CocoRosie began in Paris, France, and consists of Sierra Casady (Rosie) and Bianca Casady (Coco) 2003 Sierra and Bianca Casady are American half-Cherokee sisters Sierra the older of the two was born in Iowa, and Bianca was born in Hawaii Their mother nicknamed them Rosie and Coco, from which their musical act takes its name
In 2003, Bianca was growing restless and decided it was time for a change leaving his apartment in Brooklyn to travel around the world, she ended up in Sierra apartment in Paris
Over in the next two months the women spent almost every waking hour in Sierra's bathroom was chosen as the most acoustic and isolated room in the apartment soon had implemented both a hip-hop recording (never released) called "words to crow" ochderas inform debut album La Maison de Mon Rêve
originally La Maison de Mon Rêve only intended to be distributed within a close circle of friends, however, by 2004, lo-fi album was released on record label Touch and Go Records, which had received a copy of the CD and had unusually pursued signing artists since the creation of their first album on the Casady sisters have been virtually inseparable
Stylistically they may be assigned to the indie rock psych-folk folk-tronic genres and are sometimes associated with the New Weird America movement Sierra who studied opera vocal techniques takes Song and also plays guitar and harp, flute Bianca is a percussionist and also beat boxes group also uses various objects such as toys to construct their unique sound
Thewas actively touring throughout most of 2004 playing across the U.S. and throughout Europe with artists such as TV on the Radio Bright Eyes Battles Devendra Banhart Busdriver including
