Artist:Indira Elias

In every breath of her commanding and powerful voice, Indira strips herself bare. She crumbles the walls between artist and audience with playful intimacy. Carefully sculpting songs and guiding her band, she is at once philosopher and muse, imbuing deep poetic sentiment into her work. Australian born, of Lebanese, Filipino, Spanish and Portuguese heritage, Indira embodies a uniquely modern collision of ancient knowings and traditions. She fuses genre and sound in much the same way, drawing inspiration from myriad places with tender care. Cinematic soundscapes, painted in folk-noir, create a haunting and ethereal collection of songs that speak the language of mythology and fables. Utterly devoted to the details in her composition, arrangement, production and recording, Indira carves her songs with precision. While studying to be a pastry chef in Paris, Indira nurtured her musical sensibility in underground open-mics. Here, between jazz caves and piping choux, she grew into ...