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SAMANTHA MARAIS


announces London dates in November ...


November: 
10th London The Gladstone (64 Lant Street, Borough,
SE1) 
12th London Paradise - Album launch! (19 Kilburn Lane,
W10 4AE ) 
21st London Monkey Chews (2 Queens Crescent, NW6 4EP)


and ... releases


‘The Peppermint Conspiracy’


- debut album, out 12 November 2007 - 


'Sam combines the innocence of the 60's Francoise
Hardy with the depth of 
Sandy Denny and Kate Bush' - Youth 




On 12 November 2007 South African born Samantha Marais
is to release her debut album, 'The Peppermint
Conspiracy' for Simon Tong (The Verve, The Good, Bad &
The Queen) and Youth (Killing Joke, The Orb) 's
Butterfly Recordings. 


Influenced by her father’s passion for Bob Dylan and
her brother’s love of the guitar, Samantha started
playing guitar herself at the age of 8, and has been
singing and writing songs ever since. Arriving in
London in the late 90’s at the age of 20, Sam lost no
time in forming her first band, Contraband, with her
ex-boyfriend. After the band split she decided to
pursue a solo career, returning to her folksy roots
and favouring an acoustic guitar and simple, honest
narrative songs.


Youth introduced Sam to Simon Tong, his partner in the
fledgling Butterfly Recordings label and a fruitful
writing partnership was formed. Both became strong and
challenging influences on her, some of the results
such as 'Falling Star' and the album’s title track can
be seen on 'The Peppermint Conspiracy'. 


As well as teaming up with Nick Hollywell-Walker
(Killing Joke) and old Contraband member Benji
Vaughan, Sam also continued writing on her own and in
2006 she was signed to Simon and Youth’s newly formed
label, releasing her debut track 'Ordinary Man' on
their 'Butterfly Acoustic Recordings Vol 1'
compilation. 'Stunning', NME said of Sam's track, 'a
sultry mix of alt. acoustics and ethereal vocals',
whilst Q magazine described it as one of the stand out
tracks of the compilation.


With many songs already complete, recording for ‘The
Peppermint Conspiracy’ was finished in 2007, where it
had all began - in Youth’s studio at the bottom of his
garden. 


In support of the album, Samantha's band, which
includes David Knock / Paul May (Drums), Harry Escott
(Cello), Daniel Orcese (Mandolin, Banjo), Simon Tong
(Guitar / Banjo), and Nick Holywell-Walker
(Harmonium/Melodica), will be playing a series of
dates - to be announced - which will offer the UK the
first chance to hear her music, which, as Youth says,
"sends tingles up the spine".


www.myspace.com/samanthamarais


INTERZONE
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