Andreya Triana
Pale skinned black female wearing platform shoes and a multi coloured patchwork trouser suit singing on stage with a background of racked spare guitars, one guitarist and a keyboard player
Triana in 2019
Background information
BornLondon, England
GenresSoul, jazz, acoustic
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
LabelsHi-Tea Records, Counter Records, Ninja Tune
Websitewww.andreyatriana.com

Andreya Triana is a British singer and songwriter, Red Bull Music Academy alumna[1] and MOBO nominated artist[2] hailing from South East London, Her debut album, Lost Where I Belong released in September 2010 on London based record label Ninja Tune and featured singles such as "A Town Called Obsolete", "Far Closer" and the title track "Lost where I belong". The album was produced by British musician, DJ Simon Green aka Bonobo.[3] The album was later labelled as "Best Album of 2010" by Charles Aaron of Spin.[4]

Triana's second album, Giants was released in May 2015 on Counter Records, and peaked at number 59 on the Official UK Albums Chart. The lead single from the album Gold expanded Triana's fanbase and gained exposure after a string of television performances on The One Show, The John Bishop Show, and Later with Jools Holland. The track was also featured in the 2020 Nissan Vera advert.[5]

Triana's best known work features songs such as "Song For A Friend", "Gold", and "Woman", which have featured in multiple TV and film pieces.

Triana's third album Life in Colour was released in May 2019 on Hi-Tea Records. Triana collaborated with multiple producers for Life in Colour, notably French Grammy-nominated musician and DJ Dimitri Tikovoï who produced the majority of the album. The album was described as a "finger clicking, booty popping collection of summery joy" by Clash magazine[6] features the singles "Woman", "Freedom", and "Broke".

Early life and education

Triana moved to Worcestershire in the West Midlands age 14. At 17 she started doing open mic night at a local music venue where the owner introduced her to a collective of musicians, with whom she formed a group called Bootis.[7] While studying for a degree in music technology in Leeds,[8] Triana decided to re-form Bootis with new members and a new multi-genre sound.

Soon, her love for improvisation would birth her Freeflo Sessions - a one woman show using a sampler to loop vocals, percussive sounds, and beats live. As a result of touring extensively with her Freeflo Sessions, she was selected in 2006 to participate in the 'Red Bull Music Academy'[1] in Australia, where she further developed her style for improvisation and developed strong links within the music industry.

Inspiration

Triana is an experimental, self-taught, singer, and songwriter originally hailing from South East London. Her Husky voice is reminiscent of predecessors Lauryn Hill. Her style has been described as a fusion of soul, jazz, and pop. Triana has named a few of her greatest inspirations as Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers, and Bjork

Touring / gigs

In 2009, Triana toured the US and Canada with the Bonobo live band,[9] and shortly afterwards played the BBC Introducing Stage at Glastonbury Festival in 2010.[10] Triana has also played stages at multiple festivals, notably Soundwave Festival, The Great Escape, Secret Garden Party, Bestival, Outlook, and Big Chill Festival.

Triana reached new heights in 2015 as she made her second appearance, performing live at Glastonbury Festival on the Greenpeace Stage, and headlining a sold-out show at the historic venue KOKO in London.[11]

Her largest audience however was a main stage performance to 50,000 people for BBC Radio 2 - Live in Hyde Park in 2016.[12]

Triana has also had a string of DJ performances featuring sets at BlackSITTER - The Cactus Hound Bar and Gilles Peterson's ‘We Out Here’ Festival.

As of 2021, Triana joined UK neo-soul collective Jungle as an active touring member, replacing longtime backup vocalist Rudi Salmon.[13]

Awards

In 2016, Triana was invited to be a judge for Best Album at the Ivor Novello awards alongside fellow musicians Tinchy Stryder and Sharleen Spiteri.[14]

At the 2015 MOBO awards, Triana was nominated for Best R&B/Soul Act[2] and later performed ‘Playing With Fire’ on the main stage at the awards to a sea of her fellow musicians.[15]

Television / media features

Andreya's music has featured in shows such as The Good Wife, Grey's Anatomy, Being Mary Jane, Self Made, and When They See Us, which collected 23 million viewers within its first month.[16]

August 2021 - "Beautiful People" from Triana's album Life in Colour featured on NBA 2K-22[17]

March 2020 - "Woman" from Triana's album Life in Colour featured on Self Made Season 1, Ep 2[18]

July 2019 - "Beautiful People" from Triana's album Life in Colour featured on Love Island (UK) Season 5, Ep 25[18]

June 2019 - "Heart In My Hands" from Triana's album Giants featured on Love Island (UK) Season 5, Ep 3[18]

June 2019 - "Woman" from Triana's album Life in Colour featured on Schwarzkopf Live XXL advert for their campaign #GENERATIONCOLOUR[19]

May 2019 - "Song For A Friend" from Triana's album Giants featured on When They See Us Season 1, Ep 3[18]

March 2019 - "Woman" from Triana's album Life in Colour featured on Good Trouble Season 1, Ep 9[18]

September 2019 - "Gold" from Triana's album Giants featured on the 2020 Nissan Versa advert and also in Target's "Good We Can All Afford" campaign.[20]

July 2018 - "Lullaby" from Triana's album Giants featured on Our Girl Season 3, Ep 12[18]

January 2018 - "Gold" from Triana's album Giants featured on Burden of Truth Season 1, Ep 3[18]

September 2018 - "Beautiful People" from Triana's album Life in Colour featured on EA Sports FIFA 19 Soundtrack[21]

July 2017 - "Gold" from Triana's album Giants featured on So You Think You Can Dance Season 14, Ep7[18]

June 2017 - "Heart In My Hands" from Triana's album Giants featured on Queen Sugar Season 2, Ep 2[18]

March 2017 - "Heart In My Hands" from Triana's album Giants featured on Grace and Frankie Season 3, Ep 10[18]

Feb 2017 - "Gold" from Triana's album Giants featured on Being Mary Jane Season 4, Ep 7[18]

November 2016 - "Lost Where I Belong" from Triana's album Lost Where I Belong featured on Queen Sugar Season 1, Ep 13[18]

October 2016 - "Heart In My Hands" from Triana's album Giants featured on Grey's Anatomy Season 13, Ep 3[18]

September 2014 - Andreya's track "Better Days To Come" Featured on Forza Horizon 2[18]

June 2014 - "Draw the Stars" from Triana's album Lost Where I Belong featured on Chasing Life Season 1, Ep 1[18]

March 2013 - "Draw the Stars" from Triana's album Lost Where I Belong featured on The Good Wife Season 4, Ep 17[18]

October 2010 - "Draw the Stars" from Triana's album Lost Where I Belong featured on 90210 Season 3, Ep 5[18]

Live television performances

October 2015 - Live Performance of Gold on Chris Evans' TFI Friday[22]

December 2015 - Live Performance Sunday Brunch[23]

April 2015 - Live Performance of "Gold" on Later... with Jools Holland[24]

May 2015 - Live Performance of "Gold" on The One Show[25]

June 2015 - Live Performance of "Gold" at Glastonbury Festival.[26]

July 2015 - Live Performance of "Gold" on The John Bishop Show[27]

August 2019 - Live Performance of "Freedom" on The One Show.[28]

Feature collaborations / sessions

During her time at Red Bull Music Academy, Triana collaborated with now-legendary

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electronic musician and producer Flying Lotus to create "Tea Leaf Dancers". The track was hailed as a classic, getting rave reviews from Benji B and Gilles Peterson while getting airplay on Annie Mac's Radio One show.[29]

Simon Green also known as DJ and musician Bonobo, featured Triana's vocals on 2010 album Black Sands on the tracks "Eyes Down", "The Keeper", and "Stay The Same"[30]

In 2013 Triana also featured on Breach’s Top 10 single "Everything You Never Had (We Had It All)", which reached no. 9 on the Official Singles chart.[31]

- Triana also featured on Los Angeles-based producer Tokimonsta’s 2013 album Half Shadows on the track "Green"[32]

- Triana featured on the tracks "U never know" and "Puzzle" from Essex-based electronic producer Lapalux’s 2015 album Lustmore.[33]

- Triana joined acclaimed jazz artist Jamie Cullum in the Radio 2 studio in 2018 for a soulful rendition of "Silent Night".[34]

- Triana collaborated with Bristol based artist, Henry Green, featuring on the tracks "Tide" and "More" from Henry's 2020 album Half Light.[35]

- Triana is also the main feature artist The Vision's debut self titled album.[36]

TEDx Frankfurt

In November 2019 Triana was a guest speaker at TEDx Frankfurt, where she also performed renditions of her tracks "A Town Called Obsolete" and "Woman"[37]

Mahogany Sessions

In 2019 Triana was invited to perform at the infamous Mahogany Sessions where she gave a rendition of ‘Broke’ from her 2019 album ‘Life in Colour’. Other artists to be invited to perform for Mahogany Sessions feature Billy Eiilish, James Bay, and Jake Bugg.[38]

Sofar Sounds

Triana has been invited to perform with Sofar Sounds twice now, firstly in 2015 where she performed ‘That's Alright With Me’ from her sophomore album ‘Giants’[39] and secondly in 2019 where she performed ‘Woman’ from her third album ‘Life in Colour’. Andreya's 2015 performance is Sofar’s most watched video in Europe with 4 million views.[40]

Discography

Albums

Album Title Release Date Tracks Label Format
Lost Where I Belong 6 September 2010 9 Ninja Tune Digital Download, CD, Vinyl
Giants 4 May 2015 12 Counter Records Digital Download, CD, Vinyl
Giants (Deluxe Edition) 13 November 2015 18 Counter Records Digital Download, CD
Life In Colour 24 May 2019 11 Hi-Tea Records Digital Download, CD, Vinyl

EP's

EP Title Release Date Tracks Label Format
Lost Where I Belong - EP 5 April 2010 5 Ninja Tune Digital Download, CD
A Town Called Obsolete - EP 26 July 2010 4 Ninja Tune Digital Download, CD
Far Closer - EP 7 February 2011 4 Ninja Tune Digital Download, CD
Everything You Never Had, Pt. II - EP 14 November 2014 4 Counter Records Digital Download
Gold - EP 13 March 2015 7 Counter Records Digital Download
Woman - EP 20 November 2018 3 Hi-Tea Records Digital Download

Singles

Single Album Release Date

Lost Where I Belong

Lost Where I Belong 5 April 2010
A Town Called Obsolete Lost Where I Belong 26 July 2010
Far Closer Lost Where I Belong 7 February 2011

Song For A Friend

Giants 15 May 2013
Everything You Never Had, Pt. II Giants 14 November 2014
Gold Giants 13 March 2015
That's Alright With Me Giants 7 May 2015
Playing With Fire Giants (Deluxe Edition) 16 October 2015
Woman Life In Colour 20 November 2018
Broke Life In Colour 11 January 2019
Freedom Life In Colour 8 April 2019
The Best The Best (Single) 30 October 2019
By Your Side By Your Side (Single) 20 November 2019
Girl Girl (Single) 29 January 2020
Hard Place Hard Place (Single) 8 April 2020

Features

Artist Album Title Track Year
Henry Green Half Light "Tide" 2020
"More"
DJ Zinc Friends And Fam "Baby It's You"
The Vision The Vision "Remember"
"Mountains"
"Missing"
"Satisfy"
"Heaven"
"Home"
Jake Isaac 10 Steps To Heaven "10 Steps To Heaven" 2019

Mousse T.

Where Is The Love "Broken Blues"
Pablo Nouvelle Wired "Sunshine In Stereo" 2018
Bondax Revolve "Real Thing"
Simon Field Wildfire "Wildfire"
Wilkinson Hypnotic "Take Us Home" 2017
Shaun Escoffery Evergreen "Here Comes The Rain Again" 2016
Fakear Animal "Light Bullet"
Nikitch All The Best "When It All Falls Down
Lapalux Lustmore "U Never Know" 2015
"Puzzle"
Karma Kid Bird Of Prey "Intro"
TOKiMONSTA Half Shadows "Green" 2013
Breach Everything You Never Had (We Had It All) "Everything You Never Had (We Had It All)"
Manu Delago Bigger Than Home "A Long Way"
Bonobo Black Sands "Eyesdown" 2010
"The Keeper'
"Stay The Same"
TM Juke, The Jack Baker Trio Boto And The Second Liners "That Gut Feeling" 2009
Homecut No Freedom Without Sacrifice "Breakdown"
Mr Scruff Ninja Tuna "Hold On" 2008
Various Artists Karen P ...broad casting "Brighter Days"

Natural Self

The Art Of Vibration "The Rising"
Flying Lotus Reset "Tea Leaf Dancers" 2007
Kidkanevil Problems & Solutions "Good Morning, Whats New?"

Remixes

Album Track Name Remix Year
Lost Where I Belong Lost Where I Belong Flying Lotus Remix 2010
Alex Banks Remix
A Town Called Obsolete Mount Kimbie Remix
Far Closer Mr Scruff Remix 2011
Tokimonsta Remix
Giants Lullaby Shigeto Remix 2015
Logistics Remix
Medlar Remix
Gold Kid karma Remix
Fort Romeau Remix
Hackman Remix
Max Graef Remix
Nikitch Remix
Fakear Remix
Life In Colour Woman Nimmo Remix 2018
Bondax Remix
Broke Shan Remix 2019
Conny Remix
Ben Westbeech Remix 2021

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