Sophie Moleta
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Sophie Moleta | |
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| Also known as | Satya Elizabeth Francis Barnao |
| Born | Wellington, New Zealand |
| Genres | Folk pop |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, teacher |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, piano |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Labels | BMG |
| Website | sophiemoleta |
Sophie Moleta is a New Zealand-Australian singer, songwriter,[1] composer and teacher with an intimate singing style. She provides folk pop with piano-backed vocals and also covers other genres from dance and house music, electronic ambient to laid back jazz.
Moleta was born in Wellington, New Zealand, but had moved to Perth, Western Australia early 1970s.[2][3] Her father, Vincent Bartolo Moleta (born 1939), was a writer, publisher and historian, who retired in 2000 and her mother, classical accompanist was Christine Oakley (1939–1989).[3][4] From the age of four she received classical music lessons from her mother.[5] Moleta's non-classical music career started with a local Perth punk band, the Brautigans as backup vocalist and drummer. Her early album, Trust, was issued in 1998 by BMG.[6][7] She has subsequently had a musical career in France and United Kingdom. In the late 2000s she returned to New Zealand and then Australia.
Discography
[edit]Albums except as noted
- Stoop Only to Love (1996)
- Trust (1998) BMG[6]
- Dive (2000)[8][9]
- The Cowshed Session (2000)
- Live in Lille (France) (October 2000) Sofa[10]
- "Love Has Come Again" by Human Movement featuring Sophie Moleta (2000) single[11]
- Les Jolies Choses (2001) (two tracks - film soundtrack & soundtrack album)
- Temple (2001)
- Grow in Love (2001)
- Accept (2002)
- My Style of Sensual (2003) Sofa[12]
- What Happened in Fremantle? (2004) (with David Härenstam)
- Untie Me (2005) (with Holmes Ives)
- Live at LaSalle (Singapore) (2005)
- "Te-Atawhai" (3 track single) (2006) and separate video/DVD of the title track
- "Awaken" (2006) original track from Untie Me in nine remix versions
- Every Girl I Know Deserves a Packet of Stars (2007) (14 tracks + video)
- plus various dance releases on vinyl
- plus tracks on more than 25 CD compilations
- plus numbers of collaborations on other releases
- plus a growing number of remixes of her work
- SatyaKadambiiMela-"Truth is"( 2012)
The birth of Love ep released on band camp October 2015
References
[edit]- ^ Palmer, Sarah (11 October 2001), "Moleta takes on Kulcha", The West Australian
- ^ Lebovici, Elisabeth (7 April 2000), "Culture - Pop", Libération (in French), archived from the original on 22 September 2021
- ^ a b "Moleta, Vincent Bartolo, 1939- | Items". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ Moleta, Vincent Bartolo (September 2012). Family Business: an Italian-New Zealand Story. University of Canterbury. ISBN 978-1-927145-33-3. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ "Sophie Moleta ⋆ Common Threads Woven Through Community". Common Threads. 2021. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b "Trust [sound recording] : 1992-1998 /... | Items". National Library of New Zealand. 1998. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ Seman, Michael (20 August 1998). "Bubblehead Record Review – Trust Sophie Moleta CD". University of Western Australia. Archived from the original on 20 January 2002. Retrieved 18 December 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Steenhaut, Door Dirk (6 May 2000), "Café des Arts", De Morgen (in Dutch)
- ^ Lebovici, Elisabeth (15 June 2000), "Moleta kate-bushienne", Libération (in French), archived from the original on 10 September 2021
- ^ "Live in Lille [sound recording] : Oct... | Items". National Library of New Zealand. 2000. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ Kazemi, Roya (2001). "Love Has Come Again - lp_love-has-come-again_human-movement.pdf" (PDF). Ultra Records. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ "My style of sensual [sound recording]... | Items". National Library of New Zealand. 2003. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
External links
[edit]- Sophie Moleta Facebook
- Sophie Moleta website Archived 16 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine