Leila Bela
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Leila Bela ليلا بلا | |
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Born | Ellahy Amen Records |
Website | www |
Leila Bela (
Early life and education
Bela was born Leila Bela Kousheshi, in
In her late teens she began writing freelance articles about underground music for various local papers. Her first major job was an interview with Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. She had been told by the paper only to cover the show, but when Reznor saw her, he introduced himself and offered her an interview, allowing her to use his recording device to record it. She accepted, and he later invited her to the opening of the very first Lollapalooza as his guest and a reporter.
After dealing with issues of misogyny in the newspaper industry she started her own one-woman music magazine in 1998 called NYXLair while attending college at the University of Houston. There she double majored in theatre and physics and minored in literature, as well as taking independent studies in photography and playwriting. She was one of five students, chosen out of thousands who had submitted original plays, to study with award-winning playwright Edward Albee, known for his dark themes.
Her
Career
Despite her teachers urging her to pursue an acting career, Bela decided to start writing a concept album of experimental music after school and soon left the theatre world for music with a theatrical twist. After releasing her first album, which she recorded at home on a small recording device, she started playing live shows. After opening for bandleader Martin Atkins' group in a show, she joined his supergroup Pigface briefly in 2004.[4]
In 2002, she launched
According to her website, Bela got the idea to start her own label after getting offers from other labels that she wasn't satisfied with; she didn't want to be on a male-run label. According to an interview on Persian radio, this decision came after Mike Patton emailed her urging her to pick the label that was the best permanent home for her music rather than a label that would be a quick fix. Artists signed to her label include Bela herself; Maya Bond, an eight-year-old singer-songwriter; and Lexion Blacklord, a musician from Switzerland.
Bela is also the creator of a
In 2004, she was invited to play
Bela collaborated with Eric Tessmer in 2010 on a Persian folk song called "To Beya". Bela wrote the rearrangement of the song and directed a video that was shown on a Persian Film Festival site.[7]
Bela was featured in Dazed Magazine as one of 12 artists who made alternative anthems for Dazed. She created an experimental track for them to stream called "Bitten Reformer[8]".
Discography
Year | Album |
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2003 | Angra Manyu[9][10] |
References
- ^ Dazed (March 2, 2017). "12 musicians create alternative national anthems for Dazed". Dazed. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- OCLC 690539829.
- The Daily Cougar. Retrieved April 4, 2007.
- ^ Gray, Christopher (2004). "Austin Chronicle review". Retrieved April 4, 2007.
- ^ Marie, Sarah (2008). "A Holiday Blast, Winter wonderland of noise!". The Austinist. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2010.
- ^ Marie, Sarah (2008). "Merry Everything Xmas, The Austinist". Archived from the original on October 1, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2010.
- ^ Marie, Sarah (2009). "Eric Tessmer Band heats things up, The Austinist". Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2010.
- ^ Leila Bela - Bitten Reformer (World Anthem), retrieved April 11, 2022
- ^ "Empowering Iranian-American Artists and Art". Aftab Committee. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- OCLC 1000297807.)
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