The Slaughtered Lamb, 34-35 Great Sutton Street, EC1V 0DX. Ph 020 7253 1516.
Doors open 7.30 pm. Nearest tube Farringdon, 6 mins walk.
TICKETS SOLD OUT
THIS VENUE SEATS 45, WITH AN ADDITIONAL 40 STANDING. TICKETHOLDERS PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY TO ENSURE A SEAT.
.
Nicki Wells, the exceptionally gifted singer and songwriter behind TURYA, takes inspiration from Indian classical music, which she studied as a teenager. The name comes from Turiya, a Sanskrit word, meaning a state of pure consciousness, the silence one experiences after sound. This influence is echoed throughout her new single ‘Falling’. Taken form her Nitin Sawhney produced debut album ‘Ocean’, TURYA’s uniquely original sound fuses elements of Western folk, roots and pop with clasical Indian foundations.
With influences rooted in her personal experiences, Nicki was born in South London, but grew up in the foothills of the Himalayas. TURYA’s vocal and songwriting approach is a cultivated collection of melodies, combined with uniquely captivating, bittersweet and moving vocals. It’s these elements that have shaped her ‘Ocean’ album.
TURYA describes her unconventional background, and how it impacted on her music ‘I grew up in Himachal Pradesh between the ages of 6 and 10, and just absorbed the sound, colours and culture of the region,’ she explains. ‘It was also very international – we were with kids from India, America, Australia, Austria, all different parts of the world. Growing up with so many different languages and accents, I became very open to different ways of communicating. That’s how my musical ear began to develop; listening to an array of different sounds and languages’
Singing primarily in English, TURYA’s music represents an artist who is vast in her range, and clear in her emotional appeal.
Formed in late 2015 by established Brighton musicians Simon Gledhill and Nelson Day. Liemba combine acoustic songwriting roots with a modern tilt- imagine CSNY meets the Kings of Convenience. They have recently added vocalist Damian Best to the fold and released the second EP “Burning Wicks” mixed by Tim Rowkins in Feb 2017.
New Roots 