Emilíana was born in Iceland, where she grew up in Kópavogur. At the age of seven, she joined a choir as a soprano, until she went to opera school at the age of 15. 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 had to use the surname after her father in the traditional way. A few years later, the name regulations were changed,[1] and she was again allowed to use her original surname.[2][3] 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]
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]
On 3 June 2013,[5] Emilíana 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.
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately especially if potentially libelous or harmful Find sources Emiliana Torrini news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2012 Learn how and when to remove this template message This is an Icelandic name The last name is a family name but this person is referred to by the given name Emiliana Emiliana Torrini 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 Emiliana TorriniEmiliana Torrini Glastonbury 2005Background informationBirth nameEmiliana Torrini DavidsdottirBorn 1977 05 16 16 May 1977 age 45 IcelandOriginKopavogur IcelandGenresIndie popalternative rocktrip hopelectronicaOccupation s SingersongwriterInstrument s VocalsYears active1994 presentLabelsRough Trade RecordsWebsiteEmilianaTorrini com Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Discography 4 References 5 External linksEarly life EditEmiliana was born in Iceland where she grew up in Kopavogur At the age of seven she joined a choir as a soprano until she went to opera school at the age of 15 Her father Salvatore Torrini is Italian from Naples while her mother Anna Stella Snorradottir is Icelandic Because of name regulations in Iceland at the time her father had to change his name to David Eiriksson which also meant that Emiliana had to use the surname after her father in the traditional way A few years later the name regulations were changed 1 and she was again allowed to use her original surname 2 3 After being discovered singing in a restaurant in Iceland by Derek Birkett the owner of One Little Indian Records Emiliana was asked to visit London to record a song She decided to stay in London citation needed Career Edit Emiliana performing in June 2005 in Haifa Emiliana 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 Emiliana 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 Emiliana 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 Emiliana played a number of music festivals in the lead up to the album s release in Russia and Budapest On 29 July 2013 Emiliana 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 Emiliana was featured on Kid Koala s 2017 album Music to Draw To Satellite where she sang on seven tracks Discography EditMain article Emiliana Torrini discography Croucie d ou la 1995 Merman 1996 Love in the Time of Science 1999 Fisherman s Woman 2005 Me and Armini 2008 Tookah 2013 References Edit Information Ministry of the Interior Archived from the original on 2010 05 05 Retrieved 2009 06 01 Excerpt in fan forum from an interview by Mark Radcliffe Archived 2011 07 24 at the Wayback Machine at BBC 17 January 2005 Icelandic names Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine Paul Oakenfold Feat Emiliana Torrini Hold Your Hand YouTube 2007 09 21 Retrieved 2012 04 01 We have listened to Tookah emilianafans com Archived from the original on 2013 06 18 Retrieved 2013 06 14 Tookah iTunes 6 September 2013 Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine Emiliana Torrini Speed Of Dark radio edit YouTube 16 July 2013 Tookah Clips SoundCloud External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Emiliana Torrini Wikiquote has quotations related to Emiliana Torrini Official website Unofficial Emiliana Torrini video archive Interview in the Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Emiliana Torrini amp oldid 1111923881, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
