M.I.A. (artist)

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M.I.A.
M.I.A. at the Siren Music Festival in July 2007
M.I.A. at the Siren Music Festival in July 2007
Background information
Birth name Mathangi Arulpragasam
Also known as M.I.A., MIA, Maya Arulpragasam
Born 17 July 1977 (1977-07-17) (age 30)[1]
Hounslow, London, UK
Origin Sri Lanka and London, UK
Genre(s) Alternative, Electronic, Alternative Hip Hop, Dancehall, Folk, Indie
Occupation(s) Vocalist, producer, songwriter, visual artist
Years active 2000–present
Label(s) XL Recordings (2004 – present)
Interscope Records (2005 – present)
Showbiz Records (2003)
Website miauk.com

Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam (born 17 July 1977) is a British vocalist, record producer, songwriter/composer and visual artist. She is a Tamilian of Sri Lankan descent. Best known by her stage name, M.I.A., her work in music often features a range of elements of genres.

An accomplished visual artist by 2002, M.I.A. came to prominence in early 2004 through file-sharing of her singles "Galang" and "Sunshowers" on the Internet.[2] In 2005, her debut album, Arular, was nominated for the Mercury Prize. Her second album, Kala, was released in 2007.

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[edit] Biography

Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam, the daughter of a Tamil activist-turned militant, Arul Pragasam,[3] was born in Hounslow, London. When she was six months of age, her family moved back to their native Sri Lanka. Motivated by his wish to support the Tamil militancy in Sri Lanka, her father became politically known as Arular and was a founding member of The Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students (EROS), a militant Tamil group.[4][5] Her alias, M.I.A., stands for both Missing in Acton and Missing in Action.[6]

Arulpragasam has an older sister, Kali, and a younger brother, Sugu. Due to the conflict, much of her young life was spent moving from home to home. Contact with her father was strictly limited, as she says he was in hiding from the Sri Lanka Army.[7][6] As the civil war escalated, it became unsafe for the family to stay in Sri Lanka,[7] so they relocated to Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, moving into a derelict house, with sporadic visits from her father.[8] They later settled in Jaffna again. By now, the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka was at its peak,[7] and the family once again tried to flee the country.[8] Eventually, Arulpragasam, her two siblings and mother Kala made it back to London where they were housed as refugees.[7] It was in the late '80s, on a council estate in Mitcham (South London), that an eleven-year-old Arulpragasam began to learn the English language.[5] Here she was exposed to Western radio for the first time, hearing broadcasts emanating from her neighbours' flats.[5] Her affinity for hip-hop and rap began from there. Acts including Public Enemy, Big Daddy Kane, Roxanne Shante and N.W.A. would become just some of her early music influences.

Arulpragasam attended London's Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, where she studied fine art, film and video.[9] Arulpragasam currently lives in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York in the US and is reportedly engaged to Benjamin Brewer, singer and guitarist for the band The Exit.[10]

[edit] Art and film

Arulpragasam's Pocko Editions Art book cover. (2002)
Arulpragasam's Pocko Editions Art book cover. (2002)

Arulpragasam's first-ever public exhibition of paintings in 2001 at the Euphoria Shop in Portobello, London, featured candy coloured spray-paint and stencil pictures of the Tamil rebellion movement. Graffitied tigers and palm trees mixed with orange, green and pink camouflage, bombs, guns and fighters on chip board off-cuts and canvases. The show was nominated for the Alternative Turner Prize,[9] (Jude Law was among early buyers of her art)[11] and a monograph book of the collection was published by Pocko, [1] simply titled M.I.A..[12]

The Publication's back cover reads:

From a long-forgotten region of endemic conflict comes a project to challenge your ethical core. The art of warfare is sprawled across these pages transforming bloodshed into beauty and raising the phoenix of forbidden expression - The real war is in us.[2]

During her time in film school, she cites “radical cinema - Harmony Korine and Dogme 95”[13] as some of her cinematic inspirations, and having written a script, was approached by John Singleton to work on a film in LA.[14] Additionally Arulpragasam expressed an early interest in fashion and textiles, (her mother is a seamstress),[9] designing and wearing self-made clothes, and was a roommate of fashion designer Luella Bartley.[15]

[edit] Music career

A commission from Elastica's Justine Frischmann to provide the artwork and cover image for the band's second album, The Menace, led to Arulpragasam following the band on tour around forty American states, video-documenting the event, and eventually directing the music video for Elastica's single, "Mad Dog God Dam".[8] The support act on the tour, electroclash artist Peaches, introduced Arulpragasam to the Roland MC-505 sequencing drum machine and encouraged her to experiment in the artform she felt least confident in: music.[16] Working with a simple set-up (a second-hand 4-track, a 505 and a radio microphone),[17] back in London, Arulpragasam worked-up a series of six songs onto a demo tape which aroused interest. This tape included the first track she had ever composed, "M.I.A.", the second track she had ever composed, "Galang", along with "Lady Killer". The tape reached Steve Mackey and Ross Orton who then re-worked the track "Galang".

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A mix of dancehall, electro, grime and world music, Showbiz Records pressed 500 copies of the independent vinyl single "Galang" in 2003 which became popular and made an immediate impact with DJs.[8] In 2004, file-sharing of the single, followed by the fast propagation of it around the Internet by word-of-mouth made her a household name to international music listeners before she had graced a stage.[18] Major record labels caught onto the popularity of "Galang" and M.I.A. eventually signed to XL Recordings home to Dizzee Rascal, Basement Jaxx and the White Stripes, as she felt at the time they were the only label to offer her complete creative control.[19] She also chose them because it was the closest to her house, telling the label, "Trust me, you've been looking for me",[19] before dropping off the "Galang" tape. They called her back soon after.

Maya Arulpragasam in the video for her song "Sunshowers"
Maya Arulpragasam in the video for her song "Sunshowers"

"Galang" was re-released in 2004. The accompanying music video for the song, featuring multiple M.I.A.’s amid a backdrop of her graffiti artwork animated and brought to life, was art directed by M.I.A., depicting scenes of urban Britain and war. For her next single "Sunshowers," released on July 5, 2004, Arulpragasam again collaborated with Ross Orton and Steve Mackey, penning the track about guerrilla warfare. Her song "Fire Fire" was used as the single's B-side. A video was made for the track, which she filmed in the jungles of South India.[9]

With her debut album almost completed, Arulpragasam met a DJ called Diplo at the Fabric Club in London, who was coincidentally playing "Galang" as she entered the club,[19] and travelled to Philadelphia soon after to work on the production of the last track (hidden) on her album, "M.I.A.", with him. Remixing, sampling and mashing up the tracks on Arular with prominent rappers and musicians, they eventually created the mixtape Piracy Funds Terrorism. Piracy Funds Terrorism was handed out at early live shows and exclusively released through the Turntablelab.com website around December 2004. The mixtape met with underground success.[20][21] It added to the buzz surrounding her two earlier released singles "Galang" and "Sunshowers" and anticipation for her delayed album, becoming popular among M.I.A.'s growing fanbase within the music blogosphere and elsewhere.[8][20] Arulpragasam later released her third single from Arular, the baile funk influenced "Bucky Done Gun" in July 2005. This song featured production by Diplo.

[edit] Arular

M.I.A. performing at Sónar in June 2005.
M.I.A. performing at Sónar in June 2005.

Originally completed and ready for release in September 2004, Arular's release was delayed over several months, with pushed back dates of release between December 2004 and February 2005 mentioned.[2] Prior to the LP's release, Arulpragasam made her North American debut at the Drake Hotel in Toronto in February, 2005. According to organiser Jacob Smid the “Response was phenomenal”.[22] She followed this with a sold out performance at New York City’s Knitting Factory club the next day. “She brings out such a diverse crowd…At the time, it seemed like she was still under the radar; the record wasn't out but people were singing along to every song", Smid recalled to Pollstar Magazine. "It was really cool to see."[22]

Arulpragasam's debut album Arular was finally released worldwide in March 2005 to universal critical acclaim.[23][24] Involved in its co-production and writing, M.I.A. titled the album Arular in acknowledgment of her father's past. Much of its focus lay in experimentation; consisting of bold, jarring and ambient sounds, complimented with lyrics that were both observational and reflective of her own experiences - touching on identity, poverty, revolution, war and the working class in London, with the use of culture-jamming, multi-lingual slang and street/social commentary. Her work attracted artists such as the rapper Nas, who by early 2005 stated, “Her sound is the future.”[25] Some commentators noticed either intentionally ambiguous or strong, provocative political messages throughout the record,[26] with Arulpragasam herself stating in October 2004, prior to the album's release, "Nobody wants to be dancing to political songs. I wanted to see if I could write songs about something important and make it sound like nothing. And it kind of worked."[9] Making Arular largely in London, in a bedroom, Arul built tracks off her demos with programmed beats she created on the 505.[27] It featured exploration of new territory for its co-producers Steve Mackey and Richard X who worked with dancehall and Tamil nursery rhymes. Arulpragasam followed the release of the album with performances through 2005 at South by South West,[28] at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, which drew a strongly favourable response and an unusually large crowd for the billing she played,[29] the Manhattan club S.O.B.s, the Bue Festival,[30] a free headlining show at Central Park Summerstage, the Glastonbury Festival, Reading Festival and the Summer Sonic Fest as well as at other venues.[31][32][33] She also toured with Roots Manuva and LCD Soundsystem.[34][32] She appeared on the track “Bad Man” on Missy Elliott’s 2005 album The Cookbook.

On July 19, 2005, M.I.A. was shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize for Arular.[35] Commercially successful, Arular remains one of the best selling independent albums in Canada, having stayed on the Nielsen SoundScan Electronic Top Ten Chart for 27 weeks, peaking at number 3.[36] In December, Arular was the second most featured album in music critics’ Year-End Top 10 lists for 2005.[37][23] It was placed number two on The Village Voice's 33rd annual Pazz & Jop poll for the Best Album of 2005[38] and named best of 2005 by publications such as Blender, Stylus and Musikbyrån.[23][24][36] M.I.A. ended 2005 joining Gwen Stefani on her Harajuku Lovers Tour and touring with the Big Day Out festival.

[edit] Kala

M.I.A. performing at the Siren Music Festival in June 2007.
M.I.A. performing at the Siren Music Festival in June 2007.

The arrival of 2006 saw M.I.A. returning to the studio to write and record her second studio album Kala, named after her mother. Following censorship controversies and documented U.S. visa problems[39] in 2006, Kala was worked on while M.I.A. travelled through several locations including India, Trinidad, Liberia, Jamaica, Australia, Japan and the US.[40] The unconventional recording sessions made way for an "outsider" ethos Arul felt the album reflected.[41] Topics such as immigration ran throughout the record. Serving as primary co-producer on Kala, she created its artwork and was also involved in photography for the album. She took an underground DJ named Switch on her travels to collaborate with her. The internet would continue to be a source of her output, with Arulpragasam making songs and videos such as "Bird Flu" available on her Myspace and YouTube accounts, official website and music downloading sites like the iTunes Music Store. M.I.A. featured in the song "Come Around", a bonus track on Timbaland's 2007 album Shock Value (UK and Japan version only). The song also appears on Kala. Before her second album's release, Arulpragasam raised issues with the public media, citing some journalists over-attributing work on her debut album to Diplo and others.[42] The album had in fact been close to completion before the two met, something she would confirm in a 2007 interview.[42] The first official single from Kala, "Boyz," released on June 11, 2007, mixed Chennai gaana and Trinidadian soca. The music video for the song was co-directed by Jay Will and M.I.A. The album's second single "Jimmy" was released in July 2007 in Japan as a first single and in October 2007 in the UK.

Kala was released in August 2007 around the world. It charted in several countries, debuting at number 22 on the United World Chart and generally received a very positive critical reception. Arulpragsam toured throughout 2007 in support of the release, performing at music festivals and concerts, including headline shows at Studio B in Brooklyn in July 2007,[43] the Echoplex club in Echo Park, Los Angeles, Lollapalooza, Pukkelpop, the Gloria Theatre in Germany, Lowlands, the Arena of Nîmes supporting Björk, Rock en Seine and the Get Loaded in the Park Festival in London,[44] - a gig that drew a crowd sing-along pitch described in a review as “near hysterical.”[45] M.I.A. performed at the Electric Picnic in Ireland, Connect in Scotland, the Virgin Festivals[46] and the Osheaga Festival[47] in addition to the Austin City Limits, the Treasure Island Music Festival in late September 2007,[48] and at the opening of the Terminal 5 club in New York. She also performed at the Parklife festival events around Australia, and toured Japan in September 2007, before adding more dates to her U.S. tour due to high demand.[49] M.I.A. ended 2007 with a mini-tour of venues in the UK. Supporting acts throughout her tour included Rye Rye, Santogold, The Cool Kids, Soko, Radioclit and Buraka Som Sistema. She provides guest vocals on their kuduro song "Sound of Kuduro."

In December 2007, Kala was named the best album of 2007 by publications including Rolling Stone and Blender.[50] M.I.A. was also included on USA Today's "100 Most Interesting People of 2007".

Arulpragasam revealed in December 2006 that she had visited Liberia to meet war-affected people there including ex-child soldiers and featured in a "4Real" TV-Series documentary on the post war situation in the country with activist Kimmie Weeks.[51][52][53]

M.I.A. released Paper Planes - Homeland Security Remixes EP digitally on February 11, 2008.

M.I.A proved popular at the annual Experience Music Project's Pop Conference held in Seattle, USA in April 2008, with paper submissions by academics and discussions by panellists on her presented on the theme of "Shake, Rattle: Music, Conflict, and Change."[54][55]

[edit] Future projects

In a video documentary for Vbs.tv in 2007, M.I.A. brought Spike Jonze to meet Afrikan Boy in his immigrant neighborhood of Woolwich, South London. In the documentary, M.I.A spoke of the possibility of launching her own record label entitled Zig-Zag, with Afrikan Boy’s track "Lidl" being the first release. M.I.A. has remained quiet on details of future recordings and her career in music. In early 2008, M.I.A. DJed at the Marc Jacobs fashion show after party, and modelled for "Marc by Marc Jacobs" in spring/summer 2008. New York magazine reported that she confirmed she would be working on a new album.[56] M.I.A. is currently touring throughout 2008, with opening tourmates including Holy Fuck.

[edit] Politics

Global ideas and issues are presented in M.I.A.'s art.[57]Having lived through civil war in Sri Lanka, M.I.A. has experience with difficult political situations.[7] M.I.A. includes lyrical topics and imagery drawing from Arulpragasam's experiences and observations of poverty, survival, violence, and prejudice. Her work has featured political and social commentary.

M.I.A. talks about the relationship between first and third world countries and the differences that exist between them, but also the similarities. "It's O.K. to add new elements to your ideas, to your existence," Arulpragasam says. "There will be more bridges built between the developed and developing world."[57] Through her art, M.I.A. wants to give a voice to those she feels are not normally heard in the world. "Why don't we ever get to, like, actually hear people talk on TV? Why don't we ever get to hear the starving African kids say something or do something or sing something or express something? We show them but they don't have a voice."[58] M.I.A. has included numerous artists from developed and developing countries in her music. [59]

M.I.A. has expressed discontent with the formula for the War on Terror and its global impact. "You can't separate the world into two parts like that, good and evil. But America has successfully tied all these pockets of independence struggles, revolutions, and extremists into one big notion of terrorism."[60]

On the political nature of her work she has said, "I have to be true to that--I can't take certain things away. I do have a political background. I’m only in England, learning this language and building a life in this society, because of political reasons. Why would I deny that?[61][dead link] Asked in 2005 if she was always political, she says, "I think I was always slightly political but my issues change with what’s going on in my life. Politics is something that I’ve never been able to discuss with anyone and everyone…my life in England for the first ten years wasn’t really political. It was more about getting an equal shot as the next person. I wanted a shot at an education…politics came back to me after I went back to Sri Lanka. Once I studied and wanted to be a filmmaker, I tried to make a documentary on what it was like to be a young person in Sri Lanka. I wanted to make a film that could compare the 19-year-olds in Sri Lanka. That’s when I came across so much politics."[14]

[edit] Discography

Main article: M.I.A. discography

[edit] Awards

Some awards and nominations M.I.A. has received are listed below.

  • Alternative Turner Prize
    • 2002 Shortlisted—M.I.A.—Maya Arulpragasam
  • Mercury Music Prize
    • 2005 Shortlisted—Album of the Year—Arular
  • Groovevolt Music & Fashion Awards
    • 2005 Won—Best Alternative Album—Arular[62]
  • South Bank Show Awards
    • 2005 Nominated—Breakthrough Award—M.I.A.
  • Shortlist Music Prize
    • 2005 Shortlisted—Album of the Year—Arular
    • 2007 Shortlisted—Album of the Year—Kala
  • Q Awards
    • 2005 Nominated—Best New Act— M.I.A.
  • Independent Music Awards (Canada)
    • 2008 Nominated—International Album of the Year — Kala
    • 2008 Nominated—International Artist/Group/Duo of the Year — M.I.A.
  • Spin and URB magazines' "Artist of the Year" in 2005.
  • Rolling Stone and Blender's "Album of the Year" 2007—Kala

[edit] References

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[edit] Books and further reading

  • ^  Arulpragasam, Maya (2002). M.I.A. No. 10 (Paperback ed.). Pocko Editions. ISBN 1-903977-10-X

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M.I.A.
Studio albums
Arular (2005)  · Kala (2007)
EPs
Sustainable Development EP  · Live Sessions  · Boyz EP  · Paper Planes - Homeland Security Remixes EP
Other albums
Singles
"Galang"  · "Sunshowers"  · "Bucky Done Gun"  · "Boyz"  · "Jimmy"  · "Paper Planes"
Other songs
Tours
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