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Eilera (born Aurélie Potin Suau) is a French musician, songwriter, guitarist and music producer. She is known for her idiosyncratic musical and vocal style within the Rock/Metal genre.


Biography

Eilera first started playing music at the age of twelve when she began taking classical guitar lessons. At the age of seventeen she moved on to the electric guitar and began playing
metal music Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock and acid rock, heavy metal bands developed a ...
. At the age of nineteen she decided to form her own metal band but for some time was unsuccessful at recruiting members she could work with. It wasn't until she met members of the bands Hegemon, and Kalisia in
Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...
that she was able to put a working band together under the name of Suspiria. Eventually, the name of the band was changed to Chrysalis, followed by the release of ''Between Strength and Frailty'', a demo that was distributed by the French record label Adipocere Records. During this time Eilera and fellow Chrysalis guitarist Loïc Tézénas began working on a
side project In popular music, a side project is a project undertaken by one or more people already known for their involvement in another band. It can also be an artist or a band temporarily switching to a different style. Usually these projects emphasize a ...
they called Bliss, which mixed
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with metal music. In 2003, Eilera along with Loïc decided to disband Chrysalis for various reasons and began to focus solely on their side project now known as Eilera. That same year the duo
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Eilera's first album, a full-length demo titled ''Facettes''. In 2004, Eilera caught the attention of
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label
Spinefarm Records Spinefarm Records is a Finnish independent record label focusing mainly on heavy metal artists. It is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. History Spinefarm Records was originally founded in 1990 by Riku Pääkkönen as a mail-order distrib ...
and a
recording contract A recording contract (commonly called a record contract or record deal) is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording artist (or group), where the artist makes a record (or series of records) for the label to sell and promote. Artists ...
was signed. In 2005, Eilera along with Loïc worked with record producer
Hiili Hiilesmaa Kai "Hiili" Hiilesmaa (born December 1966) is a Finnish record producer and musician. He is the vocalist of the rock music, rock band The Skreppers, former drummer of the doom metal band KYPCK and former keyboardist of the rock band Daniel Lione ...
, cellist
Max Lilja Max Lilja (born 27 October 1975) is a Finnish cello player. He is best known as a founding member of the Finnish cello metal band Apocalyptica, a band he left in 2001 to join the Finnish thrash metal band Hevein. Beginning in 2007, Lilja has ...
, drummer
Antti Lehtinen Ultra Bra was a Finnish band, formed in 1994 by Olli Virtaperko and Kerkko Koskinen, and disbanded in 2001. Band history In 1994, Olli Virtaperko heard about a political song contest held by the Finnish Democratic Youth League (predecessor of ...
, and other session musicians to record Eilera's first album under Spinefarm Records. The product, released that same year was an EP titled ''Precious Moment''. In 2007, Eilera followed up her EP with her first studio album titled ''Fusion'' also recorded with the help of Hiili Hiilesmaa, Max Lilja, and Antti Lehtinen. When Universal bought Spinefarm, her collaboration with the company ended and she started working independently. She self-released the album ''Darker Chapter… and stars''. Some consider her online song selling method unique as she utilizes special aesthetics on her website. After a tour in France, Eilera ended her collaboration with Loïc Tézénas and she moved to Finland, where she currently resides. In Finland, Eilera worked on new collaborations, including one with Pariisin Kevät on their first album Meteoriitti, on which she wrote in French and composed for the track Alkemisti and recorded in Finnish on the track Pyykkipäivä. She met Celtic harp player
Lily Neill Lily Neill is an American harp player. She is recognised for her performances of original music and repertoire from various folk traditions. Neill was born in Maryland, United States and started playing the harp at the age of nine, after taking ...
, with whom she practised in the buildings of the
Sibelius Academy The Sibelius Academy ( fi, Taideyliopiston Sibelius-Akatemia, sv, Sibelius-Akademin vid Konstuniversitetet) is part of the University of the Arts Helsinki and a university-level music school which operates in Helsinki and Kuopio, Finland. It als ...
. Together with a cellist and the bass player Jan Sormo, they covered Eilera's songs and
Tori Amos Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos; August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Having already begun composing instrumental pieces on piano, Amos won a full ...
' song ''Winter''. After this acoustic break Eilera composed her new album. The first 2 test-songs of this album were recorded at studio Finnvox in February–March together with Eilera's old friend
Tero Kinnunen Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former lead singer Tarja Turunen. The band soon picked up drummer Jukka Neva ...
(Nightwish) and a band of new musicians. Wishing for a more intimate approach, Eilera decided that the whole album would be recorded live in studio. Five official videos were released in support of the album. Three of them were shot live in studio for the songs ''Angel Made Temptress'', ''Deadly Together'' and ''Your Way''. They were released to accompany the album publication. A lyric video for ''Face Your Demons'' followed, as well as a video for ''Male Female Balance''. The latest was shot in
Espoo Espoo (, ; sv, Esbo) is a city and municipality in the region of Uusimaa in the Republic of Finland. It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordering the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Vihti and Nurmijärvi ...
, Finland. All videos were shot by Eilera's old friend Mitja Harvilahti. The last two videos were part of a collaboration with Chilean visual artist David Letelier. During the summer of 2017, Eilera announced that she would be working on a new record that would be acoustic-based, related to the themes of waves. In January 2019, it was announced that the album was complete, with a photograph taken from the
Finnvox Studios Finnvox Studios is a recording studio located in Pitäjänmäki, Helsinki, Finland. It was founded by Erkki Ertesuo, Kurt Juuranto and Lejos Inc. in 1965 and is the longest running studio recording facility in Finland. The original multi-track re ...
in Helsinki. During the recording process, Eilera posted on Facebook that ''Waves'' is a Franco/Finnish/Chilean collaboration.Eilera Official Team


Discography


References


External links


www.eilera.com – official website
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