Play Lamya Radio
Lamya
26,390 plays (4,389 listeners)
Lamya was an Omani-born Kenyan singer, whose versatile style, while not easily pigeonholed, has been described variously as pop, electronic, or dance. However, the careful listener will note Middle Eastern instrumentation and trip-hop influences on her music as well.
She came to prominence in 1993 when she toured with Duran Duran on their Wedding Album tour. Her standout performance was the re-worked live version of their song “Come Undone”, as performed on tour and on the band’s MTV Unplugged appearance.
Prior to that, in 1991, she had performed lead vocals on two tracks for Soul II Soul —
Love Come Through and In The Heat Of The Night.
She is notable for her incredible, sweet voice, striking looks, and particular style of lyricism. She released one album, the remarkable Learning From Falling. A remix of the song “Empires” from that album hit #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 2002. Before her untimely passing, there had been plans for a second album, which would have been titled Hiding in Plain Sight.
Lamya passed away in Oman on January 8, 2009.
She came to prominence in 1993 when she toured with Duran Duran on their Wedding Album tour. Her standout performance was the re-worked live version of their song “Come Undone”, as performed on tour and on the band’s MTV Unplugged appearance.
Prior to that, in 1991, she had performed lead vocals on two tracks for Soul II Soul —
Love Come Through and In The Heat Of The Night.She is notable for her incredible, sweet voice, striking looks, and particular style of lyricism. She released one album, the remarkable Learning From Falling. A remix of the song “Empires” from that album hit #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 2002. Before her untimely passing, there had been plans for a second album, which would have been titled Hiding in Plain Sight.
Lamya passed away in Oman on January 8, 2009.
Top Albums
-
Learning From Falling
Lamya Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $9.99
- 7digital $9.99
- iTunes $9.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon $0.75
- eBay Search
Top Tracks
| 1 |
|
Never Enough
full track
|
|||
| 1 |
|
||||
| 3 |
|
Black Mona Lisa
full track
|
|||
| 4 |
|
Splitting Atoms
full track
|
|||
| 4 |
|
East Of Anywhere
full track
|
|||
| 4 | |||||
| 7 |
|
||||
| 8 |
|
||||
| 8 | |||||
| 8 |
|
||||
| 11 |
|
||||
| 11 | |||||
| 11 | |||||
| 11 |
|
||||
| 15 |
Shoutbox
-
BonooruTSC wrote:
Is there someone who has the mp3 of Bed I Never Made? I've never listened to this song :(
-
BonooruTSC wrote:
RIP our lovely girl. We love you.
-
UnraveledStar wrote:
Aww she passed away how sad, RIP
-
isnan29 wrote:
Just found out her passing away when I was searching for her news. Gone too soon. RIP.
-
kaleidakoi wrote:
:'( oh so sad... only just found out she pasted away. Learning From Falling saw me through a rough patch, beautiful album... I hope they release tracks from the album she was working on. Shocking that her passing went unnoticed in Kenya... oh so sad. RIP Lamya.
-
j808 wrote:
R.I.P :'(
-
CHIBHEAD wrote:
What a beauty, what a talent! I am shocked as well about her passing away :( I remember I was in 8th grade when I first heard Lamya. "Splitting Atoms" was what started it all, then I saw the video to "Empires." Amazing <3 I loved her and I was always waiting for her return with new material, but now....:( I don't know what else to say...This is so sad. R.I.P. Lamya. Your music will always live on.
-
jadedingenue wrote:
R.I.P. :(
-
youngfreshnnew wrote:
A devastating loss... I love the whole album, and Black Mona Lisa is one of the most powerful songs I know.
-
tomstar86 wrote:
R.I.P Lamya : ( Judas Kiss (Brutus Diss) has remained one of my favourite songs of all time since the first time I heard it, beautiful x
-
pjebsen wrote:
According to various news sources, this exceptional talent has passed away. R.I.P.
-
chadacox wrote:
I bought this album when it came out in 2002 I think and never really listened to it until very recently. Now I listen to it everyday and am sad that she didn't get the exposure she deserved...
-
BonooruTSC wrote:
I love her <3
-
fortheboys wrote:
what a waste of an amazing voice. and her aesthetic wasn't too shabby, either.
-
shan2001 wrote:
I used to be a connoisseur of hate, self hate, paternal hate, hate cum gratis, I collected every kind... <3 <3 <3
-
rogue925 wrote:
What ever happened to Lamya? I absolutely loved Learning from Falling...
-
qairway3 wrote:
my god, I think I've found a new favorite
-
shan2001 wrote:
Please take a minute to vote 'yes' on the pictures for Lamya!
Videos
Listeners
-
Some_Kinda
Top Listener
-
KiwiKaty
Top Listener
-
hottubman
Top Listener
-
th3d0m
Top Listener
-
deliciouskev
Top Listener
-
rway174
Top Listener
Recent Activity
-
Glory74 uploaded l_ab4ea9d717f841207c1a9030ae77dd4e to Lamya’s images. Tuesday evening
-
Glory74 linked Lamya to l_ab4ea9d717f841207c1a9030ae77dd4e. Tuesday evening
-
Glory74 uploaded l_4e7bd78593bb9e7317e0f124d3d63cfb to Lamya’s images. Tuesday evening
-
Glory74 linked Lamya to l_4e7bd78593bb9e7317e0f124d3d63cfb. Tuesday evening
-
Mackhouse, seriouskarma, zltippett and 3 other people added Lamya to their libraries. 24 days ago
-
patchcali updated the wiki page for Lamya. (diff) August 2009
-
bknuck, bawzu and hedulainen added Lamya to their libraries. July 2009
-
Rina_Sun tagged Lamya with ‘female vocalists’. July 2009
-
emah4482, karinadarrling and cherylhills added Lamya to their libraries. July 2009
-
CHIBHEAD tagged Lamya with trip-hop and experimental pop. June 2009
Related Journals
-
Be Negative About Your Top 20
by shan2001 |
16 Dec 2007 | 2 comments
-
Just Memeing -- Musical Taste
by shan2001 |
24 Apr 2007 | 1 comment
-
Я хочу стереть этот текст, потому что переоценила себя.
by minificus |
17 Apr 2007 | 1 comment
More Information
- Links
- Labels
