ARTIST
MIWA GEMINI

ALBUM
THIS IS HOW I FOUND YOU

LABEL
ROCK PARK RECORDS

RELEASE DATE
MARCH 18

WEBSITE

MYSPACE

MP3
TRAVELING MAN

PIECES

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MIWA GEMINI

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ALBUM
This Is How I Found You

LABEL
Rock Park Records

RELEASE DATE
March 18

BIOGRAPHY

New York, NY – January 8, 2008 – This Is How I Found You, the new album by New York chanteuse Miwa Gemini, takes on the darkest affairs of the heart with a saccharine smile, haunting vocals and a bag full of riffs you won't hear anywhere else. A multi-instrumentalist, Miwa incorporates guitar, banjo, mandolin and piano to drive powerful songs of loss and redemption: Think Nina Simone meets Sparklehorse meets Bjork, and you're getting close. This Is How I Found You was released in 2007 in Canada on Addictive Records, and is seeing release on March 18, 2008 on Rock Park Records in the United States and Europe.

Download: Miwa Gemini—“Traveling Man”
http://teamclermont.com/mp3/miwagemini_travelingman.mp3

Download: Miwa Gemini—“Pieces”
http://teamclermont.com/mp3/miwagemini_pieces.mp3

Who is Miwa?  “Patsy Cline meets The Cramps,” said film director David Jones.  “Robert Johnson mixed with Cat Power,” argued ukulele troubadour Michael Leviton.  Then there was fashion designer Patrik Rzepski, who was convinced that Nico fitted into Miwa’s family tree somewhere.  Whoever she is, she’s unique and you will not forget her once you hear her.

Between tours and shows, the Japanese-born Miwa traveled down to Athens, GA to record her second full release, This Is How I Found You, with Andy Baker (Maserati, Ham1, the Glands).  She expanded her instrumentation to include banjo, mandolin, and piano, and the results are as dynamic as they are beautiful.

While Miwa picked up playing the banjo and the mandolin quickly, the classically-trained pianist admits that she had a hard time relating to her old instrument in a new environment.  “I wonder if classical music uses a different part of a brain?” she muses.  But piano was vital to her new sound.  In time, she relearned the instrument she had grown up with, and the results sing for themselves.  “After all,” she says, “Erik Satie isn’t that different from Jelly Roll Morton.”

Miwa plans to keep on playing and building on her loyal fan base, helped along by sidekick Sasha the porcelain cat, Polly her oversized guitar, and whoever else wants to join her eclectic game of musical chair collaboration.