Noemí Carrión
Encyclopedia
Noemí Carrión Pérez, is a Spanish
singer (soprano
and mezzo soprano), dancer and actress, known also as Naymi and Noemí. Her work encompasses studio recording
, songwriting, live performance
and television presenting
.
Noemí Carrión, who originates from Alicante
, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
, is a solo artist who has also been part of numerous groups
including Nómadas and Nieva (Spanish group)
,. She was a singer in the popular Spanish group La Década Prodigiosa
and has also been a featured artiste with Mito and Sugar Reef. Carrión has sung with musicians from Seguirdad Social, UB40
and Revólver, and been a guest vocalist for recording artists such as Marc Antoine. She has worked with numerous members of the Spanish
music industry, including award-winning
record producer
Antonio Escobar, Level Records (Madrid
) producer David Ferrero (Mónica Naranjo
, Chambao
) and Universal Music producer Carlos Quintero (Chenoa
, Beth), recording in many of the important recording studios of Madrid.
Roots
Carrión began her professional musical career at 16 in Alicante
, by winning various musical contests
in Spanish cities, recording for advertising
jingles, adding her voice to the songs of other artists and acting in shows. At 21, she settled in Madrid to study music
, composition
, voice
, guitar
, percussion, violin
, modern dance
, dramatic art
, music history
and music interpretation, for theater, movies and television. As well as 3 years of study at La Strada and El Almadén stage
& drama schools, she took courses in Hip Hop
, Latin American, Jazz
and Street dance
styles, in interpretive charisma
, in dubbing
(with the prestigious José Padilla
), and in acting interpretation with actress & casting director Rosa Estévez. In 1997, she independently released “Fruta Prohibida”, followed in 1998, by “Pachá Alicante”.
Commercial success
Carrión participated in the Televisión Española festival show "Eurocanción", aired on TVE1, as Noemí, becoming a finalist in the Spanish Eurovision Contest
. In the competition, she scored 63 points, with her song "Sin Rencor", reaching 4th position, above Merche
(6th), Sonia & Selena (9th) and Natalia (11th). She has also sung at important festivals in Spain including The DJ Awards
, Festival Freedom (Torremolinos
) and El Mediatic in Alicante.
In 2002, her pop-dance track
, the funky house
anthem
“Friday Night Forever” (Sony Music Entertainment
), written by Swedish songwriters, Peder Ernerot & Gustav Lund, and recorded under the alias
Naymi, hit the charts of Máxima FM and was well-received in the clubs and on the radio
. Distributed in Spain, Portugal, Italy, US, UK and Russia, DJ Magazine (UK) gave the record
, which was recorded in English and in Spanish, top star ratings in September 2002. The Club mixes were produced by the most famous DJs and house
producers in Spain - David Ferrero, Pedro Del Moral, Dr Kucho!
and Wally Lopez, who according to the same DJ Magazine article, were “the entire Spanish ‘A’ list” and dominated the Spanish
club scene throughout the 2000s. After Naymi’s release of “Friday Night Forever”, the song was covered
by Belgian artist, Sonny O'Brien, in 2003.
Solo album
In 2002-3, Naymi recorded her debut album
for Sony Music, produced by David Ferrero, Pedro Del Moral and Wally Lopez, with vocals produced by Dr Kucho!
and Antonio Escobar
, which, due to changes within Sony
Europe
, was not released. The album featured songs written by Carrión including Pensado En Tí and Por Tí, as well as Alma Rota, written by Escobar, and another Ernerot & Lund song, “Superwoman”, sung in English and in Spanish, which was later covered by O'Brien, in 2005.
Theater appearances
Carrión has starred in various musicals including "Pippi Calzaslargas" in 2000 at the Teatro Real de Madrid
, and “We Will Rock You
” (a show inspired by rock group Queen
) at the Teatro Calderón (Madrid), in 2003 and 2004, where she was personally selected by Brian May
to interpret Meat Loaf
, a co-starring role in the musical, where she made a solo interpretation of the Brian May ballad
“No One But You (Only The Good Die Young)”, receiving excellent artistic criticism
from the Spanish press
. She then appeared on the Spanish theatrical soundtrack
double CD and special edition CD of the musical.
Television and movie work
Carrión has performed voice-overs and music for advertising commercials including Santander
Central Hispano (Alphaville
's "Forever Young"), Caser Seguros, Canal Isabel II, Ikea
, Orange, Jazztel and Viva La Resistencia, a multi-channel
campaign
against cervical cancer
commissioned by Asociación Nacional para el desarrollo de la Salud en la Mujer, all of which aired on Spanish networks
. She has also appeared on television, performing theme
tunes and cover songs as a soloist, as a member of a group, and as a chorus girl
for other artists. She has been the principal singer with the orchestra
for the television series “A La Carta”, presented by Agustín Bravo, broadcast
on Antena 3
throughout 2004, and has also acted in film shoots for publicity
films, promotional films and short films
.
Guest appearances
In 2005, she appeared in "Gente de Primera
", a Spanish
reality TV programme on Televisión Española alongside guests Marta Sanchez
, David Civera
and Pastora Soler
. She has also recorded with French
smooth jazz
guitarist Marc Antoine http://www.marcantoine.com on his 2005 album “Modern Times” (Rendezvous Entertainment), appearing on Camden Town, Samba Hood, and Cantar Al Amor. Carrión was a soprano soloist on the 2005 Mexican tour of Spanish singer, Raphael http://www.raphaelsite.com, and has recorded with Pablo Moro (Carlito Records, Spain). In 2005, she appeared as a guest performer on Vuelvo, the pop single of Spanish singer, Yurena, alongside Eva Cortés and Marian Rebolleda. Also in 2005, she performed as a vocalist in the children's television series “El Mundo Mágico De Brunelesky” (Telecinco
), directed by Javier Espiniella, appearing on the CD recording of the show.
Pop development
In 2006, Naymi's spectacular pop-dance rendition of ABBA
’s “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
” (Blanco Y Negro, Spain, and Mas Label, Mexico), sung in English and also produced by David Ferrero, was released with group Mito, and like “Friday Night Forever”, was well-received on the radio airwaves
. Later in 2006, Carrión appeared as a main character
in the series “L´Alqueria Blanca” (Canal 9, Valencia), for production company
, Zenit TV. She also starred as a solo singer in the 2006 musical spectacle
“On Broadway”, directed by Victor Fernandez, at the 3D Scenica http://www.3dscenica.com/portafolio/?proyecto=015 in Madrid, for production company Stage Entertaimet España.
Stage development
In 2006 and 2007, Carrión performed with La Gran Orquesta Santiago in Madrid singing Joan Manuel Serrat
's "Hoy Puede Ser Un Gran Día" , and in 2007, at the renowned Circo Price theatre (Madrid), in the musical spectacle “Charivari” directed by Rob Tannion. At this time, she also taught popular music
composition at the Marand School Of Music and Dance, Madrid.
Rock launch
In 2004, Carrión formed the Spanish pop-rock group Nieva
(meaning Snows), whose musical sound fuses electric guitars
with electronica
. After 3 years of development, in 2007, the duo
performed concerts in Spanish cities with a full band
, before writing, recording and producing their debut album. In 2011, the group began the final mixing
and mastering
of Sed De Mar (Sea Of Thirst).
Later activities
In 2009, Carrión performed at the Reina Victoria theatre in Madrid as a singer in the cast of the musical spectacle “Historia Del Pop Español: 50 años de antología del pop en España”, directed by Héctor Oliveira, starring on the show tour. Carrión later performed at the 26th Jazz Festival of Madrid in November 2009. Also in 2009, French
techno
DJ, Ovejito Lindo, produced a bootleg
mashup
“Moi Lolita
versus Gimme”, as Alizée
vs Mito & Naymi with British
music magazine NME
featuring the production in the NME
awards 2009 section of their website
.
In 2010, Italian
label, Wondermark, released the pop-samba
track “Rio de Janeiro” by group Sugar Reef, featuring Naymi, which was sung in Spanish and distributed digital stores in over 40 countries. The song was co-written, arranged, produced and mixed by veteran
music producer Tom East (Fobian, Charlotte Roel, DJ Alligator, James Sampson, Eden, Nouveau Sisters). With vocals engineered by David Ferrero, the production was based on the 1999 hit
“Rio” by Danish pop group Bluebeat (Virgin Records
), also produced by East, which had reached number 4 in the MTV Europe
video
hit list
.
Featured artist
Guest artist
Video
Television
Spain
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singer (soprano
Soprano
A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
and mezzo soprano), dancer and actress, known also as Naymi and Noemí. Her work encompasses studio recording
Studio recording
The term studio recording means any recording made in a studio, as opposed to a live recording, which is usually made in a concert venue or a theatre, with an audience attending the performance.-Studio cast recordings:...
, songwriting, live performance
Live performance
live performance may refer to:*A play or musical*A concert, a live performance before an audience*A dance performance, dance performed for an audience.*Live radio, radio broadcast without delay...
and television presenting
Presenter
A presenter, or host , is a person or organization responsible for running an event. A museum or university, for example, may be the presenter or host of an exhibit. Likewise, a master of ceremonies is a person that hosts or presents a show...
.
Biography
BackgroundNoemí Carrión, who originates from Alicante
Alicante
Alicante or Alacant is a city in Spain, the capital of the province of Alicante and of the comarca of Alacantí, in the south of the Valencian Community. It is also a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city of Alicante proper was 334,418, estimated , ranking as the second-largest...
, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
Spain
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, is a solo artist who has also been part of numerous groups
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
including Nómadas and Nieva (Spanish group)
Nieva (Spanish group)
Nieva , is a Spanish pop-rock group formed in the 2000s by Noemí Carrión , and Antonio Escobar...
,. She was a singer in the popular Spanish group La Década Prodigiosa
La Década Prodigiosa
La Década Prodigiosa , also known as La Década, is a Spanish music group formed in the mid-eighties that participated in the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest....
and has also been a featured artiste with Mito and Sugar Reef. Carrión has sung with musicians from Seguirdad Social, UB40
UB40
UB40 are a British reggae/pop band formed in 1978 in Birmingham. The band has placed more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart, and has also achieved considerable international success. One of the world's best-selling music artists, UB40 have sold over 70 million records.Their hit singles...
and Revólver, and been a guest vocalist for recording artists such as Marc Antoine. She has worked with numerous members of the Spanish
Spanish people
The Spanish are citizens of the Kingdom of Spain. Within Spain, there are also a number of vigorous nationalisms and regionalisms, reflecting the country's complex history....
music industry, including award-winning
Award
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record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
Antonio Escobar, Level Records (Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
) producer David Ferrero (Mónica Naranjo
Monica Naranjo
Mónica Naranjo Carrasco is a Spanish singer born in Figueras, a village in Spain to Andalusian parents. She has sold over 8 million albums worldwide.- Biography :...
, Chambao
Chambao
Chambao is a flamenco-electronic band originally from Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, known for a Flamenco Chill sound that fuses flamenco sounds and palos with electronic music...
) and Universal Music producer Carlos Quintero (Chenoa
Chenoa
María Laura Corradini Falomir, popularly known as Chenoa is a famous Argentine-Spanish female music artist who became successful after appearing on the TV contest Operación Triunfo. Her music style could be described in the United States as pop...
, Beth), recording in many of the important recording studios of Madrid.
Roots
Carrión began her professional musical career at 16 in Alicante
Alicante
Alicante or Alacant is a city in Spain, the capital of the province of Alicante and of the comarca of Alacantí, in the south of the Valencian Community. It is also a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city of Alicante proper was 334,418, estimated , ranking as the second-largest...
, by winning various musical contests
Competition
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in Spanish cities, recording for advertising
Advertising
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jingles, adding her voice to the songs of other artists and acting in shows. At 21, she settled in Madrid to study 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...
, composition
Musical composition
Musical composition can refer to an original piece of music, the structure of a musical piece, or the process of creating a new piece of music. People who practice composition are called composers.- Musical compositions :...
, voice
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, percussion, violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
, modern dance
Modern dance
Modern dance is a dance form developed in the early 20th century. Although the term Modern dance has also been applied to a category of 20th Century ballroom dances, Modern dance as a term usually refers to 20th century concert dance.-Intro:...
, dramatic art
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
, music history
Music history
Music history, sometimes called historical musicology, is the highly diverse subfield of the broader discipline of musicology that studies the composition, performance, reception, and criticism of music over time...
and music interpretation, for theater, movies and television. As well as 3 years of study at La Strada and El Almadén stage
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
& drama schools, she took courses in Hip Hop
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
, Latin American, Jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
and Street dance
Street dance
Street dance, more formally known as vernacular dance, is an umbrella term used to describe dance styles that evolved outside of dance studios in any available open space such as streets, dance parties, block parties, parks, school yards, raves, and nightclubs, etc...
styles, in interpretive charisma
Charisma
The term charisma has two senses: 1) compelling attractiveness or charm that can inspire devotion in others, 2) a divinely conferred power or talent. For some theological usages the term is rendered charism, with a meaning the same as sense 2...
, in dubbing
Dubbing (music)
In sound recording, dubbing is the transfer or copying of previously recorded audio material from one medium to another of the same or a different type. It may be done with a machine designed for this purpose, or by connecting two different machines: one to play back and one to record the signal...
(with the prestigious José Padilla
José Padilla
José Padilla is the name of:* José Gualberto Padilla , Puerto Rican poet, politician and advocate of Puerto Rican indepedence.* José Prudencio Padilla , Colombian military leader...
), and in acting interpretation with actress & casting director Rosa Estévez. In 1997, she independently released “Fruta Prohibida”, followed in 1998, by “Pachá Alicante”.
Commercial success
Carrión participated in the Televisión Española festival show "Eurocanción", aired on TVE1, as Noemí, becoming a finalist in the Spanish Eurovision Contest
Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Spain participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with an entry selected through a national preselection called "Eurocanción 2001", hosted from Madrid by Jennifer Rope and Sandra Morey. David Civera with the song "Dile que la quiero", composed by Alejandro Abad , was chosen to represent Spain...
. In the competition, she scored 63 points, with her song "Sin Rencor", reaching 4th position, above Merche
Merche
Mercedes Trujillo Callealta , best known as Merche, is a Spanish singer.-Early life:When she was a child, she acted in school plays and wished to be a singer, and received her first guitar as a gift at age six. She finished school, high school and university, and became a music teacher...
(6th), Sonia & Selena (9th) and Natalia (11th). She has also sung at important festivals in Spain including The DJ Awards
DJ Awards
The DJ Awards is the electronic dance music international awards, honouring the DJ´s and the music industry that supports them. Since 1998, these awards are held annually at Pacha Ibiza in the last week of September which coincides with the closings of the most important Ibiza clubs...
, Festival Freedom (Torremolinos
Torremolinos
Torremolinos is a municipality on the Costa del Sol of the Mediterranean, immediately to the west of the city of Málaga, in the province of Málaga in the autonomous region of Andalusia in southern Spain...
) and El Mediatic in Alicante.
In 2002, her pop-dance track
Song
In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...
, the funky house
Funky house
Funky house is a loose definition for a commercially oriented, disco-influenced subgenre of house music. Like most variants of house, the genre follows a traditional four to the floor house beat, and makes heavy use of synthesizers, samples and soulful vocals, although unlike in more...
anthem
Anthem
The term anthem means either a specific form of Anglican church music , or more generally, a song of celebration, usually acting as a symbol for a distinct group of people, as in the term "national anthem" or "sports anthem".-Etymology:The word is derived from the Greek via Old English , a word...
“Friday Night Forever” (Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation....
), written by Swedish songwriters, Peder Ernerot & Gustav Lund, and recorded under the alias
Stage name
A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, wrestlers, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...
Naymi, hit the charts of Máxima FM and was well-received in the clubs and on the 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...
. Distributed in Spain, Portugal, Italy, US, UK and Russia, DJ Magazine (UK) gave the record
Recording
Recording is the process of capturing data or translating information to a recording format stored on some storage medium, which is often referred to as a record or, if an auditory medium, a recording....
, which was recorded in English and in Spanish, top star ratings in September 2002. The Club mixes were produced by the most famous DJs and house
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
producers in Spain - David Ferrero, Pedro Del Moral, Dr Kucho!
Dr Kucho!
- Career :Dr. Kucho started in 2010 releasing “New School Tribal”, a tune with African roots and catchy chants that reached the number 26 of Beatport’s house top downloads in just one week, maintaining this position and closers for weeks. It seems that Dr...
and Wally Lopez, who according to the same DJ Magazine article, were “the entire Spanish ‘A’ list” and dominated the Spanish
Spanish people
The Spanish are citizens of the Kingdom of Spain. Within Spain, there are also a number of vigorous nationalisms and regionalisms, reflecting the country's complex history....
club scene throughout the 2000s. After Naymi’s release of “Friday Night Forever”, the song was covered
Covered
Covered is a term used in popular music in general to refer to a song recorded by different performer from its original or most popular recorded version, and by some disc jockeys in particular to describe a musical recording presented under the guise of a false title and artist name...
by Belgian artist, Sonny O'Brien, in 2003.
Solo album
In 2002-3, Naymi recorded her debut 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...
for Sony Music, produced by David Ferrero, Pedro Del Moral and Wally Lopez, with vocals produced by Dr Kucho!
Dr Kucho!
- Career :Dr. Kucho started in 2010 releasing “New School Tribal”, a tune with African roots and catchy chants that reached the number 26 of Beatport’s house top downloads in just one week, maintaining this position and closers for weeks. It seems that Dr...
and Antonio Escobar
Antonio Escobar
Antonio Escobar Núñez is an award-winning Spanish music producer, sound designer and composer, for advertising, film, TV and recording artistes, whose music features rock, electronica, pop, dance, Latin and orchestral influences.-Biography:...
, which, due to changes within Sony
Sony
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Europe
Europe
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, was not released. The album featured songs written by Carrión including Pensado En Tí and Por Tí, as well as Alma Rota, written by Escobar, and another Ernerot & Lund song, “Superwoman”, sung in English and in Spanish, which was later covered by O'Brien, in 2005.
Theater appearances
Carrión has starred in various musicals including "Pippi Calzaslargas" in 2000 at the Teatro Real de Madrid
Teatro Real
The Teatro Real or simply El Real , is a major opera house located in Madrid, Spain.-History:...
, and “We Will Rock You
We Will Rock You
"We Will Rock You" is a song written by Brian May and recorded and performed by Queen for their 1977 album News of the World. Rolling Stone ranked it #330 of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2004, and the RIAA placed it at #146 on its list of Songs of the Century...
” (a show inspired by rock group Queen
Queen (band)
Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...
) at the Teatro Calderón (Madrid), in 2003 and 2004, where she was personally selected by Brian May
Brian May
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to interpret Meat Loaf
Meat Loaf
Michael Lee Aday , better known by his stage name, Meat Loaf, is an American hard rock musician and actor...
, a co-starring role in the musical, where she made a solo interpretation of the Brian May ballad
Ballad
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas, Australia and North Africa. Many...
“No One But You (Only The Good Die Young)”, receiving excellent artistic criticism
Criticism
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from the Spanish press
News media
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. She then appeared on the Spanish theatrical soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
double CD and special edition CD of the musical.
Television and movie work
Carrión has performed voice-overs and music for advertising commercials including Santander
Grupo Santander
The Santander Group is a banking group centered on Banco Santander, S.A., the largest bank in the Eurozone and one of the largest banks in the world in terms of market capitalisation. According to Forbes Magazine Global 2000, it is the 13th largest public company in the world...
Central Hispano (Alphaville
Alphaville (band)
Alphaville is a German synthpop group which gained popularity in the 1980s. The founding members were Marian Gold , Bernhard Lloyd , and Frank Mertens Alphaville is a German synthpop group which gained popularity in the 1980s. The founding members were Marian Gold (real name Hartwig Schierbaum,...
's "Forever Young"), Caser Seguros, Canal Isabel II, Ikea
IKEA
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, Orange, Jazztel and Viva La Resistencia, a multi-channel
Multichannel Marketing
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campaign
Advocacy group
Advocacy groups use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion and/or policy; they have played and continue to play an important part in the development of political and social systems...
against cervical cancer
Cervical cancer
Cervical cancer is malignant neoplasm of the cervix uteri or cervical area. One of the most common symptoms is abnormal vaginal bleeding, but in some cases there may be no obvious symptoms until the cancer is in its advanced stages...
commissioned by Asociación Nacional para el desarrollo de la Salud en la Mujer, all of which aired on Spanish networks
Television network
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. She has also appeared on television, performing theme
Theme music
Theme music is a piece that is often written specifically for a radio program, television program, video game or movie, and usually played during the title sequence and/or end credits...
tunes and cover songs as a soloist, as a member of a group, and as a chorus girl
Chorus Girl
A chorus girl is a female performer in a chorus or chorus line.It may also refer to:*Chorus Girl , a compilation from Atomic Records*Chorus Girls , a 1981 musical*"The Chorus Girl", a story by Anton Chekhov...
for other artists. She has been the principal singer with the orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
for the television series “A La Carta”, presented by Agustín Bravo, broadcast
Broadcast
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on Antena 3
Antena 3 (Spain)
Antena 3 is a Spanish terrestrial television channel owned by Antena 3 de Televisión. Some of the more popular programmes broadcast by Antena 3 include Aquí no hay quien viva, El Barco, Los Protegidos, Los Simpson and El Internado....
throughout 2004, and has also acted in film shoots for publicity
Publicity
Publicity is the deliberate attempt to manage the public's perception of a subject. The subjects of publicity include people , goods and services, organizations of all kinds, and works of art or entertainment.From a marketing perspective, publicity is one component of promotion which is one...
films, promotional films and short films
Shorts
Shorts are a bifurcated garment worn by both men and women over their pelvic area, circling the waist, and covering the upper part of the legs, sometimes extending down to or even below the knee, but not covering the entire length of the leg. They are called "shorts" because they are a shortened...
.
Guest appearances
In 2005, she appeared in "Gente de Primera
Gente de Primera
Gente de Primera is the name of the Spanish Reality TV program on TVE where famous popstars take members of the public and make them popstars over 12 weeks. The first series in 2005 was won by Yanira Figueroa who was helped by Rosa Lopez, and the second classified was Verónica Rojas, helped by...
", a Spanish
Spanish people
The Spanish are citizens of the Kingdom of Spain. Within Spain, there are also a number of vigorous nationalisms and regionalisms, reflecting the country's complex history....
reality TV programme on Televisión Española alongside guests Marta Sanchez
Marta Sánchez
Marta Sánchez López is a Spanish female vocalist. She was born on 8 May 1966 in Madrid. Her father, Antonio Sánchez Camporro, was a Galician opera singer.- Biography :...
, David Civera
David Civera
David Civera is a popular Spanish singer.-Biography:David Civera was born in Teruel, in 1979. His parents are José and Pilar and he has two sisters, Sonia is older than David, and Andrea is the younger. David studied Computer Studies and communications but he liked music better and wanted to sing...
and Pastora Soler
Pastora Soler
Pastora Soler is an Spanish singer.A precocious chanteuse, she started singing coplas and flamenco songs at several events when she was a child. She has made versions of classical songs by León or Quiroga and worked with musicians like Carlos Jean...
. She has also recorded with French
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
smooth jazz
Smooth jazz
Smooth jazz is a genre of music that grew out of jazz fusion and is influenced by R&B, funk, rock, and pop music styles ....
guitarist Marc Antoine http://www.marcantoine.com on his 2005 album “Modern Times” (Rendezvous Entertainment), appearing on Camden Town, Samba Hood, and Cantar Al Amor. Carrión was a soprano soloist on the 2005 Mexican tour of Spanish singer, Raphael http://www.raphaelsite.com, and has recorded with Pablo Moro (Carlito Records, Spain). In 2005, she appeared as a guest performer on Vuelvo, the pop single of Spanish singer, Yurena, alongside Eva Cortés and Marian Rebolleda. Also in 2005, she performed as a vocalist in the children's television series “El Mundo Mágico De Brunelesky” (Telecinco
Telecinco
Telecinco is a Spanish commercial television channel operated by Mediaset España. Launched in 1990 as Tele 5, it was the fifth of the national terrestrial television channels. In 1997, Tele 5 was rebranded as Telecinco, dropping the flower logo seen in other Mediaset channel...
), directed by Javier Espiniella, appearing on the CD recording of the show.
Pop development
In 2006, Naymi's spectacular pop-dance rendition of ABBA
ABBA
ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...
’s “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! ", originally titled "Been and Gone and Done It", is one of Swedish pop group ABBA's biggest disco hits. It was recorded and released in 1979 with "The King Has Lost His Crown" as the B-side. It appears on ABBA's Greatest Hits Vol...
” (Blanco Y Negro, Spain, and Mas Label, Mexico), sung in English and also produced by David Ferrero, was released with group Mito, and like “Friday Night Forever”, was well-received on the radio airwaves
Radio waves
Radio waves are a type of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum longer than infrared light. Radio waves have frequencies from 300 GHz to as low as 3 kHz, and corresponding wavelengths from 1 millimeter to 100 kilometers. Like all other electromagnetic waves,...
. Later in 2006, Carrión appeared as a main character
Character (arts)
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
in the series “L´Alqueria Blanca” (Canal 9, Valencia), for production company
Production company
A production company provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, and video.- Tasks and functions :...
, Zenit TV. She also starred as a solo singer in the 2006 musical spectacle
Spectacle
In general, spectacle refers to an event that is memorable for the appearance it creates. Derived in Middle English from c. 1340 as "specially prepared or arranged display" it was borrowed from Old French spectacle, itself a reflection of the Latin spectaculum "a show" from spectare "to view,...
“On Broadway”, directed by Victor Fernandez, at the 3D Scenica http://www.3dscenica.com/portafolio/?proyecto=015 in Madrid, for production company Stage Entertaimet España.
Stage development
In 2006 and 2007, Carrión performed with La Gran Orquesta Santiago in Madrid singing Joan Manuel Serrat
Joan Manuel Serrat
Joan Manuel Serrat i Teresa is a Catalan Spanish singer-songwriter.Serrat is considered one of the most important figures of modern, popular music in both the Spanish and Catalan languages...
's "Hoy Puede Ser Un Gran Día" , and in 2007, at the renowned Circo Price theatre (Madrid), in the musical spectacle “Charivari” directed by Rob Tannion. At this time, she also taught popular music
Popular music
Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...
composition at the Marand School Of Music and Dance, Madrid.
Rock launch
In 2004, Carrión formed the Spanish pop-rock group Nieva
Nieva (Spanish group)
Nieva , is a Spanish pop-rock group formed in the 2000s by Noemí Carrión , and Antonio Escobar...
(meaning Snows), whose musical sound fuses electric guitars
Electric Guitars
Electric Guitars were formed early in 1980 by Neil Davenport and Richard Hall who were both studying English at Bristol University. The band soon increased to a five-man line-up, with Andy Saunders , Matt Salt and Dick Truscott , they also later added two backing singers: Sara and Wendy...
with electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
. After 3 years of development, in 2007, the duo
Duo
-Arts:*Duet , a musical piece performed by two people*Duo, a musical ensemble composed of two musicians*Comedy duo, also known as a double act*Duo , 2008*Duo , 1991...
performed concerts in Spanish cities with a full band
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
, before writing, recording and producing their debut album. In 2011, the group began the final mixing
Audio mixing (recorded music)
In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
and mastering
Master recording
A multitrack recording master tape, disk or computer files on which productions are developed for later mixing, is known as the multi-track master, while the tape, disk or computer files holding a mix is called a mixed master.It is standard practice to make a copy of a master recording, known as...
of Sed De Mar (Sea Of Thirst).
Later activities
In 2009, Carrión performed at the Reina Victoria theatre in Madrid as a singer in the cast of the musical spectacle “Historia Del Pop Español: 50 años de antología del pop en España”, directed by Héctor Oliveira, starring on the show tour. Carrión later performed at the 26th Jazz Festival of Madrid in November 2009. Also in 2009, French
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
techno
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
DJ, Ovejito Lindo, produced a bootleg
Bootleg recording
A bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority. The process of making and distributing such recordings is known as bootlegging...
mashup
Mashup (music)
A mashup or bootleg is a song or composition created by blending two or more pre-recorded songs, usually by overlaying the vocal track of one song seamlessly over the instrumental track of another...
“Moi Lolita
Lolita
Lolita is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, first written in English and published in 1955 in Paris and 1958 in New York, and later translated by the author into Russian...
versus Gimme”, as Alizée
Alizée
Alizée Jacotey is a French singer, known professionally by her given name Alizée She was discovered by Mylène Farmer, following her winning performance in the talent show, Graines de Star, in 1999...
vs Mito & Naymi with British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
music magazine NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
featuring the production in the NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
awards 2009 section of their website
Website
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.
In 2010, Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
label, Wondermark, released the pop-samba
Samba
Samba is a Brazilian dance and musical genre originating in Bahia and with its roots in Brazil and Africa via the West African slave trade and African religious traditions. It is recognized around the world as a symbol of Brazil and the Brazilian Carnival...
track “Rio de Janeiro” by group Sugar Reef, featuring Naymi, which was sung in Spanish and distributed digital stores in over 40 countries. The song was co-written, arranged, produced and mixed by veteran
Veteran
A veteran is a person who has had long service or experience in a particular occupation or field; " A veteran of ..."...
music producer Tom East (Fobian, Charlotte Roel, DJ Alligator, James Sampson, Eden, Nouveau Sisters). With vocals engineered by David Ferrero, the production was based on the 1999 hit
Hit single
A hit single is a recorded song or instrumental released as a single that has become very popular. Although it is sometimes used to describe any widely-played or big-selling song, the term "hit" is usually reserved for a single that has appeared in an official music chart through repeated radio...
“Rio” by Danish pop group Bluebeat (Virgin Records
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
), also produced by East, which had reached number 4 in the MTV Europe
MTV Europe
MTV Europe is a pan-European 24-hour entertainment cable and digital television network launched on August 1, 1987. Initially, the channel served all regions within Europe being one of the very few channels that targeted the entire European continent...
video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
hit list
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....
.
Recordings
Solo- 1997 Noemí Carrión Fruta Prohibida (Independent, España) CD single
- 1998 Noemí Carrión Pachá Alicante (Independent, España) CD single
- 2002 Naymi Friday Night Forever (Sony Music Entertainment, SAMPCM 11797 2), CD single [English Album Version, Spanish Album Version, Vocal Weekend Remix (David Ferrero, Pedro Del Moral), Club Vocal Remix (Dr. Kucho)]
- 2002 Naymi Friday Night Forever - Weekend Remixes (Sony Music Media/Weekend Records, SMM 672931 6), 12” vinyl [Club Vocal Mix (Dr. Kucho), Super Weekend Mix (Wally Lopez), Vocal Weekend Mix (David Ferrero, Pedro Del Moral), Instrumental Weekend Mix (David Ferrero, Pedro Del Moral)]
- 2003 Naymi (self-titled) (Sony Music Media, S.A., España, unreleased), CD album [Friday Night Forever (Spanglish Version), Superwoman (Spanish Version), Pensado En Tí (Thinking About You), Siente La Vida (Feeling For Real), Ojalá Tuviera Fe (I Wish I Had Faith), Abre El Corazón (Open Your Heart), Por Tí (For You), Alma Rota (Broken Soul), You’re My Destiny, Déjame Respirar (Let Me Breathe), Friday Night Forever (English Version), Superwoman (English Version)]
Featured artist
- 2004 Original Cast Recording Queen: We Will Rock You (Español) (EMI Music, España, 784270), CD double album
- 2004 Original Cast Recording Queen: We Will Rock You (Español) (EMI Music, España), CD double album [includes special bonus CD featuring Short, Long and Multimedia versions of No One But You and Multimedia version of Bohemian Rhapsody (with images from the musical)]
- 2005 Various Artists El Mundo Mágico De Brunelesky (Telecinco, España), CD album
- 2006 Mito featuring Naymi Gimme Gimme Gimme (Blanco y Negro, España, MXCD 1625 (CS) CTV)), on Pasion Por El Dance, CD album + DVD album
- 2009 Sugar Reef featuring Naymi Rio de Janeiro (Wondermark, Italy), Digital Download [Radio Mix, Beach Party Mix]
Guest artist
- 2005 Yurena, Vuelvo (Trak Música, España), CD single
- 2006 Marc Antoine Modern Times (Rendezvous Entertainment, US, B000A2H9Z2), CD album
Video
- 2007 Noemí Carrión with La Gran Orquesta Santiago Hoy Puede Ser Un Gran Dia (live) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZFp-41-lL0
- 2009 Alizée vs Mito & Naymi (DJ Oveijto Lindo) Moi Lolita versus Gimme, NME Awards Official Website http://www.nme.com/awards/video/id/ZJyvRUEMzVI/search/naymi
- 2002 Nieva, Directo en el Paraninfo Universidad de Alicante (live, 29 November 2002) http://www.myspace.com/nievamusic
- 2002 Nómadas Nadie Es Como Tu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86bEZiQCRpk
Shows
Theatre- 2000 Pippi Calzaslargas, Teatro Real de Madrid
- 2003-4 Queen: We Will Rock You, Teatro Calderón, Madrid
- 2006 On Broadway, 3D Scenica, Madrid
- 2006-07 La Gran Orquesta Santiago, Madrid
- 2007 Charivari, Circo Price, Madrid
- 2009 Historia Del Pop Español, Reina Victoria, Madrid
- 2009 26th Jazz Festival of Madrid
Television
- 2001 Eurocanción (TVE1)
- 2004 A La Carta (Antena 3)
- 2005 Gente de Primera (Televisión Española)
- 2005 El Mundo Mágico De Brunelesky (Telecinco)
- 2006 L´Alqueria Blanca (Canal 9, Valencia)