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 Sophie Yau's Profile |
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| Last Login: | Jul 15, 2009 (156 days back) |
About Me |
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| BIOGRAPHY Raised along the golden Chinese take away circuit of southeast England and Wales, British-born Chinese singer-songwriter Sophie Yau grew up on a mix of Cantopop, Eighties Pop and Christian Hymns. She was later introduced to the sounds of Eddi Reader, DMB, Sarah Mclachlan & Martin Sexton and later still, to Nightmares on Wax, John Martyn, Willy Mason & the ubiquitous John Mayer. She taught herself guitar while studying for her A Levels and wrote her first song while at University After graduation, she came to London and toured the open mic circuit, scoring gigs at The 12 Bar Club, The Blues Bar, Battle-fest and Buddhafields festival. Shortly after that, she was approached by Friends of the Earth and local Amnesty Groups to play at various fund-raisers. And shortly after that and she was invited to play a live session on Zoe Baxter's show at Resonance FM, receiving airplay also on BBC Radio 6 and UCL's Rare FM. Sophie is committed to social justice and frequently uses her live shows as a platform to promote the work of organizations such as Burma Campaign UK. She is currently working on her debut demo/EP "Some Great Union in the Sky" with fellow musician Jean-Guy Sylvestre [release date: 2009] Sophie would like it to be known that she is and continues to be exceptionally grateful to the following people: JADE for her green glasses and general awesome-ness NORNA for her insane social schedule and total faith in her older sister UNCLE PETE for his frequent reminders to get to bed early JJ for being Managerial DIGGI for being PR when she isn't busy doctoring JG for being lovely TRIVIA Sophie was born Sylvia Yee Ting Yau at University Hospital, Camden. She has an older brother and a younger sister She graduated from the University of Bristol receiving a BA Hons in Theology & Religious Studies. If she was a boy, she would want to sing like Conor Oberst from Bright Eyes. And maybe Bon Iver. She once wanted to be a journalist like Lois Lane so that she could interview a man in a red cape and generally fly around with him She thinks Francoise Hardy is gorgeous And also loves Battle Star Galactica Reimagined For further information, images, to arrange an interview or review a show, please contact Jonathan Mayes at: jjmayes@gmail.com ____________________________________ Sophie supports Burma Campaign UK and Crisis London. For more information please go to: http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/ http://www.crisis.org.uk/ Sophie sometimes writes wildly entertaining newsletters. To receive one, please leave your email address here: |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 07/02/2008Band Website: Coming Soon Band Members: Sophie Yau on voice and guitar. Jean-Guy Sylvestre on guitar. Influences: A LONG TIME AGO Allison Krauss & Union Station Sarah McLachlan Counting Crows Dave Matthews Beverly Craven Huey Lewis & the News Shawn Colvin James Taylor & his daughter Sally Taylor Caedmon's Call Jars of Clay Eddi Reader Paul Simon The Jayhawks Wilco Rosie Thomas John Mayer Norah Jones Martin Sexton Marty Mcfly Luke Skywalker Superman (1978) The Thundercats Jem & the Misfits NOT TOO LONG AGO Billie H Stevie W Dinah Washington Nightmares on Wax Royksopp Mylo Giles Peterson Kruder & Dorfmeister Air Zero 7 The mighty Beck The mighty Buckley (Jeff) Foo Fighters Five for Fighting Gorillaz The Spanish Harlem Orchestra Orishas Manu Chao Damien Rice Jason Mraz Kate Rusby William Fitzsimmons Jason Mraz Iron & Wine Artisan "I hold my breath" John Martyn Nickel Creek Gustavo Santaolalla Willy Mason Jose Gonzalez That girl from the Macbook Air ad Death Cab for Cutie Heroes X-Men Iron Man Freakonomics RECENTLY Battlestar Galactica Reimagined 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy Charlene Soraia Bon Iver Barack Obama Litttle Dragon A poem by Sheenagh Pugh called 'Sometimes' Covent Garden Soups Rioja Wine Scrubs Season 8 New Scientist Magazine .. Type of Label: Unsigned |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Acoustic / Ambient / Down-tempo) |
My Blog |
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City Showcase 2009 |
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| City Showcase 2009 was grand, and Nanette and her merry band of people really took care of us. It got pretty hectic after the gig as we talked to a few folk about this and that:LONDON CHINESE RADIOCli... Posted by on Mon, 11 May 2009 14:42:00 GMT |
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The Burmese |
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| Dear Friends,Some of you might know that I support Burma Campaign UK. While I've known about their work for a while now, it wasn't until I watched a Burmadocu film recently that I learnt the full exte... Posted by on Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:17:00 GMT |
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Rare FM Session @ Easy Jay’s Cafe, UCL/20th October 200 |
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| When Diggi told me that she had booked us to play a live session for her show 'The Riot!' on UCL Rare FM, I asked her to marry me. When she played my songs last week, I asked her to marry me again. No... Posted by on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT |
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Even if I Try played on BBC Radio 6 |
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| So last night, Tom played our track Even If Try on BBC Radio 6 Introducing. You can listen again anytime in the next 7 days by going to the following link and clicking on "Listen Again - Sunday" - htt... Posted by on Sun, 21 Sep 2008 08:52:00 GMT |
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Artwork |
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| So the new artwork is by a Japanese fine artist called Yukako Sakakura , and you can check out some of her work at www.yukakosakakura.com. She's a great talent graduating from the Glasgow Art School. ... Posted by on Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:51:00 GMT |
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Swiss Gig 2008 |
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| WHERE:Switzerland: Thun, Bern, Lauterbrunnen & InterlakenCOLOUR COUNT:Oriental Descent: 9Black: 2*Indian/South East Asian Descent: 20-30*** I spotted these guys at Basel airport - do they count?**I th... Posted by on Wed, 07 May 2008 03:17:00 GMT |
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The BUP |
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| "I left for Los Angeles with my head full of plans, and faced with the hard reality, did my best to forget about that back up plan everyone’s always talking about. When you have one, you’l... Posted by on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:51:00 GMT |
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Mr Fitzsimmons - A Good Thing |
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| I've posted a banner to promote an artist whose songs have been the soundtrack to my life in the last month. And while I know it's all relative, if you can you relate to his stuff in the way I can rel... Posted by on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:40:00 GMT |
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