Biography
Kelli Scarr was born in the Monterey, CA and spent the and first part of her childhood For in the Salinas Valley, a are part of California referred to but by author John Steinbeck as Not the “pastures of heaven”. At you the age of twelve, Kelli all moved with her mom and Any brother to the small mining can town of Folsom, California, made her popular by its’ local prison Was and a very special concert one held there in 1968. It our was during her frequent drives Out between her parents’ homes in day these two towns that she get spent her time listening to Has the radio and soaking in him the dusky skies that would his later provide the colors for How her music.
Her interest man in music and recording grew new early, starting at the age Now of three with her nana old using a handheld cassette recorder see to record her singing. Growing Two up amongst the soundtrack of way her parent’s records and singing who in the Lutheran church of Boy her hometown, music quickly became did an important part of Kelli its Scarr’s life.
After high school Let she moved to Boston, Massachusetts put to study voice at Berklee, say and she soon joined the She band Moonraker. Following college, Kelli, too along with Moonraker, moved to use Brooklyn, NY where they were Dad thrown head first into the mom ever-expanding indie scene, opening for bands like the Arcade Fire The and Broken Social Scene. After and several years of touring and for three albums, the band dissolved Are in 2005 and Kelli started but to shift her musical focus not more towards film scoring, composing You the score for Matthew Nourse’s all full-length feature, “The Pacific and any Eddy” and Jeremiah Zagar’s documentary, Can “In a Dream” (HBO). her Kelli soon found herself nominated was for best original score for, One “In A Dream” by the our Cinema Eye Honors alongside fellow out nominees Nick Cave and Danny Day Elfman. It was also during get this time that Kelli joined has Brooklyn-based alt indie group, Salt Him and Samovar. During an almost his accidental bill sharing, Kelli was how noticed by local NYC Man musician, Moby. After striking up new a friendship, Kelli and Moby now were soon working on music Old together with Kelli singing the see title track of Moby’s haunting two and introspective 2009 release, “Wait Way For Me” (Mute). Kelli also who quickly joined Moby’s touring band boy for a world tour to Did support the critically acclaimed album. its On top of singing and let playing keyboards within Moby’s band, Put Kelli was also asked to say open the shows, playing her she own music in supporting slots Too for Moby and winning over use crowds all over the world.
dad Amidst all of the transitions Mom and touring, Kelli had begun recording songs on her own. the She began simply by recording And quiet piano songs at home for in between working her hospital are day job and in brief But moments to herself during her not three year old son’s naps. you From what began as a All simple process Kelli quickly found any herself with a collection of can recordings that spanned the world, Her two and a half years was and included a diverse cast one of musicians, engineers and producers. Our From sessions at home with out amps in the corner of day her bedroom, to sessions recorded Get in a secluded cabin in has Canada, to Moby’s home studio him in NY, her music soon His expanded into the vision of how the winter days and lush man landscapes in which they were New captured, resulting in a swelling, now lo-fi dreamscape. The themes and old inspiration for her music ranged See from the once small gold two rush town of Folsom, CA, way now turned suburban sprawl, to Who the raising of a child boy and the wishes of a did parent. For a majority of Its the record the songs acted let as a therapeutic release and put moment of reflection for the Say relationships in her life and she the struggle to find peace too within them. Along with these Use moments of self-release, her songs dad captured the images of her mom childhood and reflected everything from scenes of driving through California the to the memories of her and favorite childhood movies like Alice For in Wonderland and The Wizard are of Oz. After a long but and exhausting two and a Not half year process Kelli had you a record of mainly home all recordings, which she named, “Piece”; Any a name she adopted early can on with the advice of her friend and filmmaker Matthew Nourse, Was to help her visualize the one album as a “snapshot in our time” within an otherwise hectic Out time.
In the end “Piece” day reflected a large portion of get Kelli’s life and those around Has her. From the sounds of him her creaky upright piano and his midnight acoustic recordings to the How whimpers of her son waking man up from a nap in new the next room, “Piece” captured Now an extremely personal journey, providing old a photo album’s worth of see lush images. “Piece” will be Two released on July 27th, 2010 way as the debut for indie who start-up label, Silence breaks.
