Gaya Yona is a Tel Aviv based indie singer/songwriter who weaves the delicate seam between dreamy pop-folk and alternative rock. Gaya describes her music as a kind of 'Kintsugi', in which instead of covering up the fractures (and aches) they are painted and re-constructed using gold.

In the last couple of years, Gaya has gone through many musical reincarnations. Her musical life started when she stumbled upon an old notebook which belonged to her mother’s late husband, who wrote poems. Gaya then decided to compose some of his lyrics. “I felt as if I suddenly received another mouth, through which I could express myself, another set of eyes to see with“.
Since then, Gaya performed as a part of a musical duo, served as a live guitar player & backing vocalist for leading Israeli artists, and as a solo artist, played her music on various stages across Israel and Canada. She eventually recorded an E.P but then decided to shelve it in an attempt to refine her unique and ethereal sound.
 
In 2022 Gaya is expected to release her full-length debut album ‘Currently, Forever’, which was inspired by artists such as Laura Marling, Phoebe Bridgers, Radiohead and more.
While mixing and moving from sweet to bitter, dissonance and harmony, the album reflects on the aftermath of a breakup and the grieving process that is tied to it.

Since 1995 Alanis Morissette has been one of the most influential singer-songwriter-musicians in contemporary music. Her deeply expressive music and performances have earned vast critical praise, 14 Canadian Juno Awards, 7 Grammy® Awards (with an additional 14 nominations), a Golden Globe nomination and sales of over 60 million albums worldwide. Morissette’s 1995 debut, “JAGGED LITTLE PILL,” was followed by such eclectic and acclaimed albums as “SUPPOSED FORMER INFATUATION JUNKIE” (1998), “MTV UNPLUGGED” (1999), “UNDER RUG SWEPT” (2002), “SO-CALLED CHAOS” (2004), “JAGGED LITTLE PILL ACOUSTIC” (2005), her greatest hits album, “THE COLLECTION” (2005), “FLAVORS OF ENTANGLEMENT”(2008), HAVOC AND BRIGHT LIGHTS (2012), and “JAGGED LITTLE PILL: COLLECTOR’S EDITION” (2015), released in honor of the 20th anniversary of the groundbreaking debut, as well as musical contributions to theatrical releases, some of which include “The Chronicles of Narnia,” “Prince of Persia,” and “City of Angels.” Alanis has acted on the big and small screen with roles in “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Dogma,” “Sex and the City,” “Weeds” and “Up All Night,” and has appeared as a celebrity guest mentor on the 2nd season of “The Voice.” In 2015, Alanis was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Outside of entertainment, she is an avid supporter of female empowerment, as well as spiritual, psychological and physical wellness. She has contributed her writing to a variety of outlets and forums, and participates in worships, special speaking engagements and keynote speaking worldwide. Alanis has also donated her time to a number of causes that help raise awareness and funding on a number of issues including Equality Now which benefits international human rights, Music for Relief, UN Global Tolerance for which she was honored for her contributions for promoting tolerance through the arts, “Every Mother Counts” CD for which she contributed her song “Magical Child” to help prevent needless maternal deaths, and P.S Arts which has worked tirelessly to provide access to the arts through in-school programs to thousands of children in some of the most under-served neighborhoods in California. Alanis has also been outspoken on the issue of home child birth, its benefits and challenges for mothers across the world. Currently she is working on new music as well as a book, which will be released in late 2016. For more information see www.alanis.com.

Multi-grained vocalist with a vastly wild variety of musical taste and influence.

LARK is a live electronic band originally from South Africa. Their music has been described as glitch opera, a powerful union of live instrumentation, soaring vocals and dirty electronic beats. An iron fist in a velvet glove, lead singer Inge Beckmann provides the velvet with her unparalleled ability to stun audiences with her voice and presence. The iron fist is the dark, glitchy production and sound design work of producer and instrumentalist Paul Rez. 

Together, Paul and Inge formed LARK in 2003, later expanding the line-up to include the exceptional talents of bassist and studio engineer Simon Fuzzy Ratcliffe and renowned drummer Sean Ou Tim aka Mr. Sakitumi. 

LARK’s first studio album, Razbliuto [Just Music, UMG], released in 2007, was met with critical acclaim earning the band a SAMA (South African Music Award) for Best Alternative Album. 

2007 also saw the band realising their vision of taking live performance further with the release of Dagger and a Feather, a live performance DVD recorded and filmed at Cape Town’s BMW Pavilion featuring a string section and a number of guest artists.  

In 2007 and 2008 the band toured extensively, released music videos for their tracks Moonlight and Heroin Mary and were widely regarded by the music press as ‘one of the most competitive acts to come out of South Africa’. They completed their 2nd studio album Mouth of Me [Just Music, UMG] containing new and reworked material from their debut EP of the same name. 

In late 2008, after being signed as a producer to UK agency Z Management, Paul made the decision to move to London. LARK took a temporary sabbatical returning in 2009 and again 2010 to headline South Africa’s biggest alternative music festival RAMFEST. 

Also in 2010, LARK released V, including the single Brave. In early 2011 Italian Label Onion Records picked up and released a remix EP for Brave featuring the talents of techno producers Haezer, Hateboss, ABCD, Karetus and Geometry. 

2011 sees LARK beginning a new chapter. Inge, in Cape Town, and Paul, in London, spent almost a year writing and recording their new studio album using skype. In August 2011 Inge and Paul briefly appeared as LARK (Electro) at Oppi Koppi Music Festival and Grand West Arena, showcasing material from the new album, and were met with an overwhelming response from their fans. 

The as yet unnamed new album is slated for release in February 2012 and will be accompanied by a South African tour followed by a European/Asian tour later in the year. 

Band Members

Inge Beckmann 		- vocals, vocal FX
Paul Ressel 			- guitars, keys, production
Simon Fuzzy Ratcliffe	- bass, daduk
Sean Ou Tim			- drums, percussion, sampling


Discography

Mouth of Me (EP)	   - 2005 
Razbliuto			   - 2007 
Mouth of Me 		   - 2007 
Dagger and a Feather  - 2008 
V				   - 2010
Brave Remixes		   - 2011


Booking (SA and Asia)

Dawid Fourie
Apollo Artists
dawid@apolloartists.co.za
Stellenbosch,South Africa
Cell:+27 (0)76 416 7230 
Tel/Fax:+27 (0)21 883 3607
Fax2email: 0865743367

Booking (Europe)

Dominique Gawlowski
Griet Artists
dom@griet.co.za
+27 82 393 6470
http://www.griet.co.za


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