Introducing ARIA - Her passion for singing, dancing and performing began at a young age, leading to years of formal training and a position with The New Zealand Opera. This talented and driven artist has honed her super powers by adapting and diversifying, whether it was writing and recording the Auckland anthem ‘Friday’, in the shack with Homebrew, belting top Cs in the Festival Garden for Dr Colossus, crooning BVs for Teeks on RNZ, providing vocals to Noah Slee at Red Bull studios, Berlin or performing live at Flash Festival in Tuscany, ARIA has lapped it all up, slowly harvesting her rich experiences into a juicy, patchwork quilt.
After spending three years in Berlin, ARIA is excited to be home and channelling the eclectic, artistic influences she has gathered into this personal and vulnerable body of work. A collaborative musician at heart, ARIA is working alongside local producers including Abraham Kunin (Teeks, Home Brew) and Haz Beats (Home Brew, Team Dynamite).
The upcoming, debut single ‘Awake With You’ is a high energy, pop-soul collaboration with renowned electronic producer and NZ Music Awards nominee, Boycrush, whose illustrious drumming career (Lawrence Arabia, Ruby Suns) is evidenced by the driving drums in the tune. The new single’s industrial-electronic feel, reminiscent of Robyn’s synth-pop sound, is counterbalanced with tender vocals and vivid lyrics circling love, loss and desire. ARIA’s voice has an ethereal yet focused quality, putting it in the sonic realm of Solange.
Acclaimed actress Morgana O’Reilly (Housebound, Mean Mums, Silo Theatre), also a fearless creator (Edinburgh and New York Fringe Festival) has directed and produced a raw and powerfully defenseless, filmic capture of the story behind the song, a sneak preview here.
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