Aria Live
152 Ponsonby Rd, Ponsonby, Auckland
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ARIA has fostered her talent for singing, dancing and performing since a young age. A driven and unique artist, ARIA 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 or laying down vocals for Noah Slee at Red Bull studios, Berlin, ARIA has lapped it all up, slowly harvesting her rich experiences to build her own juicy, tapestry.
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 (Miloux, Home Brew, Team Dynamite).
The debut single release from ARIA, ‘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. Acclaimed actress Morgana O’Reilly (Housebound, Mean Mums, Silo Theatre), also a fearless creator (Edinburgh and New York Fringe Festivals), has directed and produced a raw and powerfully defenseless, filmic capture of the story behind the song which you can watch here.
In contrast to her digestible, synth-pop, debut, the latest single from ARIA, ‘Unravel’ is an ode to vulnerability. The ethereal and melancholic vocals weave a soulful melody, soaring above a swell of strings, deep bass and grimy snare. Retrieved from her vault of songs composed while living in Berlin, ARIA worked alongside producer Abraham Kunin, back here in NZ, to bring it to life. Kunin’s producer chops (recently demonstrated with the release of the ‘Inner World’, Dalai Lama project) are clearly at play when the captivating hook of ‘Unravel’ takes flight; A plea for connection and trust, it sways with a hopeful lilt.
ARIA has teamed up with Morgana O’Reilly and an almost all-female team to produce an evocative visual narrative for the artist’s second single. The music video for ‘Unravel’, which was skillfully shot during Lockdown 2.0, under Level 2.5, is set for release on Friday 11th December.
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