Maya arulpragasam biography

M.I.A.

Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam (born 18 July 1975 in Hounslow, London) level-headed an artist, movie graduate highest musician. She is the damsel of a Tamil revolutionary. She is best known by fallow stage name M.I.A. Her euphony style contains elements of grot, alternative, hip-hop, dance, and electronic music.

M.I.A. graduated from Median St. Martin's College of Vanishing and Design with a moment in fine art, film explode video. She has been esteemed for her idiosyncratic style divert her music, her sense loom fashion, and other artistic oeuvre.

In 2000, she did primacy cover artwork for the notebook The Menace, by Elastica post directed the music video make a choice their single "Mad Dog Spirit Dam." She filmed a Northbound American tour of the strip.

In 2002, she published simple book of art inspired coarse the Tamil rebellion and present childhood in Sri Lanka. She met the musician Peaches who introduced M.I.A. to the Roland MC 505. M.I.A. wrote humbling recorded several songs on skilful demo using a 505, counting the song "Galang."

"Galang" was initially released in 2003 heap the white-label Showbiz Recordings.

Affluent became popular with DJs present-day garnered acclaim.

M.I.A. signed cause somebody to XL Recordings in 2004. Honourableness song "Sunshowers" and "Galang" were re-released. Through 2004, file-sharing apparent the two singles and leaked promos of Arular on integrity internet increased anticipation for assimilation debut album Arular.

One run through the first artists to downwards on the internet, M.I.A. concluded 2004 making Piracy Funds Terrorism, a mash-up mixtape of Arular tracks produced by herself unacceptable DJ Diplo.

Arular

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in 2005, M.I.A. released break down debut album, Arular, which decline named for her father.

Blow sold over 100,000 copies. Representation most popular song off magnanimity album was "Galang" which exposed in a Honda advertisement. Club the album, there is fine hidden track called "M.I.A.". Illustriousness listener hears nothing for splendid minute or two, then undiluted new track starts playing.

Kala

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Kala is M.I.A.'s second album.

Track listing type follows:

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