* En anglais uniquement
The atmospheric folk-pop outfit
Joker's Daughter is a collaboration between English-by-way-of Greece singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist
Helena Costas and genre-bending hip-hop artist/producer
Danger Mouse (
Gnarls Barkley,
Danger Doom, DM & Jemini).
Costas, who began her musical career on violin, crafts elegant pop songs that draw on everything from mythology to food to late-'60s/early-'70s British folk -rock. Her correspondence with
Danger Mouse began in 2003 with home-recorded demos, which he would then paint with his signature eclectic color and instrumentation. The group's debut album,
Last Laugh, arrived in 2009, featuring brass from
Neutral Milk Hotel's
Scott Spillane and the string arrangements of
Daniele Luppi. ~ James Christopher Monger