Nyali
Singer, Songwriter
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NyaLi is the equivalent of Singaporean songbird Enya Lim, as she is familiarly known off stage. Her sound is variously reminiscent of earlier folky-jazz stylings of Norah Jones, with liberal neo-soul splashes of Erykah Badu her idols, as well as her idols legends Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, and Simon & Garfunkel. NyaLi’s sultry vocals relay controlled power and spice, as she glides across genres spanning jazz, world music, pop classics, and musical theatre.
Disney theme soundtracks were the genesis of Enya’s early love for music. She was classically schooled on piano from the age of four, afterwhich choral singing and liturgical music were a significant adolescent phase, followed by accappella groups, the rock and jazz genres, and bar gigs. Enya stumbled upon songwriting while completing her Bachelor of Music programme at the prestigious Berklee College of Music (2016): Fall 2015 saw producer Peder Ethom-Idsøe of Oslo, Norway unearth NyaLi when the two collaborated on her first single, Stuck, released in September that year. What began as a school project between friends has since become an ongoing artistic journey for NyaLi. In summer 2016 she released Over and Over, helmed by the visionary Sadie Currey. This was followed in December 2016 by Still Enough, production brainchild of Turkish powerhouse Akin Orbay. Over Christmas, NyaLi’s overnight holiday original Sunshine for Christmas somehow garnered a whopping 30k views on Facebook. |
Following her debut EP Your Own, released in May 2017, NyaLi released 3 other originals - Water’s Edge in Oct 2018, Compass in Nov 2018, and In My Head in Feb 2019. Later in 2019, she also featured on Singaporean rapper Subhas Nair’s much anticipated hip hop release, Link Up (Jul 2019), which has presently racked up over 50k streams on Spotify.
Since returning from the US, NyaLi has played various stages in Singapore, featuring at Gardens by the Bay for Beerfest Asia in September 2018 and June 2019, Earthfest 2019 the Conscious Fest 2019, and Gardenbeats 2020. Her clientele from the past year alone lists reputable brands like BMW, Heinekein, Lululemon, and Samsung.
NyaLi’s performance current career highlights include sharing the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) hall’s stage with Taiwanese American pop icon Wang Lee Hom (2016), working with Jacob Collier for his 200 piece orchestra concert special presenting Imagination Off the Charts (2016), showcasing as part of Berklee Gospel Choir at the renowned Newport Folk Festival (2016, 2017) - whose past lineups have included top notch acts like Esperanza Spalding, Roy Hargrove, and Pat Metheny - and performing in world-renowned spaces like Madison Square Garden (2017, supporting Andrea Bocelli and Kristin Chenoweth in concert) and Carnegie Hall (Richard Tucker Gala 2017).While residing in New York City from 2017-18 NyaLi actively performed her solo project across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Harlem, Queens, and as far out as downtown New Jersey, featuring in such established music venues as Pianos NYC, the Shrine NYC, the Bitter End and Rockwood Hall.
Having collaborated variously with both Northeast and West Coast producers in the US in cowriting, toplining and vocal production capacities, NyaLi brings considerable experience to the studio as a vocal sessionist. Her enthusiasm about artistic and multi-disciplinary collaborations sees her continually engaged in cross-border projects with the global music community, while contributing to her own local music scene. According to NyaLi, she "sincerely hopes to harness Singapore’s blooming arts scene to strongly establish herself as an artist both regionally and internationally, and is thrilled to find herself on Flipside’s artist roster."
Since returning from the US, NyaLi has played various stages in Singapore, featuring at Gardens by the Bay for Beerfest Asia in September 2018 and June 2019, Earthfest 2019 the Conscious Fest 2019, and Gardenbeats 2020. Her clientele from the past year alone lists reputable brands like BMW, Heinekein, Lululemon, and Samsung.
NyaLi’s performance current career highlights include sharing the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) hall’s stage with Taiwanese American pop icon Wang Lee Hom (2016), working with Jacob Collier for his 200 piece orchestra concert special presenting Imagination Off the Charts (2016), showcasing as part of Berklee Gospel Choir at the renowned Newport Folk Festival (2016, 2017) - whose past lineups have included top notch acts like Esperanza Spalding, Roy Hargrove, and Pat Metheny - and performing in world-renowned spaces like Madison Square Garden (2017, supporting Andrea Bocelli and Kristin Chenoweth in concert) and Carnegie Hall (Richard Tucker Gala 2017).While residing in New York City from 2017-18 NyaLi actively performed her solo project across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Harlem, Queens, and as far out as downtown New Jersey, featuring in such established music venues as Pianos NYC, the Shrine NYC, the Bitter End and Rockwood Hall.
Having collaborated variously with both Northeast and West Coast producers in the US in cowriting, toplining and vocal production capacities, NyaLi brings considerable experience to the studio as a vocal sessionist. Her enthusiasm about artistic and multi-disciplinary collaborations sees her continually engaged in cross-border projects with the global music community, while contributing to her own local music scene. According to NyaLi, she "sincerely hopes to harness Singapore’s blooming arts scene to strongly establish herself as an artist both regionally and internationally, and is thrilled to find herself on Flipside’s artist roster."