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Stockley Miriam

The list of the artists British singer Miriam Stockley has worked with - a list that includes such names as Tina Turner, Elton John, George Michael, Freddie Mercury, Chaka Khan, David Bowie, Seal, Mike Oldfield and Adiemus - is more than astonishing.

With the band „Adiemus feat. Miriam Stockley“ she reached a worldwide mega hit with more than 2,5 million sold CDs. The best soundtracks of big Hollywood-movies like from „The Lord Of The Rings“ or „Harry Potter“ were sung from her. She is one of the most successful british singers of the past 20 years. Now here solo-album „Second Nature“ gets first released in Europe. A brilliant new age-worldmusic album with perfect created atmospheres, african influences and the glasklar voice of Miriam.

Originally from Johannesburg, Miriam began singing at the age of 11, when she formed a duo with her sister Avryl. Shortly afterwards she was asked to record a jingle for a local building society, which began her session career. „From then on I was constantly in and out of studios recording jingles for various radio and television commercials, which I loved. However, half way through my A levels I found the combination of singing and school work too much to cope with, so I gave up school and concentrated on singing instead.“ It was during this period that Miriam developed her unique vocal skills of multilayering vocal harmonies.

Having reached the pinnacle of her career in South Africa, Miriam set her sights on Europe. She began travelling to Paris to work with French composer Francis Lai and finally packed her bags and based herself in London at the age of 18.

„In the early days I did a lot of work as a backing singer but I also demoed songs for various song writers and joined the occasional band for a few gigs. It was a good way of building contacts because I was in at the start with a lot of people who were obviously going places.“

Throughout the 80s and 90s Miriam was in great demand and her voice can be heard on numerous hits by a diverse range of artists. She sang on several British television cult comedy shows such as Spitting Image and Steve Coogan’s Alan Partridge. Her solo voice has also graced feature film and TV soundtracks including Rob Roy, Great Expectations, Mike Figgis’ One Night Stand and the successful series Peter Rabbit and Friends. She also appeared live in a variety of concerts including the 1997 Prince’s Trust concert, the Wham! Final Concert and the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at London’s Wembly Stadium where she provided backing vocals for Elton John, Annie Lennox, David Bowie and Seal. Miriam was also featured on the 1998 Diana Princess of Wales Tribute Concert at Althorpe England.

Miriam’s extensive studio work that brought her to the attention of former Soft Machine members Karl Jenkins and Mike Ratledge who were busy writing music for advertising. Jenkins had heard about Miriam’s unique vocal style and invited her to work with him on a piece of music for a Delta Airlines commercial. This was the beginning of the highly successful Adiemus project, and Jenkins’ compositions featuring Miriam’s vocals were recorded with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and released as Songs Of Sanctuary by Adiemus. The album was an international success and sold in excess of 2,5 million copies worldwide. 3 very successful Adiemus albums were released with Miriam.

Beside that Miriam was a part of the famous british band „Praise“. „Only You“ charted number two in the UK and resulted in her debut Top Of The Pops appearance. Parallel she worked on her first solo-album „Miriam“ which was released with great success.

In 2004 Yamaha released a Yamaha voice-programm „Vocaloid“, a virtual singer based on the voice of Miriam Stockley.

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