samanta ray

Bio:

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http://www.archangeluk.co.uk/orchidstar/



be immersed in ethereal, genre-bending vocal performances from a unique and soulful songstress who combines power with pimp, defiance with the delectable, lounge with la-di-da.

depending on the flavour of the occasion, ranging from electrohouse vocal fusion through intelligent nu-cool-jazz to classical soliloquy.

a deliriously elastic ensemble of music players and light painters which redefines the performance space in various private niches, late venues and public spaces, with performances that last from five minutes to several days.

performances may be low key or thoroughly dramatic, ideally seeking to transform spaces using technology, texture and architecture as a form of creative commentary to satisfy the bard, the elemental healer, the wheeler and dealer, the community feeler and this questing sheila!



i began singing before i was born. i sang anything and everything to begin with. becoming bardic, i wrote relentlessly. at twelve, i found a 'marriage of figaro' score in the music library and took to opera. studying and performing became my focus.

later, hearing beats and electronica, i found myself feeling conflicted and contradicted by straight classical music, and it was mixed up with a nagging feeling that i wasn't singing, or indeed living, from a truthful place, that most of the time i just wasn't fully 'resonating', and i knew the difference because sometimes, spontaneously, the openness came and then eluded me again, leaving that aching.

to aspire to be in that zone always, to find the space where i can live from that vibration...apart from the joy it gives me to live from such a place (and we aren't just talking about singing here but the expression part of flow), the effect it has on others is pretty much pure love manifesting without words, without trying.

i sang professionally throughout Australia for several years and then during a particularly fierce questing time i finally plucked up the nerve to leave, drove lazily up to darwin in my car, a witchy-hand-me-down with a great travelling history, from my best girlfriend, and flew off to backpack through South East Asia.

when i returned to perth the universal guiding hand manifested an audition for a technooperatic story being developed in germany, which was kind of unique at the time. i was hooked. so i travelled again, this time to perform throughout europe, always checking in on this fusion between my operatic background and dance, tribal and jazz styles, working towards a unique, vibrant and ethereal sound with various orchestras, contemporary muso's, bands and producers. i have performed technooperatic treats at many Festivals, including Love Parades, Cannes Film Festival, Lake Geneva and Glastonbury Festival.

i love collaborating with others to develop new soundscapes and artworks applicable to a variety of settings. and i'm curious about our individual personal state of being and our relationship with community, how these two things reflect one another, which in turn reflects on our relationship with our environment, and on a personal level, particularly our natural environment... and i'm endlessly inspired by nature and the cycle of life and living breath. incidentally, i had a wonderful water birth with my daughter who is now almost at school and we used Interuterion (see my player) as a powerful calming tool to aid a beautiful drug free labour.

i also present workshops for small groups and teach privately as a resonance guide. becoming transparent is the key. breathing through that clarity and truthfulness is expansive. there is definitely a glow in the flow. lessons can be conducted over distance. get in touch to find out how.

i continue my own personal education in private, extending my understanding of where etheric meets physical, where intuition meets intention.

i also support workshops in the realm of sound healing, physical theatre, and visual jockery!


and for some worldwide enlightenment...



heart sutra chanting



i've finally thought to put on of these lovely maps up, so we can pin hearts all over the globe :-)

Create your own visitor map!

and just because i'm an elemental lover and shegod fingers through the clouds never fail to invigorate me, here's a slipperysilversliver for you

Member Since:

June 20, 2006

Members:

OVERVIEW

ArtsWA Grant with Carmelo Musca and Australian Dance Company to create soundscape for dance/film installation 2010 for national art galleries.

WA Music Industry Award with 'Revien', recent collaboration with Cloud Kollektiv! listen www.cloudkollektiv.com. Big love to Trilby Temperley :-)

Inclusion of Interuterion on Mythical Records compilation x x x
'Revien' released on WAMI Lounge/Cafe CD

'Birth' album (Orchid Star) available online anywhere and at 78 Records.
Compilation CD's including a mixture of collaborative repertoire is available on request.

RESONANT FUSION
....a variously ethereal and driving vocalist who traverses a profusion of styles, presenting an eclectic array of possibilities that includes:

SPEECH! - - -
RESONANT FUSION an engaging mix of lyrical vocals with a heart pulsing synopsis, short dynamic, impactful song-performances are delivered to very special events. Forging partnerships for cutting edge art in vibrant markets.*
DESSERT - - -
CLASSICAL lyrical/coloratura for special events,
AFTER PARTY - - -
INTELLIGENT LOUNGE/JAZZ with band/backing,
ELECTROWORLDFUSION voluptuous and varied vox over world and trancy beats, with DJ or full band,
FUNKY DANCEFLOOR, vox with DJ, sax, percussion, for club with heart,
RESONANT music for pregnancy, insomnia, healing and meditation.
*VISUALS of a contemporary, electronically manipulated nature themed to a client brief..

2010 based in Perth, WA. Specialising in VIP corporate events. Partnerships with Visible Dance and Forte School of Music. Developing ties with the Blue Mountains in NSW. A possible Short trip abroad for an opera project.

2009 based in Perth, WA.
-International and local collaborations continue from a chillout zone including DJ Tom with 'This Connection' - stay posted as this collaboration looks set to soar with international label interest :-)
-A renewed focus on resonance cognition and energetically based healing. Very inspired by a fresh kinship with the light network of Perth and basing our physical bodies here for the next 18 months with working journeys to the East Coast of Oz and short journeys abroad.
- Summa Musica chamber choir.
- Water instruction.
- Living Statues.
- Empowering Temporary Body Art
- Music instruction for children and adults, teaching privately and out of schools.

A strong focus on development of audiovisual immersement spaces to share transformation on a number of levels within community contexts. We support FORM for a Creative Capital. Check out Charles Landry's report 'Perth: Town or City' for a really good rethink of possibilties for transformation of this city, and assisting people to recognise their own creativity as the threads that weave together the fabric of life.

2008 - European tour with Pete Ardron's Orchid Star, to promote the release of Birth Album and follow up single. A variety of festivals and events including Glade, Glastonbury, Offworld, Hadra, Boom, Solfest, Syergy, Planet Angel, Tantric Festival, Waveform, Sunrise, 491 Gallery. Met some amazing people and live acts, feeling so blessed :-)

this is my reverb nation tune pak which has more trax than you can hear in the myspace player - just click on the SONGS tab to hear my music :-)


October New York, November New Zealand, December Australia - Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Flinders Ranges

Australian and all other global bookings email samantaraysings at iprimus d0t com d0t au or message this space.

Other collaborations include China, To Neto (Portugal), Steve Dragon (Germany), Sean Williams (UK)- sound architecture ph.D in Edinburgh (UK), Erik the Viking, Cindi Drennan and TOmNtum. Previous collaborations have included Ben Chase (see spacefriend Leftwood) at studio Blaam, VJZoo, Glenn Rogers and Brandon Lewis.

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orchid star's management company, Archangel^, promo video

Influences:

Supertramp, Kate Bush, Eddi Reader, Dead can Dance, Madredeus, Richard Strauss, Dvorak, Youn sun Nah, David Sylvian, Brian Eno, Susheela Ramen, David Icke, Yma Sumac, Paul Schwarz, Elly Ameling, Dorothy Ashby, Phoebe Snow, my collaborators of course! What about Circe du Soleil! What about the Bilitis soundtrack...the list never ends.


language for thought...




all about cause and effect...


graf animation so groovy!!!!

Sounds Like:

the infinite flow...

check out my blog 'fave AV links' to see more xx

www.samantharay.com.au to see the Aussie me. samanta ray is still alive but samantha is my real name so i put the ladder back in :-)