Ana Silvera

Ana Silvera

Ana Silvera is a London born singer-songwriter. She writes music inspired by cabaret, jazz, classical and folk sounds, collaborating with musicians such as Jeff Langston (Antony and the Johnsons, Hercules and Love Affair) [cite web|url= http://www.antonyandthejohnsons.com/orchestra/jefflangston.html| title = Antony and the Johnsons website|accessdate=2008-03-22] and producers such as Tony Platt [cite web|url=http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_feature.php?id=5342| title= Subba-Cultcha Interview|accessdate=2008-03-16] who has worked with the likes of Bob Marley, AC/DC and more recently jazzers Clare Teal and Soweto Kinch [cite web | url= http://www.recordproduction.com/tony_platt4.htm | title = Record Production Interview with Tony Platt | accessdate=2008-03-16] .

Biography

Ana Silvera is operatically trained, and appeared with the English National Opera and also at the Royal Opera House when she was a teenager.In a previous incarnation, she also worked with Berlin-based producer Boris Blenn [cite web | url= http://www.kompaktkiste.de/spiritzone.htm| title = Wolf's Kompaktkiste |accessdate=2008-03-16]
Ana Silvera has performed within the London area, as well as having held a residency at Berlin's Café Harlem. [cite web|url=http://www.eventmuse.co.uk/?page_id=9| title=eventmuse-main|accessdate=2007-05-15]
She is also a published writer on Samuel Beckett [cite web | url= http://www.penpushermagazine.co.uk/contributors/index.php#S| title = Penpusher Magazine |accessdate=2008-03-16]

Musical Style

Ana Silvera often writes through personas, sometimes historical or fictional , such as Biblical figure Salome, Heloise (of Heloise and Abelard fame) or Nadezhda Mandelstam [cite web | url= http://blogs.independent.co.uk/openhouse/2008/03/hope-against-ho.html| title = The Independent, Open House Book of the Week |accessdate=2008-03-16] , wife of Osip Mandelstam. Accordingly, her lyrics are quite literary in style, and she is therefore included in the new clutch of singers who cite literary sources and classical styles of playing as their primary reference points. Her voice ranges from very deep and jazzy to high and pure. She also plays piano and guitar.

Career

She is presently working with renowned producer Tony Platt. Until recently, she also played keyboard and sang backing vocals with alt-folk singer, Yo Zushi.

Ana Silvera also works with New York based Jeff Langston, bassist with Antony and the Johnsons.

Silvera has been played on local music stations, and recorded for BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. [cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/cambridgeshire/content/articles/2005/11/29/jeremy_sallis_new_music_feature.shtml| title=BBC - Cambridgeshire - Entertainment - The Audio Files|date=09/05/07|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2007-05-15 ]

Discography

Solo Albums

* 2006 "Live at West Road Concert Hall" (OT Records)

Collaborations

* 2007 "Notes for Holy Larceny" Yo Zushi (Pointy Records)
* 2005 "What You Are" from "Bar Lounge Classics" - Silvera and Blenn (BMG Germany)
* 2004 "Science of Ecstasy" - Galaxy (Chillcode Records)
* 2002 "Unify" - Electric Universe - Guest Vocals (Spritzone Records)

References

External links

* [http://www.anasilvera.com Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/anasilvera Ana Silvera Official Myspace Page]
* [http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2008/01/17/20-questions-with-ana-silvera/ Line of Best Fit Interview]


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