Victoria Girling-butcher
About Victoria Girling-butcher from Auckland
Victoria Girling-Butcher, best-known as singer /songwriter for the now-disbanded Lucid3, has over the last 15 years, earned a reputation as one of NZ’s key popular music composers. Her debut album, produced by Wayne Bell and Jol Mulholland, will be released later in 2011.
Victoria is a member of Dave Dobbyn’s touring band and has opened for him in Europe. When she supported James Blunt at his Auckland show, he was so impressed he doubled her fee.
“… her vocals are something to truly savor. She has a warm sensuous delivery while at the same time the chops to explore what her well-trained voice can do. She obviously has a love affair with words… no moon and June rhymes for this young lady!” Marty Duda – Rip It Up music magazine.
Victoria Girling-Butcher follows on from Lucid3 who maintained a fervent musical integrity for eight years. Victoria, Marcus Lawson (six string/bass guitars, keys) and Derek Metivier (drums/producer) — joined forces in Auckland in 1999. They gelled instantly and their first musical collaborations produced immediate aesthetic rewards.
Unveiled on the band’s own label Lupin Music in mid-2002, their debut album Running Down The Keys (produced by Metivier), earned the band an extensive fan-base nationwide. Two years later they released All Moments Leading To This, reaching No.2 on the nationwide Independent Music Chart and Heat-seekers chart. In addition, the single ‘AM Radio’ won Best Indie Video at the fourth annual Juice TV Awards and was voted No.1 single by RipItUp readers in their annual poll.
They’ve slotted in comfortably alongside international acts at WOMAD festivals, supported UB40 and Jimmy Cliff and toured NZ extensively with the likes of Dave Dobbyn, Goodshirt and Brooke Fraser
LUPIN
Songwriter/Musician, Lucid 3 1999 – 2009, now a solo performer.
Born 1976 in New Plymouth.
Discography:
Albums with Lucid 3:
Fluid (EP), (Lupin, 2000).
Running Down the Keys (CD), (Lupin, 2004).
Pitch Jumping EP (CD), (Lupin, 2004).
All Moments Leading to This (CD), (Lupin, EMI 2004).
Dawn Planes (CD), (Lupin, EMI 2007).
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