Neisha
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Neisha born on January 5, 1982 in Ljubljana
, is a Slovenian pianist
and pop
singer.
Being born into a music family, Neža's music
talent were noticed during her childhood so she entered a music school
(first in Cerkno
, then in Škofja Loka
) and continued at Ljubljana's High School of Music and Ballet. As she was very successful at several contests in piano
music and solfeggio, the school award
ed her a prestigious Škerjanc
award in 2003. In 2000 she became a student of the Music Academy in Ljubljana
.
Besides the classical music she collaborated with many commercial pop
and rock
artists (among others Terrafolk
, Big Foot Mama
) as an arranger
, backup vocalist or keyboard
player etc. Her solo
career started in 2005. Her first single
, Planet za zadet (English
version of this song was titled Straight to the Moon), was very well received among radio
audience and due to great interest her first album
, simply named Neisha
, was released two weeks earlier than initially planned. During its first week only a turbo folk band Atomik Harmonik
sold more albums but by the end of the year Neisha became Slovenia
n best sold album of 2005 although it was released in autumn. After 10 weeks of reigning the national record chart
, many awards and several sold out concert
s it was the best sold album of 2006 in Slovenia as well.
In 2007, Neisha released album, called Nor je ta svet
(translated as This world is crazy), which was also quite successful.
With her new album, Neisha continued performing in major Slovenian concert venues including such as Križanke and Cankarjev dom. She cooperated with regional big names starting with Kornelije Kovač, Vlado Kreslin, Gibonni, Massimo, Vlatko Stefanovski etc.
2010 saw the release of Neisha's newest studio album named Krila (translated as Wings). On this album she continued working with her longtime producer Dejan Radičević. The result was an album which sounded different from anything that Neisha did before. Songs are livelier, faster more intense.
Record Label: Nika records, Music producer: Dejan Radičević
Track List:
Bonus Tracks:
Neisha - Special Edition (Contains “live” recordings from Cankarjev Dom): 2006
Record Label: Nika records, Music producer: Dejan Radičević
Track List:
-CD1-
Bonus Tracks:
-CD2-
Bonus Track:
Nor je ta svet: 2007
Record Label: Nika records, Music producer: Dejan Radičević
Track List:
Miles away (English compilation ): 2009
Record Label: Dallas, Music producer: Dejan Radičević
Track List:
Krila: 2010
Record Label: Nika records, Music producer: Dejan Radičević
Track List:
Bonus:
:
Ljubljana
Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
, is a Slovenian pianist
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
and pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
singer.
Being born into a music family, Neža's music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
talent were noticed during her childhood so she entered a music school
Music school
The term music school refers to an educational institution specialized in the study, training and research of music.Different terms refer to this concept such as school of music, music academy, music faculty, college of music, music department or conservatory.Music instruction can be provided...
(first in Cerkno
Cerkno
Cerkno is a small town and a municipality in the Littoral region of Slovenia.It has around 2,000 inhabitants and is the administrative centre of the Cerkno hills...
, then in Škofja Loka
Škofja Loka
-Art colony:Before the civil war in the former Yugoslavia the Serbian town of Smederevska Palanka and the town of Škofja Loka held art colonies Groharijeva kolonija run by an art teacher from elementary school Olga Milošević in Smederevska Palanka. Now, after the split of SFR Yugoslavia, the two...
) and continued at Ljubljana's High School of Music and Ballet. As she was very successful at several contests in piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
music and solfeggio, the school award
Award
An award is something given to a person or a group of people to recognize excellence in a certain field; a certificate of excellence. Awards are often signifiedby trophies, titles, certificates, commemorative plaques, medals, badges, pins, or ribbons...
ed her a prestigious Škerjanc
Lucijan Marija Škerjanc
Lucijan Marija Škerjanc was a Slovene composer, pedagogue, conductor, musician, and writer who was accomplished on and wrote for a number of musical instruments such as the piano, violin and clarinet....
award in 2003. In 2000 she became a student of the Music Academy in Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
.
Besides the classical music she collaborated with many commercial pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
and rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
artists (among others Terrafolk
Terrafolk
thumb|220px|Terrafolk in concert Terrafolk is a Slovenian folk band which formed in 1999 at Festival Lent in Slovenia. They quickly rose to fame, performing at numerous fesivals throughout Europe, including the Edinburgh Fringe and Glastonbury, before winning the BBC World Music Audience Award in...
, Big Foot Mama
Big Foot Mama
Big Foot Mama is a rock band from Ljubljana, Slovenia. It is one of the most popular Slovenian pop rock bands of the 1990s.The group started their career in 1990...
) as an arranger
Arranger
In investment banking, an arranger is a provider of funds in the syndication of a debt. They are entitled to syndicate the loan or bond issue, and may be referred to as the "lead underwriter". This is because this entity bears the risk of being able to sell the underlying securities/debt or the...
, backup vocalist or keyboard
Musical keyboard
A musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a musical instrument, particularly the piano. Keyboards typically contain keys for playing the twelve notes of the Western musical scale, with a combination of larger, longer keys and smaller, shorter keys that repeats at the...
player etc. Her solo
Solo (music)
In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...
career started in 2005. Her first single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
, Planet za zadet (English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
version of this song was titled Straight to the Moon), was very well received among radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
audience and due to great interest her first album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, simply named Neisha
Neisha (album)
Neisha is Slovenian singer Neisha's debut album, released in 2005. It is the best-selling album of 2005 in Slovenia and one of the most successful albums in Slovenia ever.- Track listing :#"Slab dan"#"Le kaj se skriva"#"Planet za zadet"...
, was released two weeks earlier than initially planned. During its first week only a turbo folk band Atomik Harmonik
Atomik Harmonik
Atomik Harmonik is a music group from Slovenia. Their debut single "Brizgalna Brizga" managed to stay at #1 in the Slovenian pop charts for several months...
sold more albums but by the end of the year Neisha became Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
n best sold album of 2005 although it was released in autumn. After 10 weeks of reigning the national record chart
Record chart
A record chart is a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
, many awards and several sold out concert
Concert
A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...
s it was the best sold album of 2006 in Slovenia as well.
In 2007, Neisha released album, called Nor je ta svet
Nor je ta svet
-Track listing:#"Zaradi upanja"#"Vrtiljak"#"Ogenj pod nogami"#"Cvetni prah ljubezni"#"Pod enim dežnikom"#"Stokrat bolje mi je zdaj"#"Občutek"#"Vedno za vedno"#"Nor je ta svet"#"Midnight"#"Blame me"#"You and me"...
(translated as This world is crazy), which was also quite successful.
With her new album, Neisha continued performing in major Slovenian concert venues including such as Križanke and Cankarjev dom. She cooperated with regional big names starting with Kornelije Kovač, Vlado Kreslin, Gibonni, Massimo, Vlatko Stefanovski etc.
2010 saw the release of Neisha's newest studio album named Krila (translated as Wings). On this album she continued working with her longtime producer Dejan Radičević. The result was an album which sounded different from anything that Neisha did before. Songs are livelier, faster more intense.
Discography
Neisha: 2005Record Label: Nika records, Music producer: Dejan Radičević
Track List:
- Le kaj se skriva…
- Planet za zadet
- Malo tu malo tam
- Čarobni potep
- ‘Maš še kje čas?
- Najlepša pot
- Vsako popoldne
- The game U play
- Movin’ on
- The people we are
Bonus Tracks:
- 2 bad 2 sad (demo take)
- Straight to the moon
- Miles away
Neisha - Special Edition (Contains “live” recordings from Cankarjev Dom): 2006
Record Label: Nika records, Music producer: Dejan Radičević
Track List:
-CD1-
- Slab dan
- Le kaj se skriva…
- Planet za zadet
- Malo tu malo tam
- Čarobni potep
- ‘Maš še kje čas?
- Najlepša pot
- Vsako popoldne
- The game U play
- Movin’ on
- The people we are
Bonus Tracks:
- 2 bad 2 sad (demo take)
- Straight to the moon
- Miles away
-CD2-
- Le kaj se skriva…
- Čarobni potep
- ‘Maš še kje čas?
- Ne daj da gledam u nebo
- Get up
- Malo tu malo tam
- Planet za zadet (unplugged from band rehearsal)
Bonus Track:
- Njen trenutek prihaja (feat. Vlado Kreslin)
Nor je ta svet: 2007
Record Label: Nika records, Music producer: Dejan Radičević
Track List:
- Zaradi upanja
- Vrtiljak
- Ogenj pod nogami
- Cvetni prah ljubezni
- Pod enim dežnikom
- Stokrat bolje mi je zdaj
- Občutek
- Vedno za vedno
- Nor je ta svet
- Midnight
- Blame me
- You and me
Miles away (English compilation ): 2009
Record Label: Dallas, Music producer: Dejan Radičević
Track List:
- My bit of sky
- Hey c’mon
- Straight to the moon
- Miles away
- Miles away
- If not for hope
- Country song
- Midnight
- Unstoppable
- You have it all
- Fun fair
- Feels like the first time in love
- Ljubav je domino (feat. Vlatko Stefanovski)
Krila: 2010
Record Label: Nika records, Music producer: Dejan Radičević
Track List:
- Pridejo časi
- Tiste lepe dni
- Krila
- Sanje na dražbi
- Alarm srca
- Veter
- Najin ples (feat. Tokac)
- Vzemi me
- Krila2
- Igra čustev
- Show must go
- Mesto
- Nekaj nujnega
Bonus:
- Občutek (performed by string quartet InQuartet)
External links
In SlovenianSlovenian language
Slovene or Slovenian is a South Slavic language spoken by approximately 2.5 million speakers worldwide, the majority of whom live in Slovenia. It is the first language of about 1.85 million people and is one of the 23 official and working languages of the European Union...
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