Photo by Stephen Dowling
In 2003, she began mailing her home recordings to the esteemed artist and producer Danger Mouse. As his international fame grew, the pair kept in touch. They discovered a natural affinity and decided to collaborate, naming their project Joker’s Daughter after one of Helena’s many porous artistic personae. Helena describes Joker’s Daughter as “a dualistic character” who “draws from the serious to turn it into humor.”
Helena’s striking melodies and rich, sensory lyrics reveal the depth, passion and prankishness in her psyche. Danger Mouse collaborates fully at every stage, contributing his farsighted skills as a songwriter, producer and musician. The result is an intoxicating, disorienting blend, folk music from some strange, timeless, uncharted dream world.
