Lay Low
Lovísa Elísabet Sigrúnardóttir (* September 10, 1982 in London, England ), better known by her stage name Lay Low, is an Icelandic artist and singer.
Biography
Lovísa was born as the daughter of a Sri Lankan father and an Icelandic mother. In her younger years, she came to Iceland, where she has lived ever since.
As a child, she began taking piano lessons, and later bass and electric guitar were added. During her youth, she has performed with several local bands. The first time she sang in the " Benny Crespo 's Gang " in which she also played keyboards and guitar.
Lay Low, the alter ego of Lovísa was created in early 2006. It was recorded by Cod Music, a local label, which is interested in a demo song revealed, had published the Lovísa on MySpace. Their music combines elements of blues, folk and country.
Lovísa quickly rose in the music industry. Just a few months after her discovery, she released her debut album, Please Do not Hate Me for which she received gold within two months. In 2006 she was nominated for four Icelandic Music Awards, of which it won two: Best Female Singer and Best Album Cover. They were elected by the nation, in addition to the well-known artist in 2006.
In 2007, she landed a role in the play Ökutímar of Leikfélag Akureyrar. You should write songs for the play and sing cover songs by Dolly Parton. The piece celebrated great success and the following year the soundtrack was released. Lovísa also collaborated with the Icelandic musician KK, the songs for the Baltasar Kormákur - movie wrote Brúðguminn. In addition, she released an album with Benny Crespo 's Gang.
Mid-2008 Lovísa spent some time in London to record her third solo album, Farewell Good Night 's Sleep, which was released on October 16 of that year. The album was recorded in the toerag Studios and produced by Liam Watson.
In 2009 Lovísa made an extensive tour, especially as support for Emiliana Torrini in Europe and the U.S. and headlining shows around the world. They also performed at festivals such as Glastonbury, End of the Road and Into The Great Wide Open. In the same year took to lay low and a film crew Flatey, a live CD / DVD performance on the small island Flatey, which was released in September.
On November 4, 2009 December, a film by Hilmar Oddsson premiered. Lovísa played alongside the well-known Icelandic actors Tomas Lemarquis, Laufey Elíasdóttir and Stefan Stefansson Hallur one of the main roles in the film. This was her first work as an actress for a movie.
The year 2010 started for Lovísa with tours away from home, traveling to Australia and Tokyo Emiliana Torrini with. In the spring they again got the opportunity to work in the film industry by writing some songs for the film and put Kóngavegur available.
In 2012 Lovísa Of Monsters and Men supported on their U.S. tour.
Discography
Solo
- Please Do not Hate Me ( 2006)
- Ökutímar soundtrack (2008)
- Farewell Good Night 's Sleep (2008)
- Flatey ( CD DVD) ( 2009)
- Brostinn Strengur (2011)
With Benny Crespo 's Gang
- Benny Crespo 's Gang (2007)