Maria Nayler (born 26 March 1967) is a British singer. In the early 1990s, she was part of Ultraviolet, who released two

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, "Kites" (1990) and "I Wish That" (1991). In 1995, she appeared as featured vocalist on

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trance Trance is a state of semi-consciousness in which a person is not self-aware and is either altogether unresponsive to external stimuli (but nevertheless capable of pursuing and realizing an aim) or is selectively responsive in following the dir ...

track "Be as One". It received a release through

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in early 1996, peaking at number 17 on the

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. Later that same year, Nayler teamed up with electronic dance musician

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, who applied her

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to the international hit song " One and One", the third single taken from Miles'

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'' Dreamland''. "One and One" topped the charts in Italy and Belgium and peaked at No. 3 in the UK, Ireland, Sweden, and Norway. In 1998, Nayler signed a

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with Deconstruction and released " Naked and Sacred", a

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of a

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song. Featuring the

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"The Other Side", produced by

, as well as a

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from

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, "Naked and Sacred" reached No. 32 in the UK. In July 1998, she was the support act for

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on the only UK dates of her

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– at the

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. The double A-side "Love Is the God"/"Will You Be with Me" was issued in August 1998 and peaked at No. 65. An album sampler containing "Naked and Sacred", the full length version of "Love Is the God" and the original version of "Will You Be with Me" was released in 1998 which also contained the track "Inside My Universe". A sampler CD released by Deconstruction also contained the track "Who's Loving Who". In 2000, Nayler returned with "Angry Skies", which was produced by

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. The track reached No. 42 on the UK Singles Chart. The second 12" also featured the Sasha-produced "She". In 2007, "Angry Skies" was re-released on

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. In 2007, Nayler appeared in series 21 episode 1 of ''

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'' as a mystery guest. In 2009, Nayler returned by performing the vocals on the trance song "We Belong", composed by

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and featured on ''

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''.

Singles

* 1990: "Kites" (as Ultraviolet) * 1991: "I Wish That" (as Ultraviolet) * 1995: "Be as One" (with

) – UK #17 * 1996: " One and One" (with

) – UK #3 * 1998: " Naked and Sacred" – UK #32 * 1998: "Will You Be with Me"/"Love Is the God" – UK #65 * 1998: "Inside My Universe" * 2000: "Angry Skies" – UK #42 * 2002: "Headstrong" (with

) * 2002: "Babyland (with Motion 3) * 2003: "Child of Life" (with Tastexperience) * 2003: "Free Spirit" (with Marc Et Claude) * 2004: "Over Again" (with Odessi aka Parks & Wilson and Leama) * 2006: "21st Century Lover" (with Killahurtz) * 2007: "Angry Skies 2007" (with Tilt) * 2009: "We Belong" (with

) * 2009: "Perfect Sky" (with Espen Gulbrandsen and DJ Julian Vincent) * 2011: "The Music in You" (with Tilt) * 2012: "One & One 2012" (with Loverush UK!) * 2012: "My Release" (with Tilt) * 2012: "Wild" (with Glassesboys from the album ''From Our House'') * 2013: "Damage" (with Paul Morrell) * 2014: "Lifetime When Right" (with Tenishia) * 2015: "Calming Rain" (with Kyau & Albert) * 2015: "Lifetime" (with Just Arnold & Mischa Samuel) * 2015: "No Mistakes" (with Rafael Frost) * 2015: "Still I Feel" (with Bart Claessen) * 2016: "Superstar" (with Damien S) * 2017: "A Second Breath" (with Mino Safy) * 2017: "The Beauty of the Night" (with Nitrous Oxide) * 2017: "More Than a Photograph" (with Jericho Frequency) * 2017: "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" (with Raz Nitzan) * 2019: "Damage" Remixes (with Paul Morrell)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nayler, Maria Living people English women in electronic music 1972 births 21st-century British women singers 20th-century British women singers