BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.3//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1672@scala.co.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220421T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220421T230000 DTSTAMP:20220408T135928Z URL:https://scala.co.uk/events/priya-ragu/ SUMMARY:Priya Ragu at Scala - Thursday 21st April 2022 - 7:30 pm until 11:0 0 pm DESCRIPTION:With her unique\, genre-blurring raguwavy sound and a voice tha t blends eloquence\, majesty and attitude in equal measure\, no-one sounds like Priya Ragu. Her boundary-pushing take on R&\;B and electro-pop is infused with sonic elements that reflect her South Asian background. As s hown by her critically adored debut mixtape ‘damnshestamil’\, it’s a n approach that makes her a truly global proposition. Every aspect of Priy a’s profile indicates that she’s set to be one of the hottest breaking artists for 2022\, ahead of the release of her debut album on Warner Reco rds.\n\n \;\n\nPriya Ragu recently made her stunning TV debut with an incredible performance of her latest track ‘Lockdown’ on ‘Later… w ith Jools Holland’. Her current momentum resulted in her being chosen as one of Amazon Music’s Breakthrough Artists for 2022 and Artist to Watc h for 2022\, adding to other recent acclaim of being named as a Spotify Fi rst Listen Radar artist\, a VEVO DISCR Artist and a Deezer Focus Artist.\n \n \;\n\nSimilar attention is building momentum at radio\, with a dive rse array of support underlining her far-reaching potential. ‘Lockdown ’ spent five weeks on the Radio 1 playlist and was one of three of her t racks to be chosen as Tune of the Week. In addition\, further playlists an d key support have come from the BBC Asian Network\, 1Xtra\, Apple Music 1 and 6 Music. The result is an engaged and ever evolving fanbase. Priya ha s already received 35 million views at TikTok\, reached an audience of 25 million at Instagram\, and was highlighted as Facebook’s Global Artist o f the Day.\n\n \;\n\nIn the live arena\, Priya has played four UK show s as guests to Jungle\, performed at All Points East and Montreux Jazz Fes tival\, and is currently embarking upon her debut European headline tour\, which includes a sold-out London show at the Jazz Café. Plans are taking shape for 2022 too. After featuring on their current album ‘Loving In S tereo’\, she again teams up with Jungle for their European tour in Janua ry\, and will play sets at Eurosonic\, The Great Escape and Primavera.\n\n  \;\n\nWorking with her producer\, co-writer\, and brother Japhna Gold \, Priya’s beguiling music is bathed in the sounds of their heritage\, f rom stunning Kollywood samples (originating from Tamil Nadu in South India ) and Krishna mantras to traditional tabla and the Tamil language. Her mus ic is a snapshot of Sri Lankan and South Indian sounds\; from the street d ances of Kuthu to religious chants\, to the influence of musicians such as Ilaiyaraaja\, Deva and A.R. Rahman. Yet all the while remains solidly of the moment.\n\n \;\n\nThat style simmers throughout the ‘damnshestam il’ mixtape\, which stirs those eclectic elements into an original\, glo bal-facing modern pop sound. Priya describes the mixtape as “The most pu re and sacred work that I have ever put out into the world. I've carried i t within me for a very long time until I found a way to translate it into these songs.” ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://scala.co.uk/s/wp-content/uploads/2021/12 /Pryia-Ragu_SQ2-e1638270747170.jpg CATEGORIES:Live Music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220327T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR