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orisha

About Me


Orisha explore the boundary between tense restraint and total surrender with their lush, vocal-based electronica. Their critically-acclaimed eponymous debut took listeners on a moody sonic journey through jazz, dub, and industrial influences, lifted by the ethereal vocals of
Emah Fox , a voice described by Rolling Stone as
'lush and emotive'.
Tracks from the first album received airplay across Australia, Europe and America, including high rotation on JJJ, featured in compilations and in independent films, and was Revolver Magazine's dance CD of the week. Their second album, 'Falling Open' takes the strengths of Orisha's debut , now adding choral, operatic, and discordant harmonies for a more intimate and playful album that still retains the dark mystery of the first.
Live, Orisha features Emah on vocals,keyboard & samples, joined by Mark Cauvin on double bass and Amy Valent on marimba & percussion.
Orisha’s music continues to evoke raw, sometimes contradictory moods – at once melancholic, uplifting, brutal, and more.

Their heartfelt lyrics and lavish soundscapes create an elusive sense of mystery that haunts listeners long after the music has ceased...
'Falling Open' is due for release late 2008...
Stay tuned!
‘Once in a while an album seems to come out of nowhere and knock you sideways… this is a richly textured collection of tracks… emotive vocals and fine lyrics…’
– Ministry of Sound
‘The way her (vocalist Emah Fox) lush, emotive voice works within the dense and tricky tech-beat soundscapes here is nothing short of joyous … a rich sense of melody and drama.’
- Rolling Stone
‘Darkly beautiful, organic, sincere, haunting – everything that’s missing from so much modern music… it’s love at first listen .’
- Zebra
‘This is ambient electronica at its finest… the entire album is somewhat of a revelation… world-class electronica …’
- Revolver

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/18/2007
Band Website: www.orishamusic.com" orishamusic.com
Band Members: LIVE: Emah Fox (Vocals, Keyboards, Programming)
Mark Cauvin (Double Bass)
Amy Valent (Marimba)

STUDIO: Emah Fox (Vocals, Programming)
Shane Kavanagh (Programming)
Dean Lusher (Programming on 'Orisha')

Influences: Bjork Kate Bush Debussy Eurythmics Peter Gabriel Tricky
Billie Holiday Lamb Massive Attack Portishead Amon Tobin
Sounds Like:

n.b. this is the link to orisha's facebook fanpage. There IS an Emah Fox facebook page but I only use it for personal IRL friends as I don't want to make my friends' and families' personal lives public - so please don't be offended if I don't respond to facebook friend requests! You can become a fan of the Orisha page on the above link, and I also have a personal twitter site which IS public and you can find it here:

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Record Label: None
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

coming up to father's day...

Apologies if this embarasses, Pop!Okay, I'm not really sure how to start this...I am incredibly lucky to have such a supportive family - it can't beeasy to see your daughter decide to take the risky...
Posted by orisha on Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:03:00 PST

birthdays, gigs, filmclips...

hey everyone!firstly, a big thanks to all who came to the glitch show last week on my birthday eve... it was such a lovely way to ring in my birthday, listening to the sweet sounds of milique and then...
Posted by orisha on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:06:00 PST

orisha on a good day for airplay

..for all those itching to hear the new album...here's a sneak peek...today's 'a good day for airplay' podcast plays the title track 'falling open' in full... with a few other samples from the album m...
Posted by orisha on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:13:00 PST

orisha & milique @ glitch 23 july

hi everyone! just letting y'all know we will be playing at glitch bar on the 23rd july with the lovely milique in support... (check out our top friends to hear them!)I've just listed it as a facebook ...
Posted by orisha on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:52:00 PST

hi again

hey everyone...I've been a bit quiet on the myspace front lately...it's been a crazy few months... moving house, health-endangering filmclips (s'ok, no-one got hurt!), legal wrangles, court cases, rel...
Posted by orisha on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:41:00 PST

The Language Of The Night

I am currently obsessed with Ursula K Le Guin's 'The Language of the Night' ... it's so brilliant I want to quote the whole damn thing! but I'll stick to a few paragraphs from the chapter 'The Stalin...
Posted by orisha on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:43:00 PST

The Best Radio You Never Heard

hi everyone! just letting you know that orisha will be played on the next ep of Best Radio Podcast - it should be up late tonight... King of Fools Vol 83... check out the archives of the show too they...
Posted by orisha on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:24:00 PST

hello again

hello!I have been a bit quiet this year so thanks for sticking with me... but we haven’t been idle, promise!orisha has been rehearsing a lush new line-up which will be shortly unveiled, been rew...
Posted by orisha on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:07:00 PST

joy is inevitable

been thinking a lot about this lately...though you might not know it from my lyrics (!) I am generally a pretty happy & positive lass...twasn't always so, I've been through my long dark teatimes of th...
Posted by orisha on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 11:22:00 PST

orisha @ barbukka

hello!THIS FRIDAY 9 NOVEMBERORISHA are supporting KOSHOWKO at their ep launch just before they head off to germany...first 20 at the door receive a FREE KOSHOWKO DVD!door opens 8pmBARBUKKA279 Smith St...
Posted by orisha on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 05:47:00 PST