Mira Aroyo
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Mira Aroyo born in Sofia
, Bulgaria
, in 1977, and now living in London
, is a member of the electropop band Ladytron
. She is also keyboardist
, songwriter
and producer
. She writes and sings her songs for Ladytron in her native Bulgarian as well as in English.
Of mixed Bulgarian
and Hasidic background, Aroyo moved with her family to Israel
when she was ten. When she was young, she used to play the accordion. She is the only member of Ladytron who has never lived in Liverpool
: Reuben Wu
and Daniel Hunt were raised in the city and Helen Marnie
studied there. While a DJ in London, Aroyo met Hunt through mutual friends and found that they were DJing the same kind of music.
Besides her musical interests and abilities, she was a postgraduate research geneticist in the Oxford University's Biochemistry
department. She co-authored an article on "Species specificity in the activation of Xer recombination at dif by FtsK", published in Molecular Microbiology
, 2003.
Aroyo also collaborated with the indie pop
band The Projects. The song "Don't Eat Meat" featured Mira as vocalist.
Sofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
, in 1977, and now living in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, is a member of the electropop band Ladytron
Ladytron
Ladytron are an English electronic band formed in 1999 in Liverpool, Merseyside. The group consists of Helen Marnie , Mira Aroyo , Daniel Hunt and Reuben Wu .Their sound blends electropop with New Wave and shoegazing elements. Ladytron described their sound as "electronic pop"...
. She is also keyboardist
Keyboardist
A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instruments with keyboards have come into common usage, requiring a more...
, songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
and producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
. She writes and sings her songs for Ladytron in her native Bulgarian as well as in English.
Of mixed Bulgarian
Bulgarians
The Bulgarians are a South Slavic nation and ethnic group native to Bulgaria and neighbouring regions. Emigration has resulted in immigrant communities in a number of other countries.-History and ethnogenesis:...
and Hasidic background, Aroyo moved with her family to Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
when she was ten. When she was young, she used to play the accordion. She is the only member of Ladytron who has never lived in Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
: Reuben Wu
Reuben Wu
Reuben Wu is a British musician and member of the electropop band Ladytron. His role in the band is keyboardist, songwriter and producer. He's also an accomplished photographer and a DJ....
and Daniel Hunt were raised in the city and Helen Marnie
Helen Marnie
Helen Marnie is a member of the electronic music band Ladytron. She sings the majority of Ladytron's songs, with Mira Aroyo providing vocals on some songs or singing simultaneously with Helen on others.Helen also plays keyboards during Ladytron's live shows Helen Marnie (born in 1978 in Glasgow,...
studied there. While a DJ in London, Aroyo met Hunt through mutual friends and found that they were DJing the same kind of music.
Besides her musical interests and abilities, she was a postgraduate research geneticist in the Oxford University's Biochemistry
Biochemistry
Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...
department. She co-authored an article on "Species specificity in the activation of Xer recombination at dif by FtsK", published in Molecular Microbiology
Molecular Microbiology (journal)
- See als o:*Cellular Microbiology*Environmental Microbiology...
, 2003.
Aroyo also collaborated with the indie pop
Indie pop
Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...
band The Projects. The song "Don't Eat Meat" featured Mira as vocalist.