Shakira is a classically trained singer with a love of all sorts of musical styles, currently based in Lisboa, Portugal.

Their previous projects include Prog Rock band The Merlin Bird, who performed in Germany and the UK as well as various iconic venues around Melbourne, and Umanee, a Melbourne world/folk-fusion group featured at the Maldon Folk Festival, Melbourne Fringe Festival and La Boîte.  

Performing professionally since 1992, they have been part of multiple opera choruses, were seen off-Broadway, performed with Trans Voices Cabaret, and more.

Shakira learnt to appreciate the music of various countries and cultures early in life, and has a particular interest in works that transcend the boundaries of genre convention - while being gleefully aware of how pretentious that sounds.  They have sung in many languages, including French, German, Rotuman, Latin, Coptic, Japanese and Semitic Akkadian, and they are happily expanding this list as opportunities present themselves.

Shakira also maintains a spoken-voice SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/shakira-speaks

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I'm available as a session vocalist or for short-term collaborations, and promise not to talk about myself in the third person too often.

Game music composer / sound designer / audio generalist.

I mainly write in classical-hybrid genres or piano trip-hop stuff, and I play taiko drums and gamelan.

Contact: hello [at} jdwasabi.com

Main website: www.jdwasabi.com
Support/Buy stuff: https://jdwasabi.bandcamp.com/
Chat to me! http://twitter.com/JDWasabi

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