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Influenced by <a href="spotify:artist:1m24736Bdew1oQVxTePOCo">the Tom Tom Club</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3AmWjMXXtBJOmNGpUFSOAl">Gang of Four</a>, and Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, soap opera actress turned genre-hopping pop star Ebony Bones was never likely to follow the same musical path as Neighbours' <a href="spotify:artist:4RVnAU35WRWra6OZ3CbbMA">Kylie Minogue</a> or EastEnders' <a href="spotify:artist:6RxvPZHJL1V9kWWvzM0APg">Martine McCutcheon</a>. Born Ebony Thomas, her career began when she was spotted by the artistic director of the Shakespeare Globe Theatre, who cast her in a production of Macbeth. In 1998, she landed the part of Yasmin McHugh on Channel 5 soap Family Affairs, a role she continued until the show was canceled in 2005, and following a chance meeting with <a href="spotify:artist:6VeL8VhaMjHTPc5uovFl3h">the Damned</a>'s <a href="spotify:artist:18D4FXA29EnM56FJS6lZ4l">Rat Scabies</a> in a London pub, who encouraged her to start a music career, she began writing and recording material and uploading it to MySpace. Her debut <a href="spotify:artist:7w29UYBi0qsHi5RTcv3lmA">Björk-esque</a> single, "We Know All About You," was declared "the Hottest Record in the World Today" by Radio 1 DJ <a href="spotify:artist:2Whc9BubHyVNmH7xkwSkgK">Zane Lowe</a>, and following a slot supporting <a href="spotify:artist:5O0RrEgz4NLCPLrDZiPggz">the Slits</a>, she performed at <a href="spotify:artist:6FXMGgJwohJLUSr5nVlf9X">Massive Attack</a>'s Meltdown and Glastonbury festivals. She wrote, produced, and played every instrument on her critically acclaimed 2009 debut, Bone of My Bones. After the album's release, she toured with <a href="spotify:artist:5O0RrEgz4NLCPLrDZiPggz">the Slits</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:5nLYd9ST4Cnwy6NHaCxbj8">Cee Lo Green</a>, and collaborated with <a href="spotify:artist:2s4tjL6W3qrblOe0raIzwJ">Yoko Ono</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:3KH7WsR2JZQ94Ik8SyabU6">Amadou & Mariam</a>. For her second album, 2013's Behold, A Pale Horse, Bones worked with the Symphony Orchestra of India and the New London Children's Choir. ~ Jon O'Brien, Rovi
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