Bitter: Sweet
| Bitter sweet | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Los Angeles , California |
| Genre (s) | Trip hop |
| founding | 2006 |
| Website | www.bittersweetmusic.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Shana Halligan | |
production |
Kiran Shahani |
Bitter: Sweet is a trip-hop - duo from Los Angeles , consisting of Shana Halligan (vocals) and Kiran Shahani (production).
Band history
Bitter: Sweet was formed in 2006 around Shana Halligan (vocals) and Kiran Shahani (production). Kiran Shahani was also a founding member of Supreme Beings of Leisure , Halligan is the daughter of Dick Halligan of Blood, Sweat & Tears . The two found each other through an ad placed by Shahani on Craigslist looking for a singer.
Shortly after the founding, the debut album The Mating Game was released in April 2006 via Quango . The duo was best known through MySpace . Her songs can be found on the soundtrack of The Devil Wears Prada and in episodes of some US series (including Grey's Anatomy , Smallville ). In Germany, the song Dirty Laundry from the album The Mating Game is also used as the theme song for Doctor's Diary .
After the remix album The Remix Game , the second album Drama was released in 2008 . The song The Bomb was used on the Lipstick Jungle series theme song .
The EP The Break Up followed in 2010 . Then Shana Halligan tried a solo career. Among other things, she performed with Nouvelle Vague and collaborated with Serj Tankian .
In 2015 the duo returned with the album Trilogy , compiled by Bruno Guez .
Music genre
Musically mix of bitter: Sweet 70s and 80s lounge music and soul music with trip-hop. Stylistically, they are often compared to Björk , Everything but the Girl and Zero 7 .
Discography
Albums
- 2006: The Mating Game (Quango Records)
- 2008: Drama (Quango Records)
- 2015: Trilogy (compilation, Quango Records)
Remix albums
- 2006: The Mating Game - Remix Sampler (Quango Records)
- 2006: The Mating Game - Club Sampler Vol. 1 (Quango Records)
- 2007: The Remix Sampler (Quango Records)
Singles & EPs
- 2006: Dirty Laundry (Re: mixes)
- 2006: The Mating Game (Re: mixes)
- 2007: The Remix Game
- 2007: Moving Forward (Re: mixes)
- 2007: Heaven (Re: mixes)
- 2010: The Break Up
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Bitter: Sweet at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b BWW News Desk: Shana Halligan Releases Debut Solo EP PAPER BUTTERFLY, 11/29. Accessed May 31, 2020 (English).
- ↑ a b c 20 Questions with Bitter: Sweet. In: Quirkee.com. October 26, 2006, archived from the original on December 8, 2007 ; accessed on May 31, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Bitter: Sweet at Allmusic (English). Accessed May 31, 2020.
- ↑ BWW News Desk: Shana Halligan of Bitter: Sweet's First Solo EP Debuts in iTunes Top 10 Electronic Chart. Accessed May 31, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Bio. In: Official website. Retrieved May 31, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ Shana Halligan - Back To Me. In: Musikblog.de. December 8, 2015, accessed on May 31, 2020 (German).