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Emilíana Torrini

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This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a family name, but this person is referred to by the given name Emilíana.
Emilíana Torrini
Emilíana Torrini, Glastonbury 2005
Emilíana Torrini, Glastonbury 2005
Background information
Birth nameEmilíana Torrini Davíðsdóttir
Born (1977-05-16) 16 May 1977 (age 46)
Iceland
OriginKópavogur, Iceland
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active1994–present
LabelsRough Trade Records
WebsiteEmilianaTorrini.com

Emilíana Torrini Davíðsdóttir (born 16 May 1977) is an Icelandic singer and songwriter. She is best known for her 2009 single "Jungle Drum", her 1999 album Love in the Time of Science, and her performance of "Gollum's Song" for the 2002 film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.

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Early life

Emilíana was born in Iceland, where she grew up in Kópavogur. Her father, Salvatore Torrini, is Italian (from Naples), while her mother, Anna Stella Snorradóttir, is Icelandic.

Because of name regulations in Iceland at the time, her father had to change his name to "Davíð Eiríksson", which also meant that Emilíana Torrini had to use the surname after her father in the traditional way: Emilíana Davíðsdóttir. A few years later, the name regulations were changed,[1] and she was again allowed to use her original surname.[2][3]

At the age of seven, she joined a choir as a soprano, until she went to opera school at the age of 15. After being discovered singing in a restaurant in Iceland by Derek Birkett, the owner of One Little Indian Records, Emilíana was asked to visit London to record a song. She decided to stay in London.[citation needed]

Career

Emilíana Torrini performing in June 2005, in Haifa

Emilíana has been a member of Icelandic artist group GusGus, and contributed vocals to several songs on their debut Polydistortion (1997), most notably "Why". She co-wrote Kylie Minogue's "Slow" and "Someday" from her Body Language album in 2003. She also produced "Slow" along with Dan Carey; the two were nominated for a Best Dance Recording Grammy Award in 2005 for their work on the track. Prior to these, Emilíana contributed vocals to songs on Thievery Corporation's 2002 album The Richest Man in Babylon and was credited with composing the songs "Resolution", "Until The Morning", and "Heaven's Gonna Burn Your Eyes" from that album. Also in 2002, she sang vocals on Paul Oakenfold's song "Hold Your Hand" taken from his Bunkka album.[4]

Her version of Jefferson Airplane's 1967 song "White Rabbit" was used in multiple action and fight scenes in the action film Sucker Punch directed by Zack Snyder.

On 3 June 2013,[5] she revealed to fans that she would release her new album on 9 September 2013 in the UK. The album was released in Ireland,[6] Iceland, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland on 6 September 2013. The new LP is titled Tookah. Emilíana played a number of music festivals in the lead up to the album's release in Russia and Budapest.

On 29 July 2013, Emilíana revealed the radio edition of a new track "Speed of Dark".[7] Three additional tracks were also revealed allowing fans to stream,[8] including "Autumn Sun", "Animal Games", and "Tookah".

Emilíana was featured on Kid Koala's 2017 album Music to Draw To: Satellite, where she sang on seven tracks.

Discography

Main article: Emilíana Torrini discography

References

  1. ^ "Information". Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 2010-05-05. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
  2. ^ Excerpt in fan forum from an interview by Mark Radcliffe Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine at BBC, 17 January 2005
  3. ^ Icelandic names
  4. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Paul Oakenfold Feat. Emiliana Torrini – Hold Your Hand". YouTube. 2007-09-21. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
  5. ^ "We have listened to Tookah! | emilianafans.com". Archived from the original on 2013-06-18. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  6. ^ "Tookah". iTunes. 6 September 2013.
  7. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Emilíana Torrini – Speed Of Dark (radio edit). YouTube. 16 July 2013.
  8. ^ "Tookah Clips". SoundCloud.

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