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Room 7 ½
"beautiful and astonishing"
The Observer Music Monthly magazine
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Room 7 ½ is an unusual and arresting collection of heartfelt pleas demanding true love amongst an atmospheric-noir backdrop of some beauty. The album is produced by PJ Harvey producer Rob Ellis and Dot herself.
The album features Bad Seeds members Mick Harvey, James Johnston and the wonderful Mr Terry Edwards. The 11 songs are all delivered in Dot’s velveteen lose-yourself-in-them unique vocals, occasionally punctuated by the eternally youthful yells of Peter Doherty or the sexy growl of Paul Weller.
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Free download track #3 I Wanna Break Your Heart Feat. Peter Doherty
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Room 7 ½ Collaborators
“I got involved with Paul Weller as he texted me out of the blue one night when he was out with Bobby Gillespie” says Dot, “He just introduced himself, explained he got my number from Bob and asked if I fancied writing a song with him”. So, off they went and the result is “Love’s Got Me Crazy”.
'Love's Got Me Crazy' appeared in the Mojo Playlist monthly top 10 tunes at a much coveted No. 2 position.
The album’s other duet, the frenetic “I Wanna Break Your Heart”, is with Peter Doherty and will be the lead single in the US, expect remixes to be had shortly. The duet was hailed as 'Songs you must hear' on the NME weekly top 10 chart at No. 3 and 'I Wanna Break Your Heart' also topped the NME Jukebox chart at No. 1.
Dot has collaborated with Peter on many occasions; whether it’s co-writing songs or performing with Babyshambles. She also co-wrote the duet “Sheepskin Tearaway” on his debut solo album. Dot explains how the partnership between herself and Peter came about…
“I sang on “At The Flophouse” without even meeting him (He liked my voice from afar and asked me to cover it as a B- side for The Shambles) I went to the studio and it was just me and the engineer, so I recorded it myself. Later he texted me to ask me to perform with him singing Carl's parts at The Rhythm Factory... and that was the beginning to our long term writing and performing partnership” Dot co-wrote and is featured on Peter Doherty's long awaited and well-received solo LP.
She also went on tour extensively with Peter around the UK & Europe, both supporting and guesting with Peter alongside Graham Coxon and Stephen Street.
The final piece of this collaboration triumvirate came in the form of the Bad Seeds’ Mick Harvey for “Cry”. Dot was also a fan of his work with PJ Harvey and she wanted to create a similar sound for “Room 7 ½”. She says “I asked (producer) Rob Ellis to approach Mick, James Johnston and Terry Edwards of the Bad Seeds to help me get that natural sound. With these musicians, I love the looseness and space they leave and their choice of sound and harmony, I think they are incredibly empathic, emotive players”
The album also features a cover of the Scott Walker song “Montague Terrace (in Blue)” which originally appeared on the tribute album “30th Century Man”. Scott requested that Dot join his production of "Drifting And Tilting" (The songs of Scott Walker) at The Barbican in Autumn 2008 alongside Damon Albarn, Jarvis Cocker and Baritone Owen Gilhooly among others.
Dot has been supported at BBC radio nationally and has taken part in several regional programs, both being interviewed and playing live sessions, including BBC London, BBC Ulster, BBC Scotland, BBC Manchester, BBC Liverpool, BBC Nottingham & BBC Birmingham.
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Sountracks
Dot is currently breaking into motion picture world and has just completed recording on a new film score, 'The Black Death' starring Sean Bean for the director Chris Smith with Christian Henson. Dot is the soloist and performs with a 40 piece orchestra in this bleak, visceral beautiful score. She is heavily featured throughout the film.
Dot also recently collaborated with Christian Henson for another new horror movie directed by Chris Smiths, which is called “Triangle” where her voice is a large part of the original score.
Dot was synched onto the last Judd Apatow movie, 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' which was Number 1 at the U.S. box office.
Dot was Number 1 on The Guardian playlist in the Film & Music section
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