Sarah Howells

Sarah Howells

Sarah Howells performing in The Junction 2, Cambridge in May 2013 as part of Paper Aeroplanes
Nationality British
Other names Paper Aeroplanes
Occupation singer-songwriter

Sarah Howells is a Welsh singer-songwriter and trance vocalist. She is also one half of the Welsh folk / indie band Paper Aeroplanes and in 2015 began a solo project called Bryde.

Biography

Howells set up her first band in Milford Haven,[1] West Wales, when she was 10 years old, with friend Nia George. They later formed a four-piece band, JYLT, with two other school friends.[2] JYLT was disbanded in 2004 when George died aged 21, from leukaemia.[3]

Howells main musical projects, together with co-writer and guitarist Richard Llewellyn, also from Wales, is the band Paper Aeroplanes and her solo project Bryde. Formed in 2008, Paper Aeroplanes have had national radio airplay on BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music as well as touring Germany with Tina Dico and several releases since.[4] They released their debut album The Day We Ran into the Sea in 2009 and were nominated for the Welsh Music Prize with 2015 album JOY.[3] Bryde began in 2015 and has seen first single Wait being played on BBC Radio 1 by Huw Stephens and featured on BBC Introducing in London who made Bryde Artist of the week on 7th November 2015 .

She came to dance music by chance. When Lange, a DJ and record producer, moved to Cardiff and was looking for a female vocalist for his album Better Late Than Never, he met Howells, who lived there at the time.[5][6] They together produced the single "Out of the Sky". The song became a trance hit and was remixed by Kyau & Albert, and Aly & Fila. Armin van Buuren picked the song for his year compilation A State of Trance 2008.[7] Armin van Buuren also selected the song in his ASOT 500 broadcast.

After the success with her debut single, Howells worked with other trance musicians in 2009 such as First State, John O'Callaghan and Dash Berlin. Most successful was the single "Find Yourself", a collaboration with John O'Callaghan. The song made it on numerous compilations and the Cosmic Gate remix was also on the year compilation A State of Trance 2009.[8] In 2010, two of her songs each appeared on the album Changing Lanes of First State and Harmonic Motion of Lange.[9][10]

Discography

Albums

Collaborations

References

  1. ↑ Meet The Band Special: "Paper Aeroplanes' Sarah Howells Discusses Little Letters", Milford Mercury, 10 May 2013
  2. ↑ "The Highs". JYLT. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
  3. 1 2 "Wales Music: Review: Paper Aeroplanes - The Day We Ran Into The Sea". BBC. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
  4. ↑ Williams, Nathan (31 May 2010). "Paper Aeroplanes quietly making waves". UK: Guardian. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
  5. ↑ "Lange - Better Late Than Never (Song notes to Out Of The Sky)". lange-music.com. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
  6. ↑ Interview with Sarah Howells. Accessed 16 October 2010.
  7. ↑ "Armin van Buuren – A State Of Trance 2008". discogs.com. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
  8. ↑ "Armin van Buuren – A State Of Trance 2009". discogs.com. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
  9. ↑ "First State – Changing Lanes". discogs.com. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
  10. ↑ "Lange – Harmonic Motion". discogs.com. Retrieved 2011-06-08.

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