With her singing, she draws you in. With her lyrics, she evokes images and feelings. With her presence, she makes you feel at home. This lady of charisma has a voice made of honey, ice cream and angels. Her unrestricted perfect melodic expression definitely stands in a wonderful class of it's own and in no time at all, Sanya will be known to many but don't forget you saw and heard her here first.
Sanya has been living in UK/ west London since January 1992. Her experiences of music range from initially writing the songs and the melodies to forming her first band "Delfini" 1996-1999 through which she kept developing her material and herself as an artist. Since then she has become a solo artist with the help of close collaboration and support from Jez Prior, who is an artist in his own right and also co-writer and co-producer of " Luna's Illusion album material. Over the last six years , Sanya has had her material released on various albums and compilations, some of which are very well known. The artist/producers Sanya has also colaborated with include "Dzihan & Kamien", Declan Flynn aka" Al-pha-x" and "Tominaga". In 2000 "Dzihan & Kamien" couchrecords.com "Freaks & Icons" album-song 11."Smile" Declan Flynn aka "Al-pha-x"-"Gravity" album-song-"blue jay"(2002) "Tominaga"-vinyl release-song-"words we say"(2004) Sanya has also written music for theatre ("A peek trough the clouds" Angel fest in 2000) and film ( film fest/"Prince's trust" short film "Scarred" in 2003) Sanya: Although I have loved music and have been singing since i can remember, my intimate relationship with music started around 12 years ago.... one evening when I was walking back from my waitressing shift, I found a broken guitar on the corner of a street. I knew it'll never play again, but I couldn't bear to leave "her" there, so I took her home with me. I started humming .. then lyrics started rolling out of my mouth as if it was very natural for me to do so. I felt charged by an unusual excitement, that only the most beautiful feeling of disbelief can produce. It was truly a magical evening, for the inspiration made herself visible to me, I am truly blessed and forever more grateful. To this day I believe that if I had chosen to see the broken guitar just as a thing that couldn't be used any more, my path would have turned out quite differently. It may have been as beautiful & exciting, but different. Looking back, that evening transformed me. I am in love with inspiration & through this mirror, each time that a song comes through me I get to understand myself & and the world around me better. It has been a journey of revelations, my sweet little broken guitar .. thank you!
At any "Sanya" gig, you can expect the unexpected. This is because for Sanya, the stage is a space where nothing has to happen, yet so much always does. All she ever needs is a group of trusted musicians and off she goes, flowing effortlessly from atmospheric-jazzy-bluesy vibe all the way trough to drum n base, dub n reggae, she even touches on hip-hop, her own style of course, not to forget her beautiful poetic expression that will undoubtedly melt your heart and tickle your mind. ..." I had a dream about you, / long before we ever met. / We swam in a big blue water, / under the spell of Luna's illusion. / And the moon was so full, /so ripe, / ready to fall, / in to our mind / and in to our soul..."
Jazz, Billie Holiday,chill out, down beat, nu jazz, dub, drum & bass, Bob Marley, Louis Armstrong, Tom Waits, Jony Mitchell, Gil Scott Herrron, Jill Scott, Spoken word, Lyrical, Atmospheric, deep and poetic, ska, electronica
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" COME UNDER THE CHERRY TREE"
COME UNDER THE CHERRY TREE/WHERE WE ALWAYS USED TO MEET/THE RAIN MAY BE POURING/THE STARS MAY BE OVER-GLOWING/I CAN NOT WIPE THIS SMILE OF MY FACE/'COS I KNOW/THAT I DON'T HAVE TO TAKE PART IN THE RACE/I CAN RELAX/IT FEELS SO NICE/TO FOLLOW YOUR OWN RYTHM/TO WALK IN YOUR OWN SHOES AND DARE STEP/WHERE YOU NEVER STEPPED BEFORE....."