Tālā (musician)

TĀLĀ
TĀLĀ
Born	London, United Kingdom
Occupations	Musician; singer; songwriter; record producer;
Years active	2014–present
	Musical career
Genres	Electronic; pop; hip hop;
Labels	Aesop; Columbia;
Website	talatalatala.com

Tālā (stylized as TĀLĀ) is a musician from Kingston upon Thames. She attended a catholic school in Twickenham until she was 16, when she attended the BRIT School. She started learning to play music with piano lessons, jamming with her sitar- and tabla-playing father.^[1] She started making electronic music after being given the Reason music software as a teenager.^[1] Her stage name is Persian for gold.^[2]

She is heavily influenced by modern pop and electronic music.^[3] Her debut performance was as a support vocalist for T.Williams on a track called "On My Own" in 2013.^[4] TĀLĀ released two records in 2014: her first extended play, The Duchess, and a single through the independent Aesop label.^[2] She was then signed up to Columbia Records and released a further EP, Alchemy, in November 2014.

The video for the track "Serbia" was produced with Katia Danfield. Filmed in Morocco, the video was filmed on a shoestring budget and features the girls' sight-seeing.^[4]

Discography

Extended plays

The Duchess (2014)
Alchemy (2014)
Malika (2015)
Zāl (2016)

Singles

"Wolfpack" (w/ Banks) (2015)
"Talk 2 Me" (2016)
"Stay Here in the Sun" (ft. Naughty Boy) (2018)
"Bedtime" (2018)
"On Top" (2018)
"Birthday Cake" (2018)
"Cabin Fever" (2021)

Producer

"Misunderstood" - BANKS (2022)
"Meteorite" - BANKS (2022)
"Fuck Love" - BANKS (2022)
"Holding Back" - BANKS (2022)
"Burn" - BANKS (2022)
"Spirit" - BANKS (2022)
"Anything 4 U" - BANKS (2022)

Executive producer

"Serpentina" - BANKS (2022)

Remixes

"Rise" (TĀLĀ Remix) - Katy Perry (2016)
"Blame Fire" (TĀLĀ Remix) - Petite Noir (2019)
"ALL IN" (TĀLĀ Remix) - Lunakai (2021)
"Better Days" (TĀLĀ Remix) - Dermot Kennedy (2021)

Features

"What You Saying?" - Jarreau Vandal (2018)

References

^ ^a ^b Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (1 February 2015). "TĀLĀ: songwriter and producer hitting gold with potent Alchemy". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Meet TĀLĀ: How a Childhood of Iranian Pop and UK Garage Made a Musician for Our Times". The FADER. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
^ "This Is TALA: The Multicultural Producer/Singer You Can't Go Another Day Without Hearing". BuzzFeed. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Interview: Future Star TALA on Escapism, Her Iranian Background, and Her Buzzing Debut EP". PigeonsandPlanes. Retrieved 9 May 2017.

External links

"Doing it for themselves: The new generation of women that are taking over the music studios". The Independent. Retrieved 10 April 2015.

[:0-1] Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (1 February 2015). "TĀLĀ: songwriter and producer hitting gold with potent Alchemy". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 May 2017.

[:1-2] "Meet TĀLĀ: How a Childhood of Iranian Pop and UK Garage Made a Musician for Our Times". The FADER. Retrieved 9 May 2017.

[3] "This Is TALA: The Multicultural Producer/Singer You Can't Go Another Day Without Hearing". BuzzFeed. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2015.

[:2-4] "Interview: Future Star TALA on Escapism, Her Iranian Background, and Her Buzzing Debut EP". PigeonsandPlanes. Retrieved 9 May 2017.

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