Scout Niblett

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Scout Niblett

Scout Niblett (born September 29, 1973 in Staffordshire , England , real name Emma Louise Niblett ) is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

Life

Niblett grew up in Rugeley . She learned the recorder and piano. After she saw the movie Who disturbs the nightingale , she named herself Scout after the protagonist in it . This is how her stage name came about.

At the age of 19 she moved to Nottingham , where she attended an art school. While studying, Niblett began performing in clubs in Nottingham. Initially with both music and as a stand-up comedian, although she never thought of herself as weird.

After applying to British labels for a long time without success, the American label Secretly Canadian offered her her first contract. In 2003 she moved to the USA because, as she says, the conditions there, especially for underground musicians, are much better than in her old home. After moving several places within the USA, she has been living in Portland , Oregon since 2005 .

Niblett's musical style is more minimalistic. Many of her songs consist entirely of her singing, accompanied only by either guitar or drums.

She hired Nirvana and Pixies producer Steve Albini to record her albums I Am , Kidnapped by Neptune , This Fool Can Die Now and The Calcination of Scout Niblett . For the albums Kidnapped by Neptune and It's Up to Emma , she got other musicians to support her. It's Up to Emma (2013) is also the first album that Niblett produced and mixed entirely on his own.

Discography

Albums

  • 2001: Sweet Heart Fever
  • 2003: I Am
  • 2005: Kidnapped by Neptune
  • 2007: This Fool Can Die Now (with guest vocalist Will Oldham )
  • 2010: The Calcination of Scout Niblett
  • 2013: It's Up to Emma

EPs

  • 2003: I Conjure Series
  • 2004: Uptown Top Ranking

Singles

  • 2001: Lioness / Miss My Lion (7 ", split with songs: Ohia )
  • 2002: Shining Burning / Whoever You Are Now (7 ")
  • 2003: Drummer Boy
  • 2003: I'll Be a Prince
  • 2007: Just Do It / Dinosaur Egg
  • 2009: It's Time My Beloved
  • 2012: No More Nasty Scrubs

Web links

Commons : Scout Niblett  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Scout Niblett Interview (issue 18). Retrieved April 27, 2017 (UK English).
  2. ^ She Is - An Interview with Scout Niblett . In: www.incendiarymag.com . ( incendiarymag.com [accessed April 28, 2017]).
  3. ↑ An Interview with Scout Niblett, Coming Soon to Barboza. In: The SunBreak. August 6, 2013, accessed April 27, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Niblett, scout
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Niblett, Emma Louise (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British singer
DATE OF BIRTH 29th September 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Staffordshire