Adalita
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| Studio album by Adalita | ||||
| Released | 4 March 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2009 at Head Gap, Melbourne | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 49:44 | |||
| Label | Liberation Music | |||
| Producer | Dean Turner, Adalita | |||
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Adalita is the debut studio album by Australian musician Adalita. It was released by Liberation Music in March 2011. It received the Australian Independent Record (AIR) Award for 'Best Independent Album' in 2011.
Adalita announced, via Magic Dirt’s website that she was playing her first solo shows, taking up a month-long residency at The Retreat Hotel in Melbourne, in April 2009. It was also during this time that she revealed, via the band’s forum, that she was planning to record a solo album later in the year. Adalita has later stated that it was Dean Turner, her Magic Dirt bandmate, that encouraged her to pursue a solo venture. She’d always written songs that weren't always right for Magic Dirt, and Turner suggested she pursue these songs solo. Writing for the solo album began in late 2008. All the songs for the album were, however, written specifically for the album, and were not leftovers from Magic Dirt.
Later, in 2009, she toured solo in Victoria and New South Wales, playing mostly new material with a number of Magic Dirt tracks included in her sets. During this tour, Adalita revealed that she had started recording the album, at Head Gap Studios in Melbourne, with Dean Turner co-producing and JP Shilo playing on the recordings. Despite being in the studio when well enough, Turner was largely housebound during the recording, and Adalita would go to his house, near Head Gap, to play him the demos. The track, ‘The Repairer’, was written about Turner when he became gravely ill. Adalita has said that she wrote song about her fear of losing Turner when she realised he may die. Recording for the album was completed in July 2009.
Turner died on 21 August 2009 of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, a rare form of tissue cancer, and work on the album ceased. Magic Dirt toured in October 2009, and again as part of the Big Day Out tour in January 2010, as a tribute to Turner.
Adalita resumed work on the album when mixing began in March 2010. She then resumed touring solo in July, with a short tour of New South Wales and a show in Melbourne. In November and December 2010, Adalita supported Blondie and The Pretenders nationally, at their A Day On The Green shows and their headlining shows in Sydney and Melbourne. To coincide with the tour, she released the Hot Air EP, the first of the solo material to be released. The EP contained the album’s first single, ‘Hot Air’, along with the three additional tracks that would not appear on the album. Adalita had planned on having the album released by the end of 2010, but was delayed by signing to Liberation Music. The album artwork also contributed to delay. Adalita worked on the artwork for the album herself, and has stated that it was long process.
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