Sophie Koh

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Sophie Koh
Sophie Koh promotional photo by Ben Loveridge (2005)
Sophie Koh promotional photo by Ben Loveridge (2005)
Background information
Origin Melbourne, Australia
Genre(s) Folk
Rock
Pop
Instrument(s) Vocals, guitar, Piano
Years active 2000–present
Label(s) In-Fidelity Recordings
Website Official website
Members
Phil Collings, Ivan Jakic,Tim Reid
Former members
David Kleynjans

Sophie Koh is a singer and songwriter based in Australia.

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[edit] Brief Biography

Born in 1979, she grew up in New Zealand and in Singapore. Based in Melbourne, she headed north to Darwin after finishing university, where she won Triple J's Unearthed contest in 2003. Returning to Melbourne, she launched her debut album "All The Pretty Boys" in 2005. Sophie is regularly asked to play high profile events in Melbourne and around Australia. She performed the national anthem live from Caulfield Raceway (Super Saturday) in March 2007. It was broadcast live on Channel 7, and syndicated on many other networks.

[edit] Achievements

Sophie Koh signed to the In-Fidelity Recordings label after winning Triple J's Unearthed Contest in 2003. In 2005 she appeared on rage on the ABC TV channel. She became a successful breakthrough female artist by reaching as high as #3 on Triple J's Net 50 and remaining in the chart for 8 consecutive weeks. Her single "Anywhere" from her debut album All The Pretty Boys has been played all over Australia on Triple J radio stations and scored a slot on rage playlists in successive weeks during July and August 2005.

In early 2005, Sophie Koh appeared on Australian TV show RockWiz performing her song Anywhere and a duet with legendary Australian singer Jimmy Little of The Turtles song "Happy Together".

In August 2006, Sophie Koh and 2006 ARIA Female Artist of The Year Clare Bowditch performed together live on JJJ Radio in an outside broadcast from Darwin, Northern Territory. For the event,which was hosted by Robbie Buck and Jay, Clare and Sophie were known as the "Children of the Evolution House Band" and played a version of the T-Rex song as the theme for the day. Sophie also performed a live version of her song "Honey I will Buy You A Mercedes Benz".

Sophie has supported acts such as The Eels, The Go-Betweens, Paul Kelly, Betchadupa, Pete Murray, Alex Lloyd, Paul Dempsey, Ember Swift and Mick Thomas.

Sophie Koh's second album "All Shook Up" (produced by J Walker(Machine Translations)) will be released in 2008.

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[edit] EPs and singles

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