. Le Femme Chat (feat. Terry Hall) 4. Love Is The First Born 5. L.A. Corde Raide 6. Watching You Naked 7. Le Charme Du Diable 8. Two Loves (feat. Terry Hall) 9. L'appartment 10. Too Much 11. The Lovers 12. The Soldier 13. Frivole 14. Under My Skin 15. Do You? (feat. Terry Hall) 16. DADADA

Release: 18th April 2011 (digital) / 13th June (physical) Label: Camly Records Format: CD/Download

"She has a heavenly name and the voice of an angel…" – Le Parisien

Originally discovered at 22 by Marc Collin, of Nouvelle Vague fame, French pop starlet Marina Celeste is no stranger to taking the spotlight, having toured the world and selling over half a million records during the course of her career.

The Angel Pop is Marina's third solo album, and sees her collaborating with the legendary Terry Hall (The Specials, Fun Boy Three). She originally met Terry while duetting with him on the Nouvelle Vague track “Our Lips Are Sealed”, which led the pair to reunite in Paris to record another four tracks together for this release.

The album blends Marina's original songs with some masterfully re-imagined renditions, such as her cover of Midnight Oil's Beds Are Burning, or Trio's Casio driven classic Da Da Da. The original tracks on the album showcase her talent for performing in English as well as in her native French tongue, each song exuding contrasting themes of innocence and sensuality, achieved to great effect by her unique vocal style. She has a flair for creating atmospheric, dreamy pop songs; it will come as no surprise that she lists her influences as Kate Bush, Cocteau Twins and Everything But The Girl. There's a great depth to her song writing that's sure to see her compared to Stereolab as well as French DJ's extraordinaire, Air.

With an already impressive body of work behind her, and a UK Tour scheduled for April/May, The Angel Pop is sure to make a huge impression upon it's UK release in June.

• Marina Celeste is available for interviews • Photographs, online EPK and MP3 downloads available upon request. • Official website: www.marinaceleste.com/

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