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Sarah Howells is a British singer-songwriter and trance vocalist. She is also one half of the folk/indie band 'Paper Aeroplanes'.
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Biography
Sarah Howells set up her first band in West Wales when she was 10 years old, with friend Nia George. They later formed a four-piece band, JYLT, with two other school friends.[1] JYLT was disbanded in 2004 in unfortunate circumstances when Nia died aged only 21, from leukaemia.[2]
Sarah came to trance music by chance. When Lange, a DJ and record producer, moved to Cardiff and was looking for a female vocalist for his album Better Late Than Never, he met Sarah Howells, who lived there at the time.[3][4] They together produced the single "Out of the Sky". The song became a trance hit and was remixed by Kyau & Albert, and Aly & Fila. Armin van Buuren picked the song for his year compilation A State of Trance 2008.[5] Armin van Buuren also selected the song in his ASOT 500 broadcast.
After the big success with her debut single, Sarah worked with other trance musicians in 2009 such as First State, John O'Callaghan and Dash Berlin. Most successful was the single "Find Yourself", a collaboration with John O'Callaghan. The song made it on numerous compilations and the Cosmic Gate remix was also on the year compilation A State of Trance 2009.[6] In 2010 two of her songs each appeared on the album Changing Lanes of First State and Harmonic Motion of Lange.[7][8]
Sarah's main musical project, together with co-writer and producer Richard Llewellyn, also is from West Wales, is the band 'Paper Aeroplanes' . Formed in 2008, they have had national Radio play on BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6Music as well as touring Germany with Ron Sexsmith and several releases since[9] they released their debut album The Day We Ran into the Sea in the autumn of 2009.[10]
Discography
Albums
- 2009: The Day We Ran into the Sea (with 'Paper Aeroplanes')
- 2011: We Are Ghosts (with 'Paper Aeroplanes')
Collaborations
- 2008: Lange feat. Sarah Howells - Out of the Sky
- 2009: First State feat. Sarah Howells - Brave
- 2009: John O'Callaghan feat. Sarah Howells - Find Yourself
- 2009: Lange feat. Sarah Howells - Let It All Out
- 2009: Dash Berlin feat. Sarah Howells & Secede - Believe In You
- 2010: Lange feat. Sarah Howells - Fireworks
- 2011: Al Lewis - In the Wake (vocals and co-writing)
- 2011: First State feat. Sarah Howells - Reverie
- 2011: First State feat. Sarah Howells - Skies On Fire
- 2011: Daz Bailey feat. Sarah Howells - In My Veins
- 2011: tyDi feat. Sarah Howells - Acting Crazy
External links
- Sarah Howells on Myspace
- Sarah Howells discography at Discogs
References
- ^ JYLT website www.jylt.co.uk THE HIGHS (Accessed 26 September 2011)
- ^ bbc.co.uk: BBC - Wales Music: Review: Paper Aeroplanes - The Day We Ran Into The Sea. Accessed 8th June 2011.
- ^ lange-music.com: Lange - Better Late Than Never - Song notes to Out Of The Sky. Accessed 8th June 2011.
- ^ Interview with Sarah Howells. Accessed 16th October 2010.
- ^ discogs.com: Armin van Buuren – A State Of Trance 2008. Accessed 8th June 2011.
- ^ discogs.com: Armin van Buuren – A State Of Trance 2009 . Accessed 8th June 2011.
- ^ discogs.com: First State – Changing Lanes. Accessed 8th June 2011.
- ^ discogs.com: Lange – Harmonic Motion. Accessed 8th June 2011.
- ^ guardian.co.uk: Paper Aeroplanes quietly making waves Accessed 8th June 2011
- ^ bbc.co.uk: BBC - Wales Music: Review: Paper Aeroplanes - The Day We Ran Into The Sea. Accessed 8th June 2011.
Categories:- Singer-songwriters
- Welsh singer-songwriters
- Trance singers
- British musicians
- Welsh female singers
- Living people
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