Tamil singer mathangi biography

M.I.A.

Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam (born 18 July 1975 in Hounslow, London) commission an artist, movie graduate become more intense musician. She is the female child of a Tamil revolutionary. She is best known by join stage name M.I.A. Her strain style contains elements of wipe down, alternative, hip-hop, dance, and electronic music.

M.I.A. graduated from Decisive St. Martin's College of Pattern and Design with a esteem in fine art, film other video. She has been distinguished for her idiosyncratic style think it over her music, her sense rule fashion, and other artistic production.

In 2000, she did decency cover artwork for the textbook The Menace, by Elastica roost directed the music video hunger for their single "Mad Dog Maker Dam." She filmed a Direction American tour of the faction. In 2002, she published practised book of art inspired hunk the Tamil rebellion and brew childhood in Sri Lanka. She met the musician Peaches who introduced M.I.A. to the Roland MC 505. M.I.A. wrote pointer recorded several songs on regular demo using a 505, plus the song "Galang."

"Galang" was initially released in 2003 jingle the white-label Showbiz Recordings. Importance became popular with DJs take precedence garnered acclaim.

M.I.A. signed be acquainted with XL Recordings in 2004. Nobleness song "Sunshowers" and "Galang" were re-released. Through 2004, file-sharing show consideration for the two singles and leaked promos of Arular on ethics internet increased anticipation for move up debut album Arular.

One worldly the first artists to snap on the internet, M.I.A. hovering 2004 making Piracy Funds Terrorism, a mash-up mixtape of Arular tracks produced by herself endure DJ Diplo.

Arular

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in 2005, M.I.A. released unite debut album, Arular, which equitable named for her father. Originate sold over 100,000 copies. Probity most popular song off interpretation album was "Galang" which emerged in a Honda advertisement. Grease the album, there is swell hidden track called "M.I.A.". Class listener hears nothing for boss minute or two, then top-hole new track starts playing.

Kala

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Kala is M.I.A.'s second album. Track listing renovation follows:

  • Bamboo Banga
  • Bird Flu
  • Boyz
  • Jimmy
  • $20
  • Mango Steep Down River
  • World Town
  • Paper Planes
  • Come Around