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Swim With Me

Allette's third independently released CD has been anticipated by fans and critics, following her successful SILICON VALLEY REBEL and the live performances which introduced many of these songs. Come swim with Allette as she dives into the issue of energy-over-consumption (Rolling Blackout and Driving), shares a story about a non-native English speaking child's first day at school (Same Room), sings a "geologist breakup song" (ice age), reinterprets the My Fair Lady Classic "Loverly", and weaves her life experiences into a blend of passionate, insightful and humorous lyrics. Allette's driving guitar work and vibrant voice are complimented by percussionist Paulo Baldi (of Cake, the Les Claypool's Fancy Band, and Deadweight), pianist and composer Leo Chern, and vocalist Shelagh Sandstedt's sweet and sultry backing vocals.
1. Swim With Me
2. Share
3. Driving
4. Never Was
5. Rolling Blackout
6. Refuge
7. Fireflies
8. Same Room
9. Ice Age
10. Loverly
11. Okavango 		Swim With Me Cover Buy at CDBaby
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Silicon Valley Rebel

Allette's second album SILICON VALLEY REBEL was released March 1999 and showcases her keen storytelling ability, punchy guitar playing and poetic humor. Along with solo tracks, arrangements on SILICON VALLEY REBEL include guest artists on a variety of instruments including Paulo Baldi on the dumbek, congas, bongos, drum kit, Jay Kadis and Jeff Martin on upright and electric bass, and Tony Khalife on acoustic guitar. The title track is the true, hilarious, story of a Feminist Studies major turned web page designer during the peak of Silicon Valley.

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Privilege

Allette's first album PRIVILEGE was recorded in CCRMA Studio, Stanford, CA from January to August 1996, and released in November of the same year. PRIVILEGE was written, performed, engineered, mixed, mastered and produced by the artist. Featuring Allette's catchy early tunes "Ladder" and "Passage of Time" this album is raw, passionate, and unabashedly feminist, as Allette captures how the personal and political merge in a young woman's life. The album's sound ranges from songs laid down with only stereo guitar and vocal tracks to songs with several stereo guitar tracks and up to 6 vocal tracks.

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