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There’s nothing that makes you strive for success more than growing up in a sleepy, backwoods town. By the sounds of it, very few things can fuel a young musician’s drive to succeed more than the idea of getting out of there and seeing the world, and Andreya Triana is a picture perfect example of this. She might have been born in the greatest city in the world, but she was cruelly ripped away from it when she was around 14 to live in Worcester, where her step father was working at the time. She had already fallen for music, singing was especially a passion of hers ever since she was tiny, but Worcester wasn’t the kind of place that nurtured her burgeoning talent.
Sick of the dead end jobs stuffing envelopes and preparing sushi, Triana vowed to make a proper attempt at playing music for a living and joined the soul trio Bootis in 2003. The band gigged extensively around the country for two years but Triana still felt stifled creatively, and realized that the only way that she was going to feel fulfilled creatively was by striking out on her own. She left Bootis in 2005 and soon afterwards found a regular gig as the singer for Trip-Hop legend Bonobo’s DJ Sets. However, after settling down to write and create a backlog of her own work, she created a demo tape of her singing into a sampler and creating an entire soundscape with her voice, which she called the “FreeFlo Sessions”.
She submitted the tape to the Red Bull Music Academy, and Triana became one of 60 people from all over the world, including future soul sensation Aloe Blacc, who got accepted into the program. This meant that she spent two weeks in Melbourne, Australia learning how to make music at a professional level with artists like Peter Hook, Just Blaze and Skream. It was there that she met the experimental electronica DJ Flying Lotus, with whom she wrote a track called “Tea Leaf Dancers”, an effort that he was so impressed with that he ended up putting song on an E.P of his called “Reset”. This gave Triana a massive boost in credibility and in visibility, leading to a record contract with Ninja Tune by the time she had returned to the U.K.
With her new record contract, she managed to rope in her old touring buddy Bonobo to produce her debut album “Lost Where I Belong”, which was critically adored when it came out in September 2010. In return her vocals were featured on a number of tracks on Bonobo’s 2010 album “Black Sands”, and ever since then, she’s become the connoisseur’s choice for fans of both electronica and soul. She already has collaborations with the likes of Mr. Scruff and Breach under her belt, the latter of which was even a top ten single in the form of “Everything You Never Had (We Had It All)” in 2013. Her second album “Giants” seems to promise that she’ll become as big a name as anyone she’s worked with, and now she’s at the peak of her powers, Andreya Triana comes highly recommended.
Live reviews
I first heard Andreya Triana’s husky, buttery voice on Bonobo’s album ‘Black Sands,’ where she complimented Bonobo’s (Simon Green) smooth production on the tracks ‘Eyesdown,’ ‘The Keeper’ and ‘Stay the Same.’ It drifts in and out, delicately weaving alongside Simon Green’s meticulous beats. Triana’s debut album, ‘Lost Where I Belong,’ also incorporated Green’s production talent, creating an album which was full of soul, reminiscent of 60s Motown yet meeting with contemporary electronica. Triana has grown and grown, finding success on both sides of the Atlantic, resulting in collaborations with US artists such as Flying Lotus, whose space-soul, hip-hop vibes matches greatly with Triana’s voice.
Tickets recently sold out within a few days for her show at Wilton Music Hall this September, with the intimacy of the venue bound to create an incredible atmosphere for her beautiful music to be performed. She evokes this sense of timeless class, as if she could mix with jazz singers of old. Tender, delicate, soulful, music which would never tire that pairs perfectly with the wave of trip-hop influenced producers such as Bonobo. Live, she often performs with a full band, who offer a gentle accompaniment laden with groove, letting her voice shine through. It is likely that a new album will arise soon, with several intimate shows planned for this autumn.
osenn22
A name hot on the lips of esteemed UK publications for 2015 is Andreya Triana. The vocalist and songwriter can already name Flying Lotus and Bonobo as past collaborators and with her smooth soul and jazz vocal she is identifying herself as one of the UK's most icy cool breakout stars of the year. The new album 'Giants' is already being tipped as an album of the year and the live shows to accompany the release have received equal praise.
In the five years since she released her mini album 'Lost Where I Belong' Andreya has identified her sound and the music she wants to create as an artist. She conducts herself with a quiet sophistication as she sings out her soulful notes at record perfect quality. New tracks including 'Gold' sound like an off-cut from a classic Aretha Franklin album whilst she channels Candi Staton on the more upbeat 'That's Alright with Me'. A personal highlight is a reworked version of 'Darker Than Blue' along with a glittering performance of 'Keep Running' that leads effortlessly into her current high of 'Gold'.
sean-ward
Great show. Andreya was brilliant and band too. What a great venue.
Sound was not at it's best. A lot of mic feedback and too much EQ on the strings sounding very unnatural. Engineer too late on bringing louder the soloing artist. Quite disappointing.
mindprint
We had an amazing time. Andreya Triana is a superstar. Love her voice, love her character. Just a top night where everybody was full of love and respect for all the other people in the room. Missing her already!
jeff-key
Awesome vocals. Real passion and energy. Great show. Really made the crowd engage. A good mix of tempo in the set list. Bristol was very happy. I think she should go mainstream large soon.
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She was just lit!! Her performance, her voice, her style.. just speechless! And her patience at the end of the show taking pictures and signing makes her so human and adorable! Love her!
Nessaya
