| Camille Dávila | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Genres | Electropop, electronic, glam rock, pop |
| Occupations | Musician, songwriter, producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizers |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | Below Records Poly Records |
| Website | www.camilledavila.com |
Camille Dávila is an international songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, recording artist and performer. She is credited on Pop Levi's album The Return to Form Black Magick Party as a guest vocalist and, according to Allmusic, has three albums to her own name.
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[1] Born in Los Angeles, California, Camille Dávila spent most of her life in the West Coast and the last 6–7 years relocated in Europe, primarily Liverpool, England.[2] In 2000 she signed to Below Recordings to release her debut album Not for the Disco shortly before moving to Liverpool to study sound technology and continue her relationship with Below Recordings which re-located to Berlin, Germany. Two European tours followed, along with gobs of scattered European gigs and a second album "World of Gliding Monsters", produced in the UK, Bergen Norway and Germany. Camille is one of the few of her kind to take the reins on her projects, producing and arranging most of her tracks herself; in fact on some of her newest recordings she has even played every instrument. When choosing to collaborate, she played amongst some of Europe's finest musicians (including Stein Urheim of Steady Steele, Marius Simonsen of Pop Levi and Super Numeri and Pop Levi himself). Camille continued to play through a residency at Ladytron's newly opened club "Korova" while popping up for "special appearance" gigs globally. Camille's surrounding company has always been of interest to die-hard fans, from playing with ex-Jeff Buckley drummer Eric Eidel, to working for an organization run by Stewart Brand, Brian Eno and others at The Long Now Foundation, to debuting her residency with her opening players the Zutons! In 2007, after a brief return to California to form a new band and play shows in America, Camille brought her band to London to record her newest album Hi-C.[3] A new music video for song "Wireless World" directed by Jacqueline Passmore (visual artist for bands such as Ladytron and Stereolab) was launched in October 2007 and toured several film festival circuits, including the BBC Norfolk Music Video Festival. After her third release Davila was shortlisted by Channel4 for the 4Talent award in music in 2008. Her music is released by Poly Records and available exclusively for sale through her website. Her new album "Hi-C" was mastered in the Guillemots studio in London and released in 2008 on both CD and is available through all digital retailers. In August 2009 Camille moved from London to Oslo, Norway to begin work on a top-secret project with Jeron Gundersen of Dibidim titled "Drunk with Pines", little is known of the project or its release date. Rumors of a fourth solo album in the works have also started to surface.