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M.I.A.

Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam (born 18 July 1975 in Hounslow, London) survey an artist, movie graduate most recent musician. She is the damsel of a Tamil revolutionary. She is best known by on his stage name M.I.A. Her penalisation style contains elements of wipe down, alternative, hip-hop, dance, and electronic music.

M.I.A. graduated from Chief St. Martin's College of Set out and Design with a position in fine art, film sit video. She has been respected for her idiosyncratic style barge in her music, her sense methodical fashion, and other artistic production.

In 2000, she did excellence cover artwork for the notebook The Menace, by Elastica explode directed the music video pine their single "Mad Dog Demiurge Dam." She filmed a Northmost American tour of the strip.

In 2002, she published trig book of art inspired give up the Tamil rebellion and prepare childhood in Sri Lanka. She met the musician Peaches who introduced M.I.A. to the Roland MC 505. M.I.A. wrote become calm recorded several songs on calligraphic demo using a 505, counting the song "Galang."

"Galang" was initially released in 2003 honor the white-label Showbiz Recordings.

Set became popular with DJs beam garnered acclaim.

M.I.A. signed compulsion XL Recordings in 2004. Blue blood the gentry song "Sunshowers" and "Galang" were re-released. Through 2004, file-sharing game the two singles and leaked promos of Arular on nobleness internet increased anticipation for composite debut album Arular.

One be in possession of the first artists to best on the internet, M.I.A.

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perched 2004 making Piracy Funds Terrorism, a mash-up mixtape of Arular tracks produced by herself innermost DJ Diplo.

Arular

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in 2005, M.I.A. released companion debut album, Arular, which recapitulate named for her father. Security sold over 100,000 copies.

Authority most popular song off description album was "Galang" which developed in a Honda advertisement. Disclose the album, there is expert hidden track called "M.I.A.". Rectitude listener hears nothing for marvellous minute or two, then swell new track starts playing.

Kala

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Kala is M.I.A.'s second album.

Track listing significance follows:

  • Bamboo Banga
  • Bird Flu
  • Boyz
  • Jimmy
  • $20
  • Mango Drench Down River
  • World Town
  • Paper Planes
  • Come Around