Ken Stringfellow produces this track and Clem Burke of Blondie plays drums. Stringfellow, an all-around great guy and friend of East Portland Blog, said of this artist, “I enjoyed working with her. She really rose to the occasion, wrote a TON of songs…and her enthusiasm was always up. She was happy to pushed, too.”
Marisa is currently completing her first solo album. Her influences include artists from the late 70s and early 80s punk and new wave movements such as David Bowie, Roxy Music, Blondie, The Ramones, and Duran Duran. She is creating powerful, emotional, and honest songs inspired from that era, and combines it with rock in a new way. She’s been fortunate to work with several excellent and accomplished artists on this album. Ken Stringfellow of the Posies, Big Star, and R.E.M. is producing the album as well as playing on it. Clem Burke, drummer of Blondie, plays on several of the tracks and Pierre DeReeder, bass player from Rilo Kiley, also contributes, among other talented musicians. Her single,”Get to Me”, has already won the top voted song on Charlie Ashcroft’s Audition Show, and has had various radio play around the U.S.. She wrote and recorded this album in Berlin, Amsterdam, London, and Paris. Marisa calls herself The Phantom Sound. Originally from Los Angeles, she now resides in London, England.
