Ilya

Biography

There is more than one artist with this name: *The artist iyla is incorrectly redirected to this artist page.* 1) Ilya are a duo from Bristol, England. The band consists of Joanna Swan and Nick Pullin. The band released their debut album They Died For Beauty in 2004, receiving a massive critical acclaim. It was followed by Somerset in 2006, after the departure from major company Virgin Records. The pair has been self-producing most of their music ever since then, in their home studio near Bris...

There is more than one artist with this name:

*The artist iyla is incorrectly redirected to this artist page.*

1) Ilya are a duo from Bristol, England. The band consists of Joanna Swan and Nick Pullin.
The band released their debut album They Died For Beauty in 2004, receiving a massive critical acclaim. It was followed by Somerset in 2006, after the departure from major company Virgin Records. The pair has been self-producing most of their music ever since then, in their home studio near Bristol.

Ilya have often been compared to Zero 7 and other post-2000 downtempo acts, whilst also being considered as continuing the trip-hop tradition, originated in Bristol in the 1990s.[citation needed] If their first album probably fitted better in the Zero 7-esque downtempo category, their second one was an attempt to a more organic and rowdier sound. A musical direction that was to be followed since then, each album being somewhat more radical and bare than the previous.

Ilya (a.k.a. San Ilya in the United States) is an English group who released a download-only album Comfort and Destiny in 1998 followed by several EPs and 2004's They Died for Beauty on Virgin Records and the again digital-only Somerset in 2006. They have since re-released Somerset in a self-published physical version, a new album, Hootchi Cootchi, under the name of Jo Swan and a collaboration with Belgian electronic artist Lunabee as Lunabee & Swan.

In 2009 the third Ilya album, Carving Heads On Cherry Stones.
In 2010, Ilya released the folky EP "All Around My Heart".
In January 2012, Ilya released the album Fathoms Deep
Their official Web site is http://www.ilyasounds.com.

2) ILYA, officially rendered in all caps, is an American band from San Diego, California consisting of Hank Morton and Matthew Baker on guitars and keyboards, vocals by Blanca Rojas, John Mattos on bass and drummer Geoff Hill. They have released such albums as Poise Is the Greater Architect and Leaving Sans-Souci.

3) Ilya is also a music engineer and producer responsible for the trance electronica album Dreaming Loud.

4) Ottoman composer and poet of Greek origin (Istanbul, 1718 ?-1799 ?).

*Iyla Blue (born May 6, 1993) is a young songstress from Los Angeles, CA, US, who composed her first EP, War + Raindrops, in early October 2018 and is pushing her way into the spotlight with an alternative look to typical R&B. She's been influenced musically by Patti LaBelle, Diana Ross and Adele.

Soon after starting her lone career, Iyla was already featured on Anise.K’s track, “Walking on Air,” with Snoop Dogg back in 2013, and came out with her solo project “Go There.” Though young, Iyla provides an alternative sound to R&B and soul music. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.