The indigenous cultures & music of Australia,Romania,Bulgaria,Estonia,Mongolia,Tibet,Tuva,Nina Simone,Mike Patton, Death in Vegas, The Dirty Three,Lisa Gerrard, Eric Satie, Nick Cave, Arvo Part, Belly, April, Paddy, Delilah, GodSpeed You Black Emperor, Bjork,Angelo Badalamenti, David Lynch, Ghazal, Cat Power, ALV, ALF....
Soteria Bell are the ARIA award winning vocal duo Linda Laasi and Mia Shaw
'Their voices complement and contrast each other in thriling ways. They have a strong sense of history as well as great improvisational skills which make them sound ancient and modern at the same time' - PAUL KELLY
An ambient, atmospheric group, Soteria Bell perform music that is inspired by ancient & modern cultures, featuring shamanic style vocals, creative improvisations, and original songs that have been described as 'haunting & evocative'
Soteria Bell feature on the Aria Award winning soundtrack to Australian feature film 'Jindabyne" this was a collaboration with Australian music icon Paul Kelly as well as Dan Luscombe (The Drones)
'Jindabyne' was selected in the Directors's Fortnight at the 06 Cannes Film Festival, & has also won a number of international awards as well as the ARIA for best soundtrack.
Soteria Bell have been invited to perform in venues such as The National Gallery of Victoria as part of the Art after Dark program, & again recently at The NGV Australia, Federation Square as part of Late Night Thursdays. Festival performances include the 2009 Apollo Bay Music Festival, Maldon & Electundra & they have recently been invited to perform at the 2010 Cygnet Folk Festival in Tasmania
The song "New Home For Old Bones" features on young award winning film-maker Gen Bailey's short film "Tiptoe" (genbailey.com)
Their soundtrack music has featured on SBS's television's documentary series Message Stick
Soteria Bell also feature on the track 'We Create Tomorrow' by Hugo Race & The True Spirit (www.helixed.net) this song is on the True Spirit's upcoming album '53rd State' - visit http://www.myspace.com/hugoraceandthetruespirit
"44Sunsets" the debut album for Soteria is available via ITunes, CD.Baby & indie-cds.com
For bookings & enquiries please email soteriabell@yahoo.com.au
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