Morgan Kibby
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Morgan performing with M83
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| Birth name | Morgan Grace Kibby |
| Also known as | White Sea |
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May 3, 1984 Barrow, Alaska |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1997–present |
| Labels | Downey, Obscura |
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| Website | whiteseamusic |
Morgan Grace Kibby (performing under the name White Sea) (born May 3, 1984) is an American singer and songwriter based in Los Angeles, California. She has fronted The Romanovs and has collaborated and toured with M83. In recent years she has developed a solo project called White Sea, releasing an EP The Frontier and an album In Cold Blood (2014). After the release of In Cold Blood, she has been regularly creating and releasing singles (e.g. Never A Woman (2015), Arcadia (2016)) under a new maxim- to release music without using EPs or Albums. She also composed the score of Eva Husson's movie, Bang Gang in 2016.
Born in Barrow, Alaska to Charles and Lauri, Kibby grew up in San Francisco where besides vocal training she studied piano and cello in her teens. She also performed as part of the chorus of the San Francisco Opera.
In 2003, Kibby released an EP entitled Beggar's Alchemy, doing vocals, cello, and piano. Soon after the release she began performing with the musicians that would form The Romanovs, including Dan Rosa and Paul Wiancko.
In 2005, the band released the ...And the Moon Was Hungry... album. For a short time the group were just known as "Morgan" and soon after evolved into "Morgan and the Hidden Hands". In 2007, the band started to re-mix and re-master their first release. New percussion, cello, violin, piano and vocals were added to former tracks as well as two new studio recordings titled "Fever Pitch" and "Mr. Okada". This was the first release with the band operating under their new name: The Romanovs. In 2007, they won a Toronto Independent Music Awards for Best USA Band, but the same year the band when on hiatus while Kibby joined M83.
Kibby provided keys and arrangements for M83 on their fifth full-length release, Saturdays = Youth, and co-wrote the songs "Kim & Jessie", "Up!", "Too Late" and "Skin of the Night". Subsequently, she completed a tour with the band throughout Australia, Europe and the United States during 2008. She continued to tour with M83 in 2009 as they opened for The Kings of Leon in the U.K., The Killers on their U.S. arena concert tour and for some dates of Depeche Mode Tour of the Universe. In 2011, Kibby contributed to M83's sixth full-length album Hurry Up, We're Dreaming; providing vocals, keyboards, and arrangements. She co-wrote the songs "Intro," "Midnight City," and "Reunion". On collaborating with Anthony Gonzalez she stated that "I take a lot of inspiration from watching him work and working with him". In December 2015 it was revealed that Kibby was no longer part of M83.
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